Jackrabbit / San Fermin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus is featured on “Reckoning” and “Halcyon Days.”
On San Fermin's second LP, Ludwig-Leone channels quarter-life existentialism through sophisticated wind and string compositions, with extended-technique brass ("The Woods"), old-timey fiddle ("Parasites"), odd-metered beats ("Philosopher") and flamboyant choral bits ("Two Scenes"). Tag-team singers Charlene Kaye and Allen Tate flaunt killer instruments, though their performances can want for drama — Wagnerian, Aaliyah-ian, whatever. On the title track, Kaye sings, "Wanna live like an animal"; you might end up wishing that she'd sing more like one.