Fol Chen:
Part I: John Shade...

By: Dennis Cook This pokes a crazy straw into the deep ice of the modern subconscious and slurps hard until a beautiful brain-freeze ensues. Fol Chen has a tasty way about them with a minty tang reminiscent of Hot Chip, Subtle and other quality contemporary layer lifters and psyche pokers. There's probably some sort of overarching storyline given the multi-syllabic album title but you'll hardly care as you bop to the clicks and pops of "No Wedding Cake," only to discover a delicate, beguili...

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