On their regular path from associates making lo-fi freak-folk to bandmates going proggy art-pop, Bruiser and Bicycle at all times discover a calming middle on the coronary heart of their in any other case dizzying albums. Deep Nation, their third album and follow-up to 2023’s Holy Red Wagon, takes that grounding reassurance to new depths, with shades of jangle pop and classic progressive folks. Recorded stay—a primary for the Albany, New York, band—with a 15-song tracklist, the album’s sprawling 75-minute runtime shouldn’t intimidate as a lot as welcome you to take an edible and get misplaced. Let pairings just like the fingerpicked jitters of the six-minute “Waterfight”—the place, sure, the vocal harmonies sound identical to Animal Collective—into the ethereal jazz drumming of “Sinister Sleep Shuffle” remind you what it feels prefer to cease worrying and simply be current.
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Feeo: Goodness [AD 93]
Now established as a maestro of London’s experimental underground, Feeo lands at AD 93 with a collection of droning, ambient, and softly psychedelic digital music on her debut album. The compositions of Goodness warp, buzz, and whirr beneath Feeo’s distracted vocals, which, in distinction to the intricate electronics, appear exhumed from historic folks tune. The report follows her EP Run Over and collaborations with Loraine James and Caius Williams.
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