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Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks
There’s nostalgia to the New York/London duo’s lo-fi laptop sound, but their second album pushes them into vivid, weirder new territory From Hudson valley, New York, and London Recommended if you like the Books, Leila, Worldpeace DMT Up next Rumspringa released 29 May Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan recorded their first ever track as Ear on an iPhone in the Bard College library. That song, Nerves, pits their murmuring voices against weightless strings and barely perceptible drums. Just as it seems poised to float away altogether, the track is suddenly overtaken by a blaring bass synth that cleaves the first act’s aching plea into an emotionally fraught, black-lit banger. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks, There’s nostalgia to the New York/London duo’s lo-fi laptop sound, but their second album pushes them into vivid, weirder new territory From Hudson valley, New York, and London Recommended if you like the Books, Leila, Worldpeace DMT Up next Rumspringa released 29 May Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan recorded their first ever track as Ear on an iPhone in the Bard College library. That song, Nerves, pits their murmuring voices against weightless strings and barely perceptible drums. Just as it seems poised to float away altogether, the track is suddenly overtaken by a blaring bass synth that cleaves the first act’s aching plea into an emotionally fraught, black-lit banger. Continue reading…
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