We bring you the second installment of Jeune Lefort’s weekly Electronic-ish Friday:

Today’s artist is:  Mount Kimbie.  (No that’s really their name, Lefort. –Jeune Lefort) [Lefort:  Dang, thought that was a new yoga-position/dance-craze amongst female cognoscenti.]

Mount Kimbie’s new sophomore album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth  [Lefort: Very Montecito-y) was released on May 27th and is already receiving rave reviews across the board and many “Album of the Month” accolades.  Mount Kimbie is an electronic duo made up of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos coming out of Brighton and Cornwall, respectively.  Their first album Crooks and Lovers exploded in 2010 and earned them tons of “Best of 2010” listings.

The stand-out track off the new album is Home Recording.  Home Recording might be the most Lefort Report-compatible track off the album. A beautiful and slow lead gradually builds with drums and sounds to create a soothing and peaceful sound before the lyrics start and continue to mesmerize.

Both of Mount Kimbie’s albums feature many field recordings, but on Cold Spring Fault Less Youth these sounds have been tweaked and stretched to create a much more “live” sound.  The first single off the album is Made To Stray which features multiple field recordings to aid in the build of the slightly-jarring, militaristic beat.  The track is then layered with synths and eventually vocals to create the fantastic whole.  “Made to stray around rough coasts, when grace is close to home;” and close to Lefort’s home they will be when they play the Echoplex in LA this coming Tuesday.  For Bay Area mounters, they play The Independent on Monday, June 17th.

Next, even more obviously electronic than the previous track and a solid entry in the “post-dubstep” genre that Mount Kimbie seems to take inspiration from is Sullen Ground.  The track employs a heavier bass line and more field recordings to create this eerie song.  The lyrics say that they’ve “Been working real hard on this read through,” and the results of that hard work are impressive. Have a listen:

Hope you’ve enjoyed Electronic-ish Friday No. 2. See you in 7 days.