The project of Christchurch, New Zealand's Annabel Alpers, Bachelorette mixes '60s psychedelia and girl group pop with folk and lots and lots of vintage electronics. Inspired by acts spanning the Beatles and Smiths to Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk, Alpers’ first release as Bachelorette, the End of Things EP, was released in 2005. For her debut album, 2007's Isolation Loops, she sequestered herself for three months in a cabin her great-grandfather built in a fishing village near the mouth of the Rakaia River. She performed as a solo artist during the Isolation Loops tour, but for her next album, My Electric Family, which was released in 2009, Alpers expanded Bachelorette into a full-fledged band. ~ Heather Phares