AOTW | 31 October – 6 November: Nyetscape – Nyetscape 4

Nyetscape 4 is a mallsoft album by Nyetscape. As with many mallsoft releases, Nyetscape 4 seeks to enhance and elicit the feeling of being inside of a mall – abandoned or otherwise. But where Nyetscape 4 differs is the strange, foreboding darkness that slowly creeps in upon the album’s progression. “Fever” and “AgenciesXL” may be lively-ish muzak tracks, but nobody […]

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Nyetscape – Nyetscape 4

Recommendation: ☀☀☁ That vinyl crackle intro on “Fever”? A+. Sure, some might say it’s been played out by the five billion indie bands who just discovered that wax still has a market,1 but mallsoft hasn’t utilized it all that much – which is kind of interesting, considering the genre’s focus on replicating retro-style playback. Then there’s the AM chatter feed […]

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