The Brooklyn-via-Denmark indie rock ensemble
Alcoholic Faith Mission make experimental, if still melodic, folk and avant pop. Formed by vocalist/guitarist
Thorben Seierø Jensen and bassist
Sune Sølund while the two were living in Brooklyn in 2006,
Alcoholic Faith Mission were initially a lo-fi pop affair. In fact, the band's 2006 debut,
Misery Loves Company, was largely bedroom pop recorded on a laptop. Eventually, the duo expanded its lineup, adding several new members including vocalist/keyboardist Kristine Permild, drummer
Morten Hyldahl, trombonist/guitarist
Gustav Rasmussen, and keyboardist/accordionist Anders Hjort. The band released its sophomore effort,
421 Wythe Avenue, in 2009, and returned a year later with
Let This Be the Last Night We Care. In 2012,
Alcoholic Faith Mission released their fourth studio album,
Ask Me This, on Old Flame Records. ~ Matt Collar