Ears Wide Open: If By Yes

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There’s a space-age lounge vibe running throughout “Salt on Sea Glass,” the debut album by the all-star quartet If By Yes – and that the music seems beamed back from the future is no surprise if you’re familiar at all with the resumés of the parties involved. Petra Haden, daughter of jazz bassist/composer Charlie and sister to musicians Josh, Rachel and Tanya, has been wielding her vocals like a light saber for years. (Recommended: Her a cappella “Petra Haden Sings the Who Sell Out.”) She’s joined in this new project by avant-garde electro goddess Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto, along with Cornelius guitarist Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and drummer Yuko Araki. And, while we’re dropping names, David Byrne, Nels Cline and Cornlius himself guest on the album, which is out next week on Sean Lennon’s Chimera Music imprint. All very impressive, sure, but the results – electronics and otherworldly vocals kissing in some far-off galaxy – give “Salt on Sea Glass” a warm, though quirky, intimacy.

||| Download: “You Feel Right”

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||| Live: If By Yes performs March 22 at Largo.