Pet Town

Eerie Wanda, “Pet Town” (Joyful Noise, 2019)
Of Croatian origin, the woman behind the Eerie Wand nom-de-pop currently works out of Canada, though I initially thought it was Belgium, based I think on this album’s resemblance to a lot of the stuff on Belgium’s Les Disques de Crepuscule label (Anna Domino, Antena, etc.). Minimal keyboard pop where the sound is cute and spooky, like maribos or windchimes, the feeling is of the magic and serendipity of everyday life, and the songs owe something to doo-wop, bossa nova and French yé-yé pop as well as the more overt postpunk/avant references. Really nice.
Try 1/3, 1/ 4,, 2/1, 2/3
4/7/19