Efterklang

“Caravan” by Efterklang, fromParades (Rumraket/The Leaf Label):

On 2004's Tripper, the Danish band Efterklang crafted IDM chamber pop that featured evocative orchestrations and don't-wake-the-baby whisper-singing.

Inevitable comparisons to Sigur Rós followed, but Efterklang deftly ducked them with 2007's Parades — a trumped-up work of art-collective pop that aimed for the same sort of cinematic pomp as Broken Social Scene and Sufjan Stevens.

The eight-piece group is embarking on its first U.S. excursion — the aptly named Danish Dynamite Tour — with fellow Danes Slaraffenland, an experimental post-rock quintet that signed to Thrill Jockey for its all-over-the-map 2007 release, Private Cinema.