Regional Sales-Rep Rock, Sleazy Synth-Pop That Boings
Plus dancefloor-warping reggaetón filled with escándalo and a particularly sticky beat tape
Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we recommend you the new records that you need to hear. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s new and cool. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
On deck this week is a fantasy-minded singer-songwriter who’s found “serenity now” alongside 40 backing musicians, and a dude who makes freak-folky acoustic music about evil tapeworms in pretty much total isolation. To each their own! Also to be heard: a New York producer whose beat tape is perfectly lopsided, an art-pop Angeleno who doesn’t take herself too seriously, and a duo serving up horny death-metal dubstep (but like, it’s good). Get in, it’s time to find your new favorite album.
