‘This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)’ is barely a love song. Its unmistakable flute-like synths and keyboard propelling chords back and forth, “naive” in the sense that the band swapped instruments to write the song, generate a melodic simplicity and innocence that, at a glance, seem to be reflected...
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Sudan Archives is a genuinely surprising artist. The 23-year-old self-taught violinist fuses the unusual ingredients of world music and a classical instrument with more familiar hip hop beats and cool R&B vocals to forge an enthrallingly unique soundscape. She stretches her orchestral instrument beyond its customary Western use, plucking and...
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Most of us have guilty pleasures. The “guilt” that we feel upon enjoying certain music – whether it be Britney or Mötley Crüe – arises as a result of the pressure of the gaze of others; we are aware that these guilty pleasures contradict the image that we are, consciously...
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