Plumerai is an alternative/rock/postpunk group from Boston that contained one of the craziest vocals I’ve ever heard: Elizabeth Ezell. This band has a technically complicated sound – from folk rhythms to gloomy riffs, sometimes industrial, but definitely magical all the time.

We're presenting you the 2011 album Your Guilty Prize recorded with Elizabeth, who unfortunately left the band afterwards. Her place was taken by Eliza Brown and I really cannot wait to hear what they sound like after the line-up changes. Other band members are: Martin Newman - Guitar; James Newman - Bass; Mickey Vershbow - Drums. However, let's first talk about Your Guilty Prize.


I first heard them several years ago but most of the music in the shape we can hear it now was then still in the making. Now I’m finally able to present the album Your Guilty Prize, released in 2011. A Slower One could easily be featured in one of David Lynch’s movies, with its creepy atmosphere that I longed for so much. Avernal (v3) sounds almost positive, the more powerful parts of the track almost give hope but.. “you’re so far away…”. And then we move on to Empty Graves – which sounds like The Cure. You just cannot wait for it to finally build up.

Spinning Landscapes – I remember this song in a completely different version. It already seduced me back then, but this new edition is… absolutely amazing. So it definitely is my favourite track from this album. Fortunately for me, I’ve got a remixed version somewhere and if you tune in to my shows you’ll definitely hear it not once, not twice.


Such sophisticated sounds, unfortunately, do not happen very often. So if you love gloomy music with seducing female vocals – not checking it out would be a big mistake. They seem to have recorded much more than this and I will do my best to bring it all to ClanBase Radio. For now, check out their pages:

• Plumerai Homepage
• Reverbnation