Author: Rob Moura
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Spectreview: Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth
Genesis Owusu’s stunning debut album boasts an impressive range of successfully-executed styles, all cohered by an irrepressible personality.
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Spectreview: Home Is Where – I Became Birds
Home Is Where’s excellent new record is a diorama of small-town iconography stretched to surrealistic dimensions.
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Spectreview: 파란노을 (Parannoul) – To See the Next Part of the Dream
In its union of shoegaze textures and emo ideation, Korean indie-rock aspirant 파란노을 (Parannoul) dares To See the Next Part of the Dream.
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Spectreview: Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés – CLAMOR
Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés shift from inventive Catalan folk to boundless cosmic pop in their breathtaking second record.
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Spectreview: Gabija & The Blue Gleams – Patch 001 [EP]
Gabija Vaičekonis and her troupe of jazz players crank out confectionary covers of Kirby and Chrono Trigger tunes in this succinct EP.
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Spectreview: Adult Mom – Driver
Stevie Knipe’s coming-of-age tales bloom on Adult Mom's immaculately-produced Driver.
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Spectreview: Ánnámáret – Nieguid duovdagat [Dreamscapes]
On her gorgeous new record, Sámi musician Ánnámáret (and her trio) present traditional joik in a brilliantly modern context.
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Spectreview: Ends – Spiral
Ends’ Spiral is a melodious, meditative ambient EP that’s lifted by Gabe Postle’s ability to develop engaging textures.
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Spectreview: Sal Dulu – Xompulse
Sal Dulu (and a bevy of stellar guest features) dives into dreamland on the somnambulant grooves of Xompulse.
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Spectreview: The Weather Station – Ignorance
Tamara Lindeman confronts what we tend to avoid on The Weather Station’s fifth (and best) record.