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James Rabbit “Glimmer On Down”

Tyler Martin, the primary songwriter of the Santa Cruz band James Rabbit, has always had a major romantic streak. It’s one of the most charming things about him, really — he comes off like a starry-eyed sweetheart who believes in true love and grand gestures, even in spite of persistent anxiety and awkwardness. “Glimmer On Down” is his most elegant expression of this romantic streak. There are some moment where the band’s characteristic wired angst comes through, but this is mostly graceful and lovely, complete with tinkling piano, old movie strings, swelling brass and a female backing vocal part that seems as it if it just wandered in from a Dirty Projectors rehearsal. In print that may seem a bit overstuffed, but the arrangement is so careful and thoughtful that every sound has its moment and it all comes out sounding light and swoony.

Get it for free from James Rabbit’s Bandcamp page.