Ivy

New York-based outfit Ivy return with fourth album In the Clear, out now in the US. Four years after the lovely Long Distance, Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains of Wayne fame), Andy Chase and Parisian singer Dominique Durand reconvene to produce a new collection of warm, light, subtly melancholic tracks of ambient-pop confection. With Durand's detached, childish vocals in the best tradition of classic French pop; and a nuanced production highlighting the playful dialogue between Chase's luminous guitars and Schlesinger's understated and highly effective bass, In the Clear feels like a weekend escapade to a sunny place at the end of the Summer. Soak up the sunshine of 'Thinking about You.'