Eternity Bay

Album review

Alison Alderdice and Alexi Erenkov are partners not only for life but in their careers as well. This unique partnership radiated through Songs of the Saxophones, their first album filled with fifties exotica, surf music, sepia-toned bossa nova, West Coast jazz and 70s Italian-style tones. The Saxophones’ music certainly acts as a lullaby, their dreamy soundtrack seeming to be pulled straight from a scene by David Lynch, one of their idols. Eternity Bay is just as languid and dozy, not radically changing the tonality with its allures of rolling landscapes that are both melancholic and sensual. This second opus drives home the idea that the timeless duo is from a different era… Wrapped in a halo of reverb, Alexi Erenkov’s androgynous crooner voice is the perfect remedy for those long and chilly winter nights. Love is a central theme, obviously, but there’s more to the music than that: “My music has always grappled with mortality and the meaning of existence,” says the Bay Area musician. “But the birth of our first son and the imminent arrival of our second has greatly heightened my sensitivity to these themes.” It’s a stark reminder that a dream can just as easily turn into a nightmare. For now, at least, there aren’t any cracks in the snug world of The Saxophones. © Clotilde Maréchal/Qobuz