Ears Wide Open: The Chapin Sisters
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Hearing this first single from the Chapin Sisters’ sophomore album “Two,” I’m not the least bit bothered by the fact that, despite the rhyme, palm trees don’t have leaves. I’m rather … er, frond of it. The music made by sisters Abigail and Lily Chapin (and, previously, half-sister Jessica Craven, who is currently on hiatus to spend time with her new baby) smolders with mystery, inviting you inside with straightforward arrangements and pristine harmonies only to then suggest something perhaps more nefarious lyrically. The sisters, who are touring with She & Him as both an opening act and part of the backing band, also recently earned notice for their roles in the independent film “The Sirens” (it won best screenplay recently at the Topanga Film Festival). The new album is out Sept. 14.
||| Download: “Palm Tree”
||| Live: The Chapin Sisters’ album-release show is Sept. 16 at the Echo.
||| Watch: After the jump, check out the video for “Digging a Hole”:
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