Exclusive streams of LA native Kraft’s sparse, desert-like melancholy and John Heckle’s thumping Chicago bass, plus nods to early US synth music
Suzanne Kraft’s tracks often remind you of the 1980s in his native LA, evoking mallrat pop, workout pep and informercial pap: drum machines clatter cheaply and synths roll with the perpetual motion of a videogame supercar. But for his new LP, Talk from Home, he’s left the melee of Hollywood and headed for Laurel Canyon or a desert vista. The mostly beatless tracks feature dusty guitar lines, ruminative chords, and a general sense of melancholic mooching – fellow travellers might include Nite Jewel, Rhye or Junior Boys. On this exclusive first listen to Never Heated, steady electronic handclaps mark out the space for jazzy melodic improvisations that sound a little bruised but ultimately happy with their lot.
Continue reading...by Ben Beaumont-Thomas via Electronic music | The Guardian
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