"Milagres" is the Portuguese word for "miracle". It also happens to be the name of this quintet from Brooklyn, NY. On Seven Summits Milagres craft beautifully layered music which seems to melt into the background. They are slowly beginning to garner attention in the indie music scene as they are a hard-working group. They have had the opportunity to open for bands the likes of Women, Elf Power, A Place To Bury Strangers and even St. Vincent. Harmonized vocals on top of rich atmospheric sounds make this quite a dreamy album which leans towards a mostly soothing soft rock sound. The band can lean towards more traditional indie rock on tracks like album opener "Fifty Fourteneers", they incorporate an almost Radiohead (OK Computer/Kid A-era) quality to them on tracks like "Sheet Stealer!" and "Weathering" while also slipping glockenspiel, percussion and strings into other tracks, such as "Moose Collision". The guitar work itself ranging between spanish guitar arrangements and finger-picked sections on select tracks is magnificent. They definitely create an interesting blend of sounds and are sure to turn some heads this year.
www.myspace.com/milagresmusic
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