modern alternative rock. Passionate, filled with tension and release. Music with a cinematic scope that brings powerful sonic landscapes to life.

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Listening to modernist music can be like staring at the stark lines of a steel-and-glass skyscraper â itâs clean and beautiful, but somehow lacks something. Philadelphiaâs modern rock artists Kaufman let you appreciate the building for moment, then blow it up and reassemble it into something meaningful, personal, and soulful.

Kaufmanâs music is passionate, filled with tension and release. A shared background in film among the bandâs members infuses the music with a cinematic scope and brings powerful sonic landscapes to life.

Kaufman's debut album "Modern Sprawl," released on Philadelphiaâs a|i|r records and produced by Derek Chafin, gives listeners a glimpse of a band with thoughtful and big ideas and an impressive sound palate to grow them on.

Kaufman members Brian Novelli (bass) and Pasquale DeFazio (guitar) met in the editing suites of a production house where they both work. DeFazio heard Novelli blaring The Doves in Novelliâs editing room. Discovering a shared interest, they talked music and got together to play. Soon enough, then DeFazioâs brother Rob came in as a drummer. Kaufman originally formed as an instrumental trio that recorded in Novelliâs house. After a year, they began a search for a vocalist to widen their musical lens. On the verge of giving up after an exhaustive search, they found Michael Borrasso, who filled the role perfectly.

Borrassoâs inspired and political lyrics form a focal point, with unique and inventive song structures augmenting beautiful melodies. With flourishes of Radiohead and Bowieâs Berlin days interwoven with textures of Sigur Ros and subtle throwbacks to The Doors, the band presents a complex and esoteric yet accessible soundscape. Underneath it all lies a dash of Muscle Shoals soul and aggressive rock, bringing it all into sharp focus.