Aluminum Group

This Chicago sextet's third album is top-drawer American art pop. "Paint a pretty picture,"
singer-keyboardist Frank Navin teases in "Rrose Selavy's Valise," at the opening of Pedals.
Crisp, lulling songs like "Lie Detector Test" and the throbbing "Impress Me" undercut proper
pop-song construction with pauses, dissolves and arresting harmonic bridges. A stunner
like "Paperback," delivered with exceptional promise by Amy Warren of the Chi... More >