Much as New York bands from Interpol to A Place To Bury Strangers have tried, the American indie scene's taste for music that aesthetically favors Europe seems insufficient to challenge the guileless, rumpled Americana dominating the airwaves. Still, this spring's music release schedule is chock-full of some of the strangest, most deliciously enigmatic masterstrokes from those across the Atlantic.

Au Revoir Simone, Still Night, Still Light (Our Secret Record Company) Brooklyn’s answer to Clotho, Atropos and Lachesis replant their hauntingly personal, bittersweet roots on the follow-up to 2007’s creepy-sweet The Bird of Music. Their third album is a symphony of sterilized electronic sounds brought to life by an intimate encounter between these three Fates and their keyboards. Despite the odd bramble of blunt confrontation (“Trace a Line”), Au Revoir Simone skips through the wet grass of ethereal romanticism (“Tell Me”), proving that they are still alright and, yes, still feather-light. -- Garrett Pruter