Former Band Of Horses guitarist Mat Brooke took on a new role as frontman in Seattle’s Grand Archives. With hauntingly airy vocals akin to those of Elliott Smith and Bon Iver, backed by ghostly harmonies and a purposeful composition of instruments including an enormous glass harp, Grand Archives’ second album, Keep In Mind Frankenstein (due Tuesday on Sub Pop), is a perfectly designed soundtrack for fall. Along with the band’s instrumental innovations, the LP features appearances by Sera Cahoone and her pedal-steel player Jason Kardong. So slip into autumnal rapture with “Silver Among The Gold” and “Oslo Novelist.”
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