SONG OF THE DAY — EXITMUSIC: “PASSAGE”

Back in 2008, Brooklyn-based duo Devon Church and Aleksa Palladino, who make up Exitmusic, self-released The Decline of the West, then put out their first official EP, the four-track From Silence, this past fall, featuring the ghostly ethereal ballad “The Sea.” Church, who hails from Canada, and Palladino, a native New Yorker, layer multiple sounds and ever-changing rhythms in haunting songs that float on the clouds and come crashing back to earth, with vocals that go from whispers to heavenly cries and shouts. They’ve just released the opening title track from their debut full-length album, Passage (Secretly Canadian, May 22, 2012), another musical journey into the heart and soul. Before they head off to Austin next month to play SXSW, they’ll be at Mercury Lounge on February 28, with School of Seven Bells. Although that show is sold out, tickets are still available to see both bands on May 5 at (le) poisson rouge ($15, 6:30).