Dodos: Visiter

There has been such a flood of new bands offering their takes on Americana in the past five or so years that most of them have begun to sound the same. Even the more gifted musicians often fail to create anything distinctive enough to be heard over the din. Visiter, fortunately, does not suffer from this failing. Dodos possess an aptitude for hummable melodies, beating most of their peers on this basis alone. Unlike all the other bands pursuing an indie-folk aesthetic, however, Dodos also lean heavily on precise clockwork rhythms that flaunt their acumen as instrumentalists. Hopefully, unlike the birds from which they took their name, Dodos won't become extinct anytime soon.