Vancouver based JULIAN FANE's second album, 'Our New Quarters' is the follow-up to 2004's acclaimed 'Special Forces' and sees far more emphasis on vocal songs than its predecessor. Fane's new pieces are grounded in live percussion, great swathes of strings, indecipherable
high-pitched vocals and lush sweeping synth effects, which form their emotional core. "The Moon Is Gone", for instance, wallows deliciously in vast guitar-laden melancholy and achieves a pristine beauty almost classical in tone.