Out of Our Mouths, the second album from the Philadelphia-and-New York-based indie-rock mini-orchestra Illuminea is out now. The album, was produced by Joel Hamilton (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Sparklehorse) and features 12 songs, varyingly sung by the band’s three songwriters. Illuminea, which was recently serving as the backing band for Anti- recording artists The Book of Knots, played a tremendous record release show this past Friday at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia.
The septet’s songs are grand and melancholy, intimate and wonderful — but don’t just take our word for it…
Out of Our Mouths, following 2004’s Nightlight, soars to thrilling altitudes where grandiose indie rock collides with copious amounts of strings and horns.” — Doug Wallen, Philadelphia Weekly
Since their dreamy, drony debut, the seven-piece Philly-New York chamber-pop collective gained an upright bass player, lost a cellist and added a syllable to their name. And just as the single extra letter complicates Illuminea’s pronunciation, their new album, Out of Our Mouths (High Two), gains strength by stretching a bit. It’s prettier and perkier than its predecessor, and with three singers splitting 12 tracks, there’s too much going on to snooze.” — MJ Fine, Philadelphia City Paper
You can download an Illuminea MP3 here: “Sugaring”
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Out of Our Mouths is also now available on iTunes.