"Strange Tales from the Urban Circle" by Canadian band Pan Out Now (formerly known as iO) is an excellent album full of beautiful melodies and cool, modern sounding grooves and sounds. The production and overall musicianship are very impressive as well.
The majority of the songs feature the voices of both singers, Stephanie Shery and Tim Foley, each of whom is an excellent vocalist on his/her own, though when combined – their voices sound absolutely gorgeous. 
If you are familiar with Chroma Key album "Dead Air for Radios" for instance, then you might like to know that quite several songs from STFTUC carry similar mesmerizing, "dark" emotional quality... Pan Out Now seems to be more up-beat though. The arrangements are competent and highly inventive: punchy riffs by distorted guitar, industrial-like synths and sound effects and energetic, rhythmic piano parts are mixed with melodic, hooky vocal lines just perfectly. So if you enjoy high quality pop-rock with a modern flair, "dark" progressive undertones, brilliant arrangements and clever, intelligent songwriting, then you'll enjoy this CD a lot.
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"There is a lot of great song writing to be found on this album and I can see that AOR radio stations would love this on their late night playlist. Three words - DROP DEAD GORGEOUS ... listen to it closely, give it many, many plays, tell your friends and bring this band the success they deserve."
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