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Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks
There’s nostalgia to the New York/London duo’s lo-fi laptop sound, but their second album pushes them into vivid, weirder new territory
TL;DR
- Ear's second album, "Rumspringa," moves beyond their "laptop twee" sound into stranger sonic territories.
- The duo manipulates audio fields with layered vocals, synths, and found sounds, influenced by IDM.
- The article features new tracks from The Durutti Column, Cara Delevingne, Gilla Band, Feeble Little Horse, Blood Orange, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and Anthony Calonico.
- Ear began by recording their first track on an iPhone in a library.