Record #276: Hundred Waters – The Moon Rang Like a Bell

Every once in a while I’ll hear a song by a band I know nothing about that will absolutely capture me. Earlier this year, that song was Murmurs by Hundred Waters, a long-burn, glistening, hypnotic piece of electronic atmospheres meticulously crafted by aural architects.

And the rest of the album is just as enchanting. Which isn’t that difficult a task for this sort of record to do to me…I’ve loved Imogen Heap and James Blake for a long time, and Hundred Waters unites crystalline, post-dubstep production and warm, emotive vocals in the same way and with the same success.