Atlantic/Pacific - Meet Your New Love

Atlantic/Pacific is the Brooklyn duo of Garrett Klahn and John Herguth, two Brooklyn indie scene vets who began writing together 2008 in Klahn's apartment and then, guitars in hand, took their new songs on the road to U.S. and European clubs and festivals. A self-made debut EP Autumn Edition Volume 1 dropped last fall to solid reviews and the pair found then found themselves ensconced in the studio again, this time with producer and multi-instrumentalist (and self-described "phantom third member") Ian Love in tow to help them hone their songs and flesh out -- with a subtle touch -- their sound. Atlantic/Pacific's full-length debut Meet Your New Love is set for release October 26 via No Sleep Records.

After cutting their teeth on the fuller rock productions of their prior bands, Klahn and Herguth step back and then sideways to explore a more intimate sound on Meet Your New Love. Preview track "Patterns" is like a less mannered, steroid laced version of Kings of Convenience with a bristling edge of driving energy and a tender-hooked melody more 80's Prefab Sprout than post-emo grit. "Some Weary Valentine" is dreamy art/pop of the highest order, an amalgam of pulsing bass rhythms, acoustic jangle, dense, hymn-like keys and exquisite piano shadings forming a seamless backdrop to hushed, harmonied vocals that fill the spaces like errant wafts of smoke. Lovely.

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Atlantic/Pacific - "Some Weary Valentine" (from the album Meet Your New Love)

Atlantic Pacific - "Patterns" (from the album Meet Your New Love)