- Singer-songwriter
- Indie folk
- Chamber pop
- Indietronica
- Drone pop
- Epic
- New Weird America
- Toytronica
- Baroque pop
- Post-pop
- Folk indie
- Alternative pop
- Americana
Comment: by reading
the description about Nick Yulman at archive.org one could admit the resident
from Brooklyn, NY, USA is a busy, versatile and requested musician. He has been
involved in many projects with purpose to cover different events with
soundscapes. Surely, by listening to this 11-track issue one there have been
mapped out different hotspots in indie/alternative/art pop/music. Musically it
does mean electronic instruments are tightly mixed up with acoustic ones though
the whole rings in an airy and subtle way giving no heck to any of these
vignettes and fragments represented over there. More profoundly, you can see
paths coming out of art houses and bedrooms to climb up to small independent
studios and venues where primitive toy-alike instruments are given the same
aesthetical extent in comparison to more accomplished guitar rock driven and
Americana laden progressions. Even more could be pulled out of it – at times
Yulman`s music chimes in a truly farcical way where funny music
hall/vaudeville/burlesque elements are seamlessly added to the mix. In truth, Twitches is heavily loaded with
stylistic turns and innovative explorations, however, resulting craftily in an
emotive way. Although the music lovers could discern certain similarities with
other musicians (for instance, Dan Deacon, Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Grizzly
Bear, Mount Eerie, Dirty Projectors) it is an idiosyncratic outing because
having no spot on certain elements for longer time. These snippets are just transient
instruments to conjure up his extravagant world. The issue involves some songs
which should have reached the top of Billboard (Bermuda, I Don`t Design).
The album should be considered as one of the classic albums regarding the New
Weird America scene. All the relevant aspects are represented over there - it is musically poignant, emotionally overwhelming, conceptually innovative. Top notch.
