Helado Negro - Come Be Me

You and me can make it forever
I can call you up
And you can say my name
Cuz I been talking about you to everyone
So they know
You're fine

Helado Negro is one of the many monikers for Roberto Carlos Lange, a tropical-electronic producer out of Brooklyn (via south Florida, from Ecuadorian parents), and more of a collaborative effort for the label Asthmatic Kitty. Digging around his discography doesn't disappoint - a lot of mellow grooves, some more energetic, all fairly interesting, some quite moving and speaking to his experience as a POC in the US. I love this latest single for it's end-of-summer dreaminess. 

RIYL: El Guincho, Cineplexx, CLUBZ

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Perfume Genius - Slip Away

Don't hold back, I want to break free
'Cause it's singing through your body
And I'm carried by the sound
Every drum, every single beat
They were born from your body
And I'm carried by the sound

Mike Hadreas, AKA Perfume Genius has hit on something fairly epic with his latest single "Slip Away". Electric piano glam rock isn't really my go to, but I'm really digging this. His album No Shape is more of the same and an interesting and uplifting listen.

RIYL: Mika, Cass McCombs, Gotye, Destroyer, Arca, Japanese Breakfast

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Prawn - North Lynx

I've been distracted and distant
And I'm all out of ideas
The bees keep swarming around me
The sun starts running on empty

I guess you'd call New Jersey band Prawn emo. They've got all the hallmarks of that classic 90's emo sound; weeping guitars, slow melodic progression, confessional lyrics, etc. Where they differ a bit, in a great way, is the application of complicated sonic arrangements, strings, horns and an occasional Midwestern garage aesthetic that somehow offers a bit of edge, character, and polish to their music. I loved their 2014 release Kingfisher and I'm looking forward to their new album, Run, which is out in a couple weeks.

RIYL: Buffalo Tom, Signals Midwest, Pity Sex, Saves The Day

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