Other Lives attracted attention in 2008 when a song by the American indie folk band appeared in the TV series Grey's Anatomy, which is also popular in our country. Seven years and a few line-up changes later - cellist Jenny Hsu and drummer Colby Owens opted for their other life outside the band - there is now album number three. Rituals has turned out to be a blood-curdling beautiful album that
… regularly reminds us of the modern classic The Trials of Van Occupanther by Midlake's peers. Which in turn were regularly mentioned in the same breath with Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. Just to indicate at what level Other Lives now operates. The fourteen songs on Rituals usually have a somewhat faster tempo than those on the already highly acclaimed predecessor Tamer Animal (2011). They are also carried more by the synthesizer than by the acoustic guitar. It means that the band of the hippie-like Jesse Tabisch stands firmly in the present with one leg in the seventies, but with the other. (RM)more