The members of electronica-tinged indie-rock group Halloween, Alaska are all involved with other notable projects, most notably drummer Dave King’s longtime stints in The Bad Plus and Happy Apple. For their third disc, Champagne Downtown, the Minnesota-based, comma-friendly group enlisted Grammy-winning producer/engineer Tchad Blake to help them draw out their sound, which is disarmingly quiet and spare but filled with subtle textures.
Updated 07/16/2009