Alexi Erenkov's duo The Saxophones makes beautiful and personal music. Accompanied by his wife Alison Alderdice on percussion and samplers, they blend the gloom and melancholy of 1950s ballads with minimalist woodwind arrangements, creating a hypnotic sound that recalls the past while asserting its place in the present. The band has just released their third album, "To Be A Cloud," which they recorded at Phil Elverum's (Mount Eerie, The Microphones) Unknown Studios in Anacortes.