Candi & the Strangers

This local quintet hits a sweet spot between the retro-futurism of School of Seven Bells and Octopus Project’s luminous landscapes, especially in the sci-fi instrumental “Isabella Blue’s Crash Landing.” Strangers hinges on the candy-coated delivery of vocalist/keyboardist Samantha Constant, who excels in “She Walks in Beauty,” a Lord Byron interpretation set to Surrealistic Pillow psychedelia, but falters elsewhere (“All the Pretty Pictures”).

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This article appears in November 27 • 2009.

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