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TEEN- "Electric"

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Yeah, Brooklyn's TEEN doesn't exactly have a band name that sticks out in today's current indie landscape, however, the music the music itself is something worth writing home about.

It's dark, moody indie rock with loads of experimental, psychedelic sounds. There are a lot of great, etherial vocal harmonies through out the track featured in the video above, too. I really love the opening rhythm and bassline on this track, and the deadpan female vocals add an element of strangeness to the song as well.

Just when it seems like you're in for another Vivian / Dum Dum Girls knockoff, TEEN starts filling the mix with loads of weird synths and instrumentation toward the second half of this song. Am I surprised? Not really considering the band is fronted by Here We Go Magic keyboardist Teeny Lieberson. You've got to have an adventurous spirit working in a band like that, for sure.

TEEN's forthcoming album, In Limbo, will be out on August 28th on Carpark.

Toro Y Moi- "New Beat" ‡ STREAM

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Can we put the term "chillwave" to bed yet? I hope so! Especially since this new Toro Y Moi track is a left hook to all who thought the project's sole member, Chaz Bundick, would stay confined within the limitations of fuzzy, electronic bedroom beats. "New Beat" starts a party and brings a lot of maturity to the dancefloor. Looking forward to this new album more and more now!

Look for Underneath the Pine on 2/22 via Carpark.

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Toro Y Moi- "Still Sound" ‡ MP3

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As many of y'all may remember, I wasn't the biggest fan of Toro Y Moi's debut album, which dropped earlier this year. At the end of the day, I feel Causers had more possibilities than actualities.

Toro is gearing up for another album release in February, and it's titled Underneath the Pine. He's still doing it through Carpark, and has got a much more fleshed out sound on this first track to drop from the album.

"Still Sound" has a great retro beat that sounds like it's straight out of the 70s. Toro seems to have worked harder on getting his vocals on key, and he's not using as much reverb to distort himself in the mix. It's a nice change of pace. The chorus is upbeat, and I love the jazzy synth chords that bubble in the background. Dig on it:

MP3: Toro Y Moi- Still Sound -