eMusic Review
Choir of Young Believers main man Jannis Noya Makrigiannis is not the kind of guy you'd expect to helm the kind of orchestral indie-rock group that could make multiple generations weep. This 26-year-old singer-songwriter's previous musical output was limited to playing guitar and singing background vocals for Lake Placid, an eight-piece ensemble in the same Danish dance-pop mold as Junior Senior and Alphabeat. But the Choir that began as Makrigiannis's solo vehicle has blossomed into a band responsible for what will be remembered as one of 2009's moodiest and most audacious debut albums, This Is For the White in Your Eyes.