Copal sets an evocative tone; lavish voices of violin and cello flicker against a twilight scape of electronic swells and textures, impelled by a driving rhythmic sense, and original melodies steeped in global musical traditions. NYC-based, Copal is lead by violinist/composer Hannah Thiem surrounded by an impressive cast of talented collaborators: Isabel Castellvi (cello), Rob Chamberlain (drums), Lorenzo Wolff (bass), Tripp Dudley (percussion). The band's sound is a steampunk melding of styles set on a world stage. Nordic melodies ride Middle-Eastern rhythms into the halls of a remembered past, Hungarian riffs blush hotly against Spanish-cadence, opulent harmonies from far-gone depths. "Beguiling" (First Coast News) and "artistically beautiful yet darkly tantalizing" (Maximum Ink), like lucid dreams, the sounds of Copal will take you away.