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Yuna - I Wanna Go (Belarbi Remix)

Control- Big Sean ft Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica

Joey Bada$$ - Killuminati Pt. 2 (Prod. Knxwledge)

Beach Fossils - In Vertigo (Feat. Kazu Makino)

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

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Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Literature - New Jacket

Foreground-Grizzly Bear

LYRICS:

Hesitation keeps your words on the tip of your tongue
Too careful with what you say and you’re coming off dumb
And there’s nothing left to be said on the telephone
Makes me wonder how I stuck around so long

Anticipation keeps you on the edge of your seat
But you’re just too distracted to look up the people you meet
What was it I said that was so wrong?
Now I realize it was a lie all along 

On the other line
A whole other life
But these dependencies I just cannot deny

Who’s that on the phone?
It was you on the line
Sayin’ it was my fault
But these things happen with time

On the other line
A whole other life
But these dependencies I just cannot deny
On the other line
A whole other life
But these dependencies I just cannot deny

Neapolitan

Hesitation

Jaden Smith x Ta-ku.

Art by http://samuelburgessjohnson.com/

Shout out to Dimlite, Yuseef Lateef & Don Blackman.

TA-KU x JADEN SMITH - BEAST MODE

Craft Spells / Nausea CPD047
Captured Tracks Exclusive Licence

Craft Spells / Nausea

Vibration (Extended Version)

Vibration OPEN VERSE

Mark Ronson- Summer Breaking (Trackademicks Remix)

All Instruments by Trackademicks.

Mark Ronson- Summer Breaking (Trackademicks Remix)

Karen Don't Be Sad

When I See It

Say You Will (Ft. Caroline Shaw)

DIIV – 'Healthy Moon' – NME Basement Sessions

MAC DEMARCO - I WAS A FOOL TO CARE

PILLOW TALK REMIX - Tyler, The Creator

Just a quick mix I threw together of all the Frank snippets we've gotten so far, nothing special. Unfortunately I had to remove the engine noise because apparent Professional Sound Effects Group owns all car sounds, including the ones you record yourself. So this sounds weird compared to the one I've got on my iTunes

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