Eric Kuhn and Erica Fink have been making beautiful music together for a relatively short time, releasing their recording debut as Eric + Erica (an introductory EP) just this past spring, mere months after forming. But the Oakland, Calif., duo’s easy rapport and creative chemistry is immediately evident in their warm, gauzy, minimalistic Indie Pop and in how quickly Eric + Erica seem to be moving forward, hopping in a van to tour the Midwest not long after the EP release.
“Dream Pop” is the perfect descriptor for Eric + Erica’s sound, which is on brilliant display on the just-released full-length, This is Where. The ambient, twinkling aura created by the musicians’ tools of the trade — Eric on piano and Erica strumming an autoharp — warmly embraces Fink’s goosebump-worthy vocals and intimate, bewitching melodies, with Kuhn providing perfectly placed low-register harmonies.
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This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2013.
