Escape From Evil
Personnel: Chris Freeland, Caleb Moore (vocals); Chris Coady (synthesizer).Audio Mixer: Chris Coady .Recording information: Beat Babies, Baltimore, MD.Photographers: Alan Resnick; Ashley Gates; Saphire Mason-Brown; J-Musind."Suckers Shangri-La," the opening cut on the Jana Hunter-led, Baltimore-based experimental pop unit's third studio outing, wastes little time in getting down to the nuts and bolts of what Escape from Evil is aiming for. Sinewy and seductive, Hunter smooths out some of the rough edges of the band's previous guises, opting for a shimmery blast of pure Siouxsie Sioux-inspired, retro electro-pop that's as chilly as it is downright confectionary. "Ondine" more or less follows suit, though it eschews the latter's penchant for icy, late-'80s soundtrack pop in favor of a more subdued, though no less midnight-black ambience that invokes names like Anna Calvi, Beach House, and even Cat Power. Shades of Lower Dens' minimalist past appear relatively consistently throughout the