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Crafting a lasting personal aesthetic in the midst of our ephemeral music culture is as rare as it is cause for celebration.With the release of City of Straw, Brooklyn s Sightings can be counted among the few contemporary bands who have forged a unique voice amongst the racket.

Recorded over a number of months in 2009 at The Ocropolis (Oneida s Brooklyn, NY studio), the band s seventh studio album becomes the crucible from which their grandest and most coherent statement finally emerges. Sightings has never presented a particularly welcoming façade and their sui generis music has perhaps been passed over by less discerning listeners over the eleven years of their existence, but throughout this they have created a singular body of work appreciated and touted by the likes of ThurstonMoore and Andrew WK.

Sightings will insist (and we agree wholeheartedly) that at their core they are a rock band working within the context of pop song-craft. As bassist Richard Hoffman told us recently, I think everyone in the band tries to remember the value of minimalism. Ultimately I think we try to write pop music, where there's no chaff and everything has a place. With a deep reach beyond the spirit of their influence from greats like Birthday Party, The Dead C and Jesus Lizard, City of Straw finds Sightings working at the peak of their creative powers and is the perfect re-introduction to one of New York s most accomplished bands.