Stack №457: Jun 28, 2024

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Jun 28, 2024

Julia-Sophie - telephone

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

START-TRACK Follow “forgive too slow by Julia-Sophie In the artist’s bandcamp bio, Julia-Sophie describes her music as” yesterday →

The new LP from Anglo-French electronic pop artist Julia-Sophie is out next month on Ba Da Bing Records. Various Small Flames calls the album closer "a lush song of love, loneliness and longing, where the brightness on the horizon might be some emergent hope or just the neon smudge of the last place still open so late at night."

maassai - blueprint

Posted by 1 site • On Bandcamp

Bandcamp Daily Follow “Our guide to the month’s crucial hip-hop LPs. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” last week →

Underground Brooklyn rapper maassai (Stack №315) returns following 2023's collab project as H31R (№429), sharing a collection of sketches recorded over the past few years. Bandcamp says the music pairs "swaths of soothing synths underlaid with drums" with maassai's lyrical flow, which "swings from abstract wanderlust to cocksure braggadocio."

Naima Bock - Kaley

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BrooklynVegan Follow “UK singer-songwriter Naima Bock is following up her fantastic 2022 solo debut with her second album, Below a Massive Dark…” last week →

Following her 2022 debut, Sub Pop-signed UK singer-songwriter Naima Bock announces a follow-up album cued for September with this “soulful, brassy” (BrooklynVegan) lead single.

Shy One - Gyallis Spiral

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Futurism Restated Follow “When I read the other day that Bronski Beat’s Age of Consent was celebrating its 40th anniversary, it made me…” 7 days ago →

London producer Shy One (Stack №383) has a new two-tracker out now via Numbers. Philip Sherburne's Futurism Restated frames the A side as the "best of both worlds," where "its burly acid squelch and unvarnished machines, hews decidedly toward the classic, while its slightly pastel pads and dubbed-out air of ambivalence keep things emotionally off kilter."

Autobahns - Tellin' Ya

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Add To Wantlist Follow “Autobahns is the brainchild of Giuliano Iannarella, who self-produced this debut album over the last two years in Lugano (Switzerland)…” 6 days ago →

German musician Giuliano Iannarella makes restless punk music as Autobahns and his accuratetly titled FIRST LP! offers a proper entry point. "This is one wild record," says Add To Wantlist. "It’s fast, intense, and more varied than your average egg punk offering. Iannarella’s sonic concoctions keep you guessing, proving there’s more to this subgenre than meets the ear."

FEATURED ALBUM

Richard Norris - Conqueror Dub

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The Slow Music Movement Blog Follow “What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like Oracle Sound Volume Three by Richard Norris A Few Thoughts Another…” 4 days ago →

If the weekend ahead calls for a summer dub album, veteran UK producer Richard Norris (Stack №80) has you covered. "Oracle Sound Volume Three sees him continue to distill those classic, big system JA sounds, but keep the dub continuum fresh by giving them a modern lick of downtempo paint," writes The Slow Music Movement Blog.

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For Longreads, Ayla Samli on finding beauty, human connection, and one’s heritage in the resonant sounds of the dulcimer.

"Just as a line connects two points, the mountain dulcimer’s strings link people through time and space."

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