At the core of Brooklyn-based Family Band, now apparently a 4-piece (I’m deducing this from press photos), is the natural chemistry of husband-wife duo Kim Krans and Jonny Ollsin. Krans provides the haunting vocals while Ollsin lends dark guitar textures. My introduction to the band was their stunning cover of Jack Nitzche’s “Marie.” Their rendition is barebones elegance built around Krans’s hypnotic lull and accentuated by lush slide guitar and swirling feedback. The track is available for free download on the band’s bandcamp page, along with a few select tracks off of band’s album Miller Path. The band’s most recent effort, an EP aptly titled Cold Songs, extends the band’s pension for psychedelia-tinged cabin-folk. EP highlight “The Deal” is equal parts gorgeous and creepy, a juxtaposition the band has a firm grasp on. If you’re looking for a new winter soundtrack, you’ve found it. — Capt. Obvious

Listen:

The Deal.mp3

Marie (Jack Nitzsche Cover).mp3