Exitmusic, the duo of Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church, craft dream pop that is as emotional as it is ethereal. Palladino, who is also an actress and stars on the HBO drama Boardwalk Empire, met Church in New York, and the two soon began recording together. They spent a year learning recording software and experimenting with sounds before playing shows; their first set of songs, The Decline of the West, was self-released in 2008, the same year Church and Palladino got married. Exitmusic's lineup expanded to include drummer Dru Prentiss and electronic musician Nicholas Shelestak for live shows, including the tour with Phantogram they embarked upon in October 2011, which coincided with the release of their Secretly Canadian EP From Silence. ~ Heather Phares