Fanfarlo

Thu., Dec. 10, 9 p.m., $12, with Freelance Whales, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

Eva Vermandel

indie rock

For better or worse, Fanfarlo's sound should be instantly familiar to anyone who's paid the slightest attention to the tasteful, tuneful indie rock of the past decade: the epic sweep, the nebulous rootsiness, the "eclectic" chamber-pop palette, the chugging Arcade Fire rhythms, the earnestly wailed/crooned/mewled leads (courtesy of the excellently named Simon Balthazar, who's a vocal dead ringer for Beirut's Zach Condon). But the London-based outfit — who recorded their self-released debut, Reservoir, in exotic Connecticut, USA — do it as tastefully as anyone, and more tunefully than most.