The Saxophones - Eternity Bay

The Saxaphones are a band that operate in a particular nostalgic space. The one in America between 1958 and 1963, approximately mirroring the first couple of series of Mad Men a period when the American Dream still seemed a palpable reality before Kennedy's assassination brought down a menacing and altogether more sinister hue to proceedings.

Eternity Bay their second album very much picks up where their debut left off. Just take a look at the record sleeve. It tells the whole story. The record within houses a series of yearning, evocative and romantic torch songs, introspective and glowing like a David Lynch film or TV show that doesn't surrender to darkness.

This is a distinctly self-conscious period piece. The Saxaphones, Alexi Erenkov and Alice Alderdice never make the remotest concession to the modern world and Eternity Bay is all the more alluring for this conceit. Not a record likely to gain wider attention beyond those with a specific interest in the era they focus on, it's nevertheless a rather lovely document.