The word is laced throughout the album in lyrics and titles—love as a distraction, loving yourself, loving others. Standish explores her vocal range fully—her husky spoken-word drawl remains, but we also hear her laugh and sing.
Alexander started work on Cast when living in Berlin and in Queens. This is where he diverged from previous modes, deciding to integrate speech. With a healthy distaste for aspects of performance art, he invited strictly non-scripted recordings, a series of anti-performances.
Artist: C418. Double fire splatter vinyl LP pressing. As C418, composer and producer Daniel Rosenfeld designs sounds to resonate in both physical and pixelated realms. Rosenfeld’s unmistakable abilities are on display; he creates a sweeping variety of musical ideas that mirror the limitless universe of Minecraft.
«Do you feel what I feel too?». With Feelings, they’ve manifested a gentle collective space for respite, for self-reflection, for self-care, for uninhibited imagination and new possibilities. Following their first sessions, which resulted in the mini-album Walkie Talkie (released in 2019 on Native Cat Recordings), the duo continued freeform hangs in Oakland, inviting friends Chaz Bear, Tony Peppers, and Hamir Atwal.
Fans and critics were universally enamored with his beatless, nuanced electronic pieces upon release. It transcends them. Artist: C418. Format: Vinyl LP. Mice on Venus.