Earlier this month, Daniel Lopatin announced his latest Oneohtrix Point Never album, Age Of. It will be out in June, and it’ll be prefaced by a series of live performances in New York City. Today, he’s released Age Of’s first single, “Black Snow,” and revealed some more details behind the album.
THERE IS A LINE in Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast that says, “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest”, and that is how we're feeling at this very moment, after a walk in the palm-tree laden jardins ...
JANUARY IS OFTEN thought to be a bleak month, despite its positioning as the first in a brand new year. In fact, the first working Monday in January is referred to as ‘Divorce Monday’ in Britain, for the influx of divorce inquiries lawyers receive on that day. Bills from the holiday season, new year’s resolutions, time to reflect — all play a part. I even read about one woman who called her lawyer on Christmas day after finding a receipt from her husband for a diamond Rolex that never turned up under the tree. It was apparently meant for his mistress. In the event that you and your love made it through Divorce Monday, there’s more to overcome, for the third Monday of the new year is ‘Blue Monday’, for its reputation of being the most depressing day of the year. And this year, that day is today. Of course, here in sunny Spain, the only thing blue are those famous Mediterranean skies…
WE HAPPENED UPON Alyssa Kapito‘s work on Instagram (where else?) and were immediately and utterly smitten. There’s a Stephen Sills quality to her spaces, and even perhaps Joseph Dirand, with its on focus beautiful textures and clean lines.
Recorded in a working dairy farm in the backwoods of West Wales, ‘Reflection of Youth’ was written during a period of EERA’s life when, she says, Norwegian society expects everyone “to figure everything out.” It’s no surprise, then, that this record is investigative, as it thrives in its experimentation, moving seamlessly between styles from honey-sweet lo-fi to angry pulsating rock with soul-searching, introspective, electronic twists.