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For Icelandophiles who semi-learned the words to Sigur R\u00f3s<\/a> and Sin Fang<\/a> records back in the day, the wait for M\u00fam<\/a>\u2019s return has been long enough. History of Silence<\/em><\/a>, M\u00fam\u2019s first album in 12 years, nestles into the fibers of their longtime sound: whispered lyrics, gauzy strings, melodica, and percussive ambiance. Although their seventh studio album and follow-up to 2013\u2019s Smilewound<\/em><\/a>\u2019s gets its name from dead air, M\u00fam are lively and present throughout, be it the shimmering sounds of \u201cKill the Light\u201d or the vividness of \u201cMild at Heart.\u201d Recorded, deconstructed, reassembled, and refined over two years, History of Silence<\/em> is a humble comeback that savors every second.<\/p>\n Listen on Apple Music<\/a> Kitba makes bedroom-pop music that harks back to a time before \u201cbedroom-pop\u201d was really a thing. On Hold the Edges<\/em>, the Brooklyn-based harpist and singer-songwriter, otherwise known as Rebecca El-Saleh, composes hall-of-mirrors synth ballads with the sumptuous textures and sing-songy quality of Frou Frou, their vocals, often Auto-Tuned, a nervy mix of the shellshocked and declarative. The mazy single \u201cSoften<\/a>,\u201d one of many breakup songs on the LP, is about \u201cbeing angry long after you feel you should be, wondering when your hardened heart will soften,\u201d they said in press materials. \u201cIt\u2019s twisting inside and chaos, vibratingly bright and tense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Listen\/Buy at Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\nKitba: Hold the Edges<\/em> [Ruination]<\/h2>\n