Chairlift formed in Boulder, Colorado in early 2006 to make live music for haunted houses. Frequenting the Broker Inn on the edge of town for empty late-night jazz shows, Caroline Polachek, Aaron Pfenning and Patrick Wimberly were mystified by the 1980's faux-gothic architecture, oak-cabinet aquariums, vacant dancefloors, fake trees, crystal chandeliers and dark velveteen booths. The inn provided them with the ideal setting for a new breed of pop: a place where subtle clashes blossomed into uncanny pleasures.

Relocating to Brooklyn in the summer of 2006, the trio continued on to develop a hypnotic yet tongue-in-cheek style, playing shows around Brooklyn and the Lower East Side with a thriving society of experimental pop magicians including MGMT, Yeasayer, Suckers, and Mixel Pixel.

Chairlift will unleash their first full-length album on Kanine Records in the summer of 2008. 'Evident Utensil', released on 7" vinyl featuring a remix by MGMT, marks their first release on Kanine.

Chairlift Appears Courtesy of KANINE RECORDS

We'll admit...It's always nice to ease on into long day of production. Yes, filming rock and roll bands for a living is too good to be true. But it also requires quite a bit out of all those involved. So while we couldn't have been more excited about the prospect of facing eight straight hours of independent music at the After the Jump Festival, we knew it'd eventually drain us in the end. Enter the kind souls of Chairlift. With Caroline Polachek's vocals headed for the heavens, soothing swells of keys, windswept guitar riffs, and primitive tom tom rhythms, Chairlift's brand of globe trekking, synth pop was the perfect way to kick off our afternoon. Hear that? "Ahhhhhh"; that's the sound of a completely relaxed production crew. - david pitz