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- Lost Girls
Menneskekollektivet
The debut LP from the duo Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden is a warm-blooded exploration of the sensuality of the artistic process.
- The Antlers
Green to Gold
The New York band’s first album in seven years sounds like a post-rock orchestra playing around a campfire. It’s the sound of hard-won peace of mind, rendered in the lightest brushstrokes.
- The Peacers
Blexxed Rec
Inspired by the Beatles circa Revolver, Mike Donovan’s lo-fi marauders fuse their habitual folksy garage and fantastical psych into a wily sound fleshed out with Mellotron and tape echo.
- Tex Crick
Live in… New York City
The Australian singer-songwriter looks to the warm, easygoing sounds of ’70s troubadours on an album that rarely demands attention, only politely asks for it.
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