New What's Up? - "Harper"

On "Harper," from their debut collection Content Imagination, notey instrumental Portland-via-Sacramento trio What's Up? come off like a steel-drumming Trans Am. Or Lucky Dragons giving a go at Zombi in a PDX Tiki bar. The sound's steeped in that lower-fi DIY thing the kids like, and "Harper" offers up an intentionally imperfect, non-slick ending. If you go to see the Dirty Projectors on the West Coast, you might catch the guys opening. As the various words and associations above should connote,...

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