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cassette store day

headed out to touch vinyl on sawtelle today for cassette store day; ended up w/ karen o's crush songs (review coming soon!) on tape and fka twigs + the national vinyl. good haul.

Simultaneously languid and agitated—murky electronic background and stuttering beats such as those on “Pendulum” and “Video Girl” lead to an impression of jittery anxiety superimposed on a slow-moving world. This auditory dissonance is part of the appeal of LP1, what proves my initial reaction (“Grimes on heroin”) wrong. Instead of ambient chillwave, LP1 is an emotionally-charged confessional, alternately languid and skittish. It’s music for the nighttime, for the lonely hours.

Listen to LP1 by FKA twigs on Spotify here