It's the Supersound

I’ve been obsessing over Olympia/Seattle-based outfit, The Nextdoor Neighbors, so hard since discovering them a few weeks ago. Ridiculously endearing, this offbeat electro folk/pop duo released their debut album, Magic Vs the Machine, on Bicycle Records late last year, and it’s quite an impish little affair. With Kathy Cotes on keys and Jessie Hill on vocals, they work the kind of innocence that you’d normally see smothered in irony, but here it’s nothing but refreshingly honest. And oh man, that voice. She’s probably sick of hearing it, but Hill sounds exactly like a young Khaela Maricich. There’s this captivating ease about her that at times sees everything in the periphery just melt away from those transcendent lilting vocals of hers before they settle back in and play off Cotes’ pretty melodies.

You can pick up The Nextdoor Neighbors’ album from Bicycle Records’ site, and check out more of their tracks at their Myspace page.

The Nextdoor Neighbors – Cultural Revolution

The Nextdoor Neighbors – Anti-Lullaby

- bec