ELECTRIC LITANY

Under A Common Sky APOLLON

6/10

Anglo-greek post-prog collective channel their inner Bono

Fronted by exiled Greek singer/guitarist Alexandros Miaris, London-based post-rock quartet Electric Litany conceived their third album on the Mediterranean island of Corfu, which may help explain its gloomy ruinations on refugee movements and border tensions. Having previously worked with Alan Parsons, Miaris dabbles unashamedly in proggy sonics on expansive electro-orchestral pieces like “Azure” and the shuffling, shimmering, dreamy bilingual chorale “CFU”. There are also strong echoes of vintage Eno-era U2 on the impassioned, reverb-drenched ambirock title track, with its unfortunate but perhaps inevitable moments of portentous bombast. But “Sealight” is an undeniably lovely sci-fi lullaby, its heavily Auto-tuned vocal scrambled and desiccated into vivid neon blips, gimmicky but addictive.