The Chapin Sisters
'Lake Bottom LP'
Los Angeles family folk trio tinge their harmonies with dark wit.
In 2004, the Chapin Sisters' acoustic cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic" began popping up on Los Angeles radio stations; the trio may have been singing through smirks, but they converted the dance-pop grind into a genuinely unnerving (maybe even prescient?) saga of self-destruction. That gothic sarcasm carries over to their debut album, where they overcome a precious conceit -- three sisters singing in immaculate three-part harmony over spare acoustic arrangements -- by folding in black comedy ("Don't want to live sad and lonely / So go get a rock / And just stone me").
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