In Cold Blood

Personnel: Lyle Workman (guitar); Denny Weston, Jr. (drums).Audio Mixer: Claudius Mittendorfer.Recording information: Chez JMJ; Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA.Photographer: Anouck Bertin .Arranger: Jason Lazarus.White Sea, the solo vessel for L.A. singer/songwriter and M83 collaborator Morgan Kibby, is not subtle. For a project that began quietly in her home, Kibby's White Sea debut In Cold Blood is a hammering power-synth attack with one foot in big-budget, late-'80s pop and the other in a Lloyd Webber production where Arcade Fire is the pit band. At first blush, it can be overpowering, but as with Bonnie Tyler's immortally heavy-handed power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart," if you allow yourself to be swept away by the emotions, it can be a pretty fun ride. Album-opener "They Don't Know" pairs the thundering bottom-heavy synths of the digital age with a celestial stadium anthem featuring choirs that go to 11. As far as pop confections go, it's really something to behold, and leave