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The mysterious new artist’s thrillingly complete sound world is glitchily complex but beguilingly light on its feet
You can find affinities with other artists and styles here, for sure: the bookish but playful minimalism of another Sheffield musician, Mark Fell; Objekt’s trickster vision for bass music and techno; the white-tiled cleanliness of some of Sophie’s work; Jlin’s paradoxically static funk. Photograph: Vinca Peterson Blood Orange – The Field A fever dream of collaborators join Dev Hynes’ romantic return: the Durutti Column’s guitar blur meets Eva Tolkin’s racing production, Tariq Al-Sabir’s composition and vocals from Caroline Polachek and Daniel Caesar. Case Oats – In a Bungalow Somewhere between Kathleen Edwards’ open-hearted country and Kimya Dawson’s lovely naivete, Chicago’s Casey Walker – and nimble, fiddle-accented band – belies the pressing nature of a crush with an enticing lightness of touch.
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