Exitmusic

Exitmusic are Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church and they hail from Brooklyn, NY.

I think this quote sums it up.

Sometimes, listening to Exitmusic, it’s hard to tell whether the goosebumps you’re getting are from the parts that are chillingly beautiful and melodic or the ones that are aching and guttural or the ones that are creepily sparse and disembodied. 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. Church explains, “It’s like what Aleksa sings at the end of ‘The Sea’: ‘And you turn your back to life… Oh, sorrow.’ We want our music to confront people in a gentle but powerful way, to make them feel something.”

Personally I really dig their sounds, check 'em out.  And look out for their new album, Passage.

Passage
Video for "Passage" from Exitmusic's Secretly Canadian release of the same name. 

The Hours

Here's four tunes from a live appearance at KEXP, titles listed below. Exitmusic performs live on KEXP from the Cutting Room Studios NYC during CMJ. Recorded 10/18/2011.
Songs:
The Sea 00:12
The Modern Age 04:54
The Hours 10:35
The Silence 15:00
Host: John Richards
Engineer: Anthony "Rocky" Gallo
Cameras: Jim Beckmann & Scott Holpainen
Editing: Jim Beckmann

And finally today here's an amazingly beautiful acoustic version of a track from the new album.
Storms

5 Bears