Alameda is a five-piece ensemble composed of guitar, cello, violin, viola, and bass clarinet (w/ ex-members of Builders and the Butchers, Strangers Die Every Day, and current members of the Portland Symphony and AgesandAges) and have been compared to the likes of Low and Nick Drake. "Alameda's luminous, spare melodies suggest solitude without loneliness and the peace of fruitful introspection. Like the work of early Low, the latest songs from Alameda are soothing yet haunting and possessed of a delicate immediacy." - Thomas Murphy, Music Editor