#e.s.l.

From this week’s Songs You Need to Hear:

E.S.L., ‘Liar’s Bridge’

I'm a sucker for trumpet and violin, and right now there's no other folk-pop band using those two instruments to such devastating effect as Vancouver's E.S.L. This simple, evocative cover of Geoff Berner's "Liar's Bridge" is from the quartet's Heart Contact, their first new release in eight years (!). The four-song EP, which also features a guest spot from Dan Mangan, is as big and small as the world, a comfort and a wonder to tuck inside one’s self and share with everybody you know.