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Certain environs are more suited to the discharge of electricity, but Laarks have found conductors in a wide range of places spanning state and even continental divides while basing out of pastoral indie-rock hotbed Eau Claire, WI. Their debut album is a record full of melodic hooks embedded in indie rock mini-epics, with raucous crescendos and climaxes of textures pinned between pauses and composed reflection. The band pushes and prods singer Ian Jacoby s astute-yet-innocent pop songs into dynamic, overblown declarations of grandeur with layered keyboards, organs and guitars swirling around pulsing, driving bass and frantic, fiery drums. It s the sound of a band markedly assured for a debut, delightfully void of irony, with a maelstrom of reference points resulting in some of the most vigorous, fervent electrifying pop music on any side of the Chippewa River. Charged air releases unwitting sparks: brace yourselves for an exaltation of Laarks.