Sometimes, listening to Exitmusic, it’s hard to tell whether the goosebumps you’re getting are from the moments that are chillingly beautiful and melodic, or the ones that are aching and guttural or the ones that are creepily sparse and disembodied. On their breathtaking new album, “Passage”, the New York City duo — Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church — doesn’t care when the chill runs down your spine, they just hope their music provokes some kind of primal feeling. With “Passage”, the two tethers that make up Exitmusic’s sound — one of stirring atmospherics, and one of thoughtful pop — are let to bow further out than before.
