Seattle singer-songwriter Alexandra Niedzialkowski, who records and performs as Cumulus, shows her deft understanding of the mystique of the style of indie rock that emerged out of the Pacific Northwest area a generation ago and was perfected by bands such as Death Cab for Cutie; the kind of sweetly sentimental rock songs with easygoing, seemingly weightless melodies that belie the mountains of emotion hidden within the notes. And Niedzialkowski weathered her share of hurt in the period leading up to Cumulus’s forthcoming second album, Comfort World (Trans), which gets its name from a billboard for a shuttered mattress store she spotted a couple hours out of Seattle.…
Seattle singer-songwriter Alexandra Niedzialkowski, who records and performs as Cumulus, shows her deft understanding of the mystique of the style of indie rock that emerged out of the Pacific Northwest area a generation ago and was perfected by bands such as Death Cab for Cutie; the kind of sweetly sentimental rock songs with easygoing, seemingly weightless melodies that belie the mountains of emotion hidden within the notes. And Niedzialkowski weathered her share of hurt in the period leading up to Cumulus’s forthcoming second album, Comfort World (Trans), which gets its name from a billboard for a shuttered mattress store she spotted a couple hours out of Seattle.…