Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - This is a Mindfulness Drill. (Vinyl LP)

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - This is a Mindfulness Drill. (Vinyl LP)Somewhere along the way, I got the idea that Richard Youngs's 'Sapphie' was all about a dead dog. I dont know if someone insinuated this idea in front of me or if I psychologically tethered the title to the tenderly printed dog paw on its cover. Either way, I've gone over a decade thinking this remarkable, windswept album of torch songs was about a dearly departed pet. And yet, as we approached a reissue of this Jagjaguwar classic and a new,

as a global pandemic shuttered businesses and forced us to take stock of what Earth was becoming

demonstrating the wealth of influences the band feed off and their deep musicality

and it refuses geo-specific narratives

As Morby reminds us early on

Die musiek is vrolik

creating an impressive list of songs along the way

The 5-track EP ends with "Strangers 4eva"

These are some of the questions posed on Ruban Nielson's fourth album as Unknown Mortal Orchestra

originally issued by their longterm fans at Les Disques Du Crépuscule

Gqom's slow

the Philadelphia-based project of Adam Granduciel

slow-motion lullaby (‘Cover Up’)