Eluvium

Portland’s always been an insanely prolific music town, especially considering its size, and here comes another in a regular stream of talented Rose City artists making a pit-stop in Salt Lake City, hot o the heels of acts like Horse Feathers and Nick Jaina. While those acts delve into folk and roots-rock, Eluvium works on the more electronic side of the street. Written, performed and recorded by one-man-gang Matthew Cooper, Eluvium’s new album Similes is hyped in the band’s bio as a more “accessible” release than past efforts, but Cooper’s love of minimalist, ambient soundscapes remains intact. Sure, there’s a little percussion here and there, and some traditional verse-chorus-verse action, but for the most part Eluvium’s music is unpredictable, somewhat icy and primarily for fans of experimental noisemakers like Brian Eno. Charles Stanyan and I Hear Sirens open the show.