November 25, 2011 | 12:50 PM | By

Listen to Arches’ Daytrotter session

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, Arches, Daytrotter

Arches did a session for Daytrotter that you can listen to and download here.

Here’s what Daytrotter’s Sean Moeller wrote about the band:

Philadelphia band Arches, made up of the principle members of singers Julien Rossow Greenberg and Tom Herman Jr., fit the bill. They have the tendencies that would suggest that they would pay particular attention to those threads of sound that might get ignored in the hustle. One of the extra, auxiliary players on the group’s latest album, “Wide Awake,” is the sound of a patient, but chilly-sounding winter wind. It sounds like the kind of wind, the strength of which would cause any man or woman to throw on an extra layer, something or anything that could keep that biting air from getting through to them. On record, is rests in the mix with the duo’s easy, cinnamon-y, candlelight vocals that reach into that reverb box and take all that they need to make a fire. They sing about time coming to a halt, as well as holding onto the feeling of a fear for the dark. It’s as if there are many things out there that should still be scary, even for those who know better, who are older and wiser. We’re surrounded by those comfort sounds and yet some crinkled and blowing leaves in the dark can sound like prowlers out and up to no good, ready to jump you. We know when we’re not safe and we rarely know when we are truly safe. Arches music straddles that fine line between the beautiful lull of the undulating waves of an ocean and the part of the scene where you feel a tug on your leg from below.