Stack №491: Apr 22, 2025

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Apr 22, 2025

Snuggle - Woman Lake

Posted by 2 sites • On Bandcamp

Dansende Beren Follow “De tweekoppige band Snuggle maakt muziek voor van die momenten waarop je een koptelefoon opzet om de wereld even op…” last week →

A handful of singles from Danish dream-pop duo Snuggle have caught the ear of several sites in our index. Highclouds features their latest, "a song full of longing, distance, and strangely familiar warmth—like remembering a dream someone else had." It's out via Copenhagen label Escho, also home to Astrid Sonne, Fine (Stack №452), and ML Buch (№430).

Daisybelle - Eyes Wide Shut TSHA Remix

Posted by 1 site • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Mixmag Follow “All the biggest releases on our radar” last week →

London-via-Puerto Rico DJ and producer Daisybelle invites TSHA (Stack №328) to remix her recent single featuring Tasty Lopez, "transforming the track with added dancefloor punch," says Mixmag. It's out on HE.SHE.THEY.

KOKOROKO - Sweetie

Posted by 2 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Polifonia Follow “Lepiej późno niż później. Weekend się kończy, ale playlista jest. Miłych wrażeń. SPOTIFY TIDAL DEEZER Tuff Times Never Last by…” last week →

London Afrobeat jazz collective Kokoroko (Stack №223) announce their next album out this summer on Brownswood Recordings. BrooklynVegan calls the lead single "an irresistible ray of sunshine, danceable and joyous."

John Glacier - Home

Posted by 3 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

The Quietus Follow “John Glacier Like A Ribbon East Londoner sends fuzzy transmissions from an alternate dimension, finds Hayley Scott Like A Ribbon…” on Feb 24th →

The new album from London rapper/producer/poet John Glacier (Stack №334) was co-produced by Vegyn (№267), Kwes Darko and Flume, and features Sampha and Eartheater (№218). "Glacier's music functions as fuzzy transmissions from an alternate dimension, constructed from deadpan, diaristic confessions, unconventional production and a deliberate aversion to structure," writes The Quietus.

SPC ECO - Nobody Knows

Posted by 2 sites • On Bandcamp

Łabandzi Śpiew Follow “There are a few bands who refuse to publish their work on Spotify or do so in a limited way.…” on Mar 20th →

Curve's Dean Garcia and his daughter Rose Berlin continue their decade-spanning DIY output as SPC ECO with Hello, a new set of shoegaze and trip-hop-styled tracks released only to Bandcamp. Its' "a strong successor to the general Curve aesthetic: chiefly, walls of feedback and rigorous beats," says Bandcamp.

FEATURED ALBUM

Deer Park - Fess Up

Posted by 1 site • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Gorilla Vs. Bear Follow “Listen to deer park's beautifully hazy and mercurial new album Terra Infirma... Continue reading…” last week →

NYC experimental pop artist Andy Santella, aka deer park, releases the "beautifully hazy and mercurial" (Gorilla vs. Bear) new album Terra Infirma via Deleted.

GOOD MIX

Recognise 079: MoMA Ready

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Mixmag presents a Recognise mix from NYC's MoMA Ready (Stack №240): "a freewheeling session that vaults between fleet-footed breaks, storming synthesisers, skull-cracking four-fours, and amp-busting sample flips."

GOOD READ

For The New York Times, Lindsay Zoladz talks to Tracy Chapman:

"I think, between the 16-year-old who wrote ‘Talkin’ Bout a Revolution’ and the 61-year-old sitting here with you now, that my values are the same. I still have the same concerns."

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