A running theme in my reviews: please scroll down before reading on and begin playing “kites” before continuing — if you don’t love geographer by ~45 seconds in, you never will.  Mine and hazen’s favorite band of the summer.  In short, synthy, sugary, mellow beats with super catchy hooks.  Geographer’s most addicting sound is their water-droplet synth.  This water-droplet is stirred in a pot with baking soda and comes out magic.  But any band can find a unique amazing sound and profit right?  Mike (featured on Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Synths, and Bass) Deni’s cool, smooth vocal instrument soars and quivers –threating to shatter under dripping emotional strain–  to complement the 3 sometimes 4 layers of synth that use more traditional indietronica song elements as a base to launch into neon space love.

I’m having trouble capturing my love and wonder for this CD so let me do as virgil once did and utilize an “EPIC SIMILE”…

This geographer ep stimulates your ear the same way watching a color-oscilating sunset through prisms of ocean spray — refracting the light into infinitely complex patterns and colors only to have the sun set and the have the sea light up in a rainbow of biolumenesent, quivering, waves of neon mixing in complementary, geometric, wonder that you find yourself snorkeling in, spinning and turning to discover new flows of color and beauty at each twist.

Best Song: Kites.