It’s hard not to compare Chicago’s So Elated to Simon & Garfunkel, so I will give in to the temptation. The music is simple, the vocal harmonies are tight, and the rhythm is fluid & steady. This album is a definite departure from what is normal nowadays, and the general sound is timeless. Although the [...]

So Elated’s Christmas album, The Bewildering Light, is indeed bewildering. The Ben Thomas-led band shows glimmers of promise but somehow lets it leak away through so many of the songs.
The album opens with “Zechariah and the Least Expected Places,” a thoughtful and haunting song that tells the story of Zechariah and his [...]