Arts and Entertainment
Best Side Project
Flock of Dimes
Published: September 19, 2012
Wye Oak has been Baltimore’s indie-rock feel-good story for that past half-decade—the shoegazing duo who grew into contagious combo that has a knack for marrying a delicate melody to a sultry twang and draping them over a winsome beat holding everything together. Guitarist/vocalist Jenn Wasner brings a great deal of Wye Oak’s indie-pop appeal to her solo project, Flock of Dimes, which pairs her voice with the gentle, New Wave-y beat chemistry of indie-rapper/producer Mickey Free. On paper it looks like an odd combination: Wasner’s country-folk pipes swimming against the current of an early-1980s MTV synth mix. When it hits the ears, though, tracks like “Prison Bride” become droplets of rainy-day bliss, downer pop that feels good.
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