New Buffalo

The Last Beautiful Day

Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.

Four out of five stars

Sally Seltmann is brand new breed of animal roaming the modern musical range.

As New Buffalo, the first non-Canadian to be signed to super-duper indie-rock label Arts & Crafts, Seltmann is a breath of fresh air for modern music. On The Last Beautiful Day, the first full-length release by New Buffalo, Seltmann’s longing vocals and penetrating lyrics pierce listeners’ souls and pull them into the clouds.

New Buffalo revitalizes retro samples to modernize, manipulate and mesmerize listeners. Seltmann brings to life a feeling of isolation and hopefulness in a faithful way that takes listeners aback-she really feels the desolation and desire she sings about.

Seltmann wrote, arranged, and produced her new album in her home-best-home-studio-name-ever: The Lonely Studio-so that she could forge her own path all by her lonesome.

And her incredible independence is vividly apparent throughout the album.

More than anything, The Last Beautiful Day is distinct, brave and unlike any album put out by any artist on this continent or otherwise, thus far this year.

New Buffalo plays September 26 at The Velvet Room.