Like a Montreal day dream, Krief's "Simple Lives" is an airy, sprawling and beautiful take on the alt-rock platform.
http://music.cbc.ca/play/artist/Krief/Simple-LivesThankfully finding time away his commitments between The Dears and Black Diamond Bay, Patrick Krief takes up multiple roles in the creation of this ethereal pop offering. Not only does he handle guitars and vocals, like most one-man acts, but also drums, piano, bass and percussion. Sounds pretty complicated for the singer behind "Simple Lives."
Sounds Like: If the Arcade Fire was a one man band and if that man was Dan Bejar and Carl Newman.
["Simple Lives" was added to rotation this week on CBC Radio 3]