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When contemplating laptop-based glitch electronica, Winnipeg, Manitoba is most likely one of the last locales to jump to mind. Having recently relocated themselves to the somewhat more suitable environs of Montreal, ex-prairie boys Vitaminsforyou match big city ideas with small-town sentiment, in the process borrowing all the best bits from both their new home and the wide open spaces of Manitoba (both the province and the like-minded band).
The charming whispery-soft vocals of "It’s Only Snow = It’s Only Sunshine" alongside the delayed guitars of "Annie & Nicky" – not to mention the way each individual beat seems different from the one that comes before it (giving away the presence of real humans behind the keypads) – make I’m Sorry Forever And For Always stick out from the otherwise faceless veneer this sort of thing usually carries.
Combine their undeniable personality with songs as pretty as the epic closer "Churchill," and it’s clear 2004 is already marked with one of the year’s best under-the-radar releases.
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