A project led by Sean O'Hagan, formed in 1992. The group is noted for elaborate melodies, string arrangements and atypical instruments; the Retrospective, Rarities & Instrumentals compilation gathers material from the band's first decade.

Review comparisons and influences explicitly include brianwilsonesque keyboards, donaldfagenian voices, and bacharachian melodies; the review also references Beach Boys and Steely Dan; instrumentation noted: strings, electronic warbles and atypical instruments.

Reviews highlight The High Llamas' brianwilsonesque keyboards, Bacharach-like melodies and sleek arrangements. Sean O'Hagan's 1992 project is praised for melodic repetition, strings and atypical instrumentation. The Retrospective, Rarities & Instrumentals compilation gathers tracks from the band's first decade. Reviewers frame the band's sound between easy-listening and auteur pop.

For:Fans of chamber pop, baroque pop and melodic, arranged pop influenced by Brian Wilson and Steely Dan.

 If you need your daily dose of brianwilsonesque keyboards and still long for (despite the clatter of cars down on the street) donaldfagenian voices over bacharachian melodies, if you are always waiting for a new song, a slender and stealthy combination of melody and beat that makes you turn your head toward the amplifier of the domestic sonorous diffusion contraption and open your mouth in some kind of spherical vowel (the "o" of amazement).

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