Alpine: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Alpine s music doesn t instantly present itself as Tiny Desk material: The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable pop music with a danceable sway, prominent synths and the charming shared lead vocals of Phoebe Baker and Lou James. That s a lot of ingredients to strip down to a semiacoustic set in the NPR Music offices; there s virtually no margin for error. Thankfully, the two women at the band s heart possess gorgeously interlocking, harmonyintensive voices that require no sweeteners. Alpine s debut album, the brightly catchy A Is For Alpine, is a highgloss studio production, which only helps make this foursong set recorded at 9 o clock at night to kick off an afterhours party on a nearby NPR roof deck an essential companion piece. Taken together, the album and this relentlessly engaging performance form a charm offensive that s awfully easy to love. STEPHEN THOMPSON Set List Gasoline Villages Hands Softsides Credits Producers: Bob Boilen, Denise DeBelius; Editor: Audio Engineer: Su