Album of the Day: Lost in the Trees - All Alone In An Empty House

Lost in the Trees isn't an easy band to categorize. Wikipedia settles for "an American orchestral folk pop band" which is amazingly awkward. From the stunning, unnerving and haunting title track to the beautiful contemporary classical found in Sketch mvt. I&II, this is a record which deserves your full attention - I mean really listen, not have it on in the background as you go about your day.

In a 2010 SXSW interview the lead singer lists among his influences Beethoven, Radiohead, Vivaldi, Neutral Milk Hotel, Saint-Saëns, and OutKast. I can see that. The band takes all that and produces its own rich, deep, and rewarding brand of, ahem, "American orchestral folk pop".