Carte Blanche - Summer's End EP

Comprised of love songs that are interesting and complex instead of trite and contrived, it comes as no surprised to find out that the two people behind Carte Blanche’s debut Summer’s End EP are a couple themselves. It is also easy to write this EP off as nothing more than another singer-songwriter take on the acoustic/folk/pop blueprint, but again, you would be wrong to do so. The sounds here are beautifully understated and airy, dreamy pop songs that are modest and reserved. Summer’s End EP is lightly swathed in sighing acoustic guitars, whispered co-ed vocals, almost inaudible drumming, and subtle details, but that just makes this release all the more compelling and worthwhile. Carte Blanche have crafted an album that is personal and intimate, as if they wrote the seven songs that are imbedded on this EP just for you. [www.shmat.com]