This duo project between pitch perfect vocalist Julie Hardy and producer/guitarist Mike MacAllister is set to blow up. With Hardy becoming a most in-demand studio vocalist (she recently sang backups for Ellie Goulding on SNL and St. Vincent on The Letterman Show) it’s no wonder The Deli jurors have jumped to proclaim Clementine and the Galaxy one of 2012’s top emerging electronic bands. The duo’s version of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” sounds like the theme to Baz Lurhman’s next untitled project, while the song “Crying My Whole Heart Out” stretches the definition of synthpop ballad by being at once dreamy, experimental and fist-pumpingly clamorous. Their latest single, “Complication” is without classification, which is fine, because it’s addictive as shit. - Brian Chidester

Quite appropriately, this video of the single "Crying My Whole Heart Out" by lush orchestral NYC group Clementine and the Galaxy was released on St. Valentine's Day. This is one of the most interesting bands highlighted by our recent Year End Best of NYC Poll for Emerging Artists - so interesting that we decided to book them for the Thursday Snowmine residency show at Pianos we helped curate. Their music inserts itself in the quite recent wave of sophisticated and mellow orchestral pop, launched by a new breed of NYC based composers led by Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, Claire & The Reason and Deli all time favorite St. Vincent.