Category: art pop
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gaye su akyol – anadolu ejderi
On her maximalist fourth album, Gaye Su Akyol again makes expressive use of the burnt tremor in her voice, this time singing directly to Istanbul. Through its baroque psych-rock, the record blazes through its themes without deference to taste and/or accessibility. This is certainly Akyol’s most anti-pop album to date, as she takes the scenic […]
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bat for lashes – the haunted man (2012)
Bat For Lashes, conceptually, is largely about competing with life. Her percussion sounds like feet running around the track, rather than feet running away from something frightening. The directness from ‘The Haunted Man’ comes, like it’s cover, from a nakedness. Despite its ostensible melodrama, Khan’s third record is an honest and forceful blend of glamorous […]
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julia holter – have you in my wilderness (2015)
On her magnificent fourth LP, Julia Holter wrote in fragments that continue to capture intrigue despite rarely arriving anywhere definite. Destinations are simply not the object of this record: it is a heavenly, drifting journey that weaves elegantly through elements of art and dream pop. The beautifully judged production enables the instrumentation to take on […]
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they might be giants – lincoln (1988)
Bad comedians are dumb. Average comedians are smart. The best comedians play the dork while being one step ahead of everyone else. On their breakout record, TMBG performed under a goofy decorative layer and expounded a love for the theatrical. ‘Lincoln’ features some of the most arrestingly artful songwriting of the 80s (particularly the scarecrow […]
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