SINGING DESPERATELY SUITE (7')

Husband and wife duo Alexi Erenkov and Alison Alderdice are The Saxophones. They manage to deftly update '50s pop ballad melancholia with efficient, sparse interjections of smooth woodwind flourishes, intricate percussion, and sampler work. Alex's explains;'Singing Desperately Suite' is a concept EP that caricatures my stilted process of awakening to the suffering I have caused women in my life. The four pieces represent my journey from oblivious ('Prelude') to indignant and indifferent ('Singing Desperately') to ashamed ('Crude Advance') and finally a return to obliviousness ('You Seem Upset').