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B-Sides, Rarities and Demos
Rock · 2014

B-Sides, Rarities and Demos

Current Joys

June 5, 2014 · Danger Collective Records

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This is the sound of isolation captured on magnetic tape.

It feels like finding a dusty cassette in the back of a drawer, containing the rawest, most unpolished thoughts of someone you used to know. The production is unapologetically lo-fi, with tape hiss and room noise acting as additional instruments that wrap around the skeletal guitar lines and skeletal drum machine beats. It is an album that demands a quiet room and a heavy heart.

Moments Worth Listening For
The moment a brittle drum machine beat kicks in under a wash of surf-rock guitar
The audible click of a tape recorder stopping at the end of a particularly fragile vocal take
The way the reverb swells until the guitar melody becomes a ghostly blur
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does B-Sides, Rarities and Demos sound next to the rest of Current Joys's catalogue?

VOCPRONRGATMINS
Whispered+3.9σ

The vocals lean far further into whispered than the rest of the catalogue.

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