Herringbone Tweed

Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips met in Luna — Phillips joining the band on bass in 2000 — and began recording together as a duo in 2003. Their music occupies the same aesthetic territory as Wareham's earlier work: slow, beautiful, harmonically rich, slightly detached.

Herringbone Tweed, from their debut L'Avventura (named after the Antonioni film), demonstrates the duo's chemistry: Wareham's guitar understated, Phillips's voice providing a different texture than his, the arrangement spare in a way that suits the material.

Dean & Britta have continued making records of consistent quality. L'Avventura remains their most cohesive statement.