The couple that records together isn’t necessarily the couple that stays together—The White Stripes, Superchunk and Quasi are evidence enough to support that. Hearing the sweet harmonies of married duo Ben + Vesper however, one gets a sense that these two are inseparable. On their debut album All This Could Kill You, Ben + Vesper quite literally make beautiful music together. Ben’s voice is a deep and crooning presence, much like that of the Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt, while Vesper plays his angelic counterpart, all sweet and dreamy. Musically, they go for an equally dream-like approach, as on the stunning “Door to Door” or the catchy, gorgeous “An Honest Bluff.” There’s something special about these two, something that one can only glean from hearing their delicate melodies. It’s not explicit or cutesy, but there’s definitely a lot of love on this album.
--Jeff Terich
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