Check Ahead: OMBRE - "Weight Those Words"

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Roberto Carlos Lange makes a kind of Latin electro-folk music under the name Helado Negro. Julianna Barwick is a Louisiana-born, Brooklyn-based singer whose primary instrument is her effected voice. Layers and layers of it. Together, the Asthmatic Kitty labelmates have become OMBRE.

In their separate projects, both Lange and Barwick take a most experimental approach. For their collaborative album, called “Believe You Me,” (out on August 21st) they get as close to pop as either has come before. An icy, icy electropop pulled right out of the freezer.

At the top of the album is the song “Weight Those Words” – and it’s the charmer of the bunch. Barwick’s hovering soprano (free of her usual looping) plays a kind of tag with a drum roll, while a metallic strumming guitar holds down the groove. And while at times it can feel like something of a locked groove, layers of horns and strings open things up partway through. Have a listen to our exclusive stream.