Playful art-pop you can sink into: that’s the sound of Brooklyn’s Companion. The quintet is led by Pepi Ginsberg -- a singer, poet and guitarist who has been releasing vivid, ‘60s-influenced folk-pop under her given name for the last half dozen years. But lately she’s been experimenting with form, and surrounding herself with collaborators.

The resulting self-titled album (out Feb. 5), crafted with her newfound companions, is a collection that’s rhythmic, expansive and dreamy. Songs like “Out Of Control” and “My Country, Your USA” are marked by a shimmering interplay between Ginsberg’s idiosyncratic voice, the near-choir vocal bed of bandmates Anna Thorngate and Amy Carrigan, and a host of clattering and fuzzy homemade beats. “Only” packs a melancholic punch as it winds around and around a romantic frustration. And “Homegirl” treads into a darker territory while still maintaining that pop afterglow.

Ginsberg and co. have gotten production help from a few folks who also know about unexpected arrangements -- including Jake Aron, whose engineering credits include Yeasayer and Chairlift, and Nathan Sabatino, who also produced Dr. Dog’s 2012 album Be The Void. The result is a pop confection with a zing.

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