DeVotchKa Delivers 'A Mad & Faithful Telling'

DeVotchKa's fifth full-length album is out and has graced many a Livejournal community post. Remember them from the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack? A Mad & Faithful Telling is a logical progression since their 2004 How It Ends and takes a consistently indie direction in a Spanish/Mexican influenced grouping of a mean and driving brass section.

While DeVotchKa is not exactly balkan, a safe comparison can be made to Beirut's sound with the similarities in accordion and orchestral arrangements. It's exciting and dark.

Apparently they've picked "Transliterator" as the record's first single, but there is something about "The Clockwise Witness" that is more commercial, in a good way.

1. Basso Profundo
2. Along the Way
3. The Clockwise Witness
4. Head Honcho
5. Comrade Z
6. Transliterator
7. Blessing in Disguise
8. Undone
9. Strizzalo
10. New World

Go get it. It was out as of March 18.