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AG 129LP
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AG 128LP
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"Litanic Mask's Vampire finds the Portland band delivering on the promise of their gritty debut, combining a spectrum of influences into brilliant white light. The record begins with an arpeggiated electronic pulse and plunging 808, evidencing an appreciation for ATL/CHI street rap production within icy, mannered synthpop. Vocalist Kenna Jean draws on the iconic vampire myth as a clever conceit for the impossibility of real human connection, romantic or otherwise. Jean's shapeshifting lyrics inhabit the tidal shoegaze of 'Anarchy,' the cubist pop of the title track and the epic scale of the industrial '24.' Synthetic choirs and shifting sub frequencies emerge repeatedly, serving as a worthy foil for Jean and demonstrating the band's unwillingness to adopt lowest common denominator indicators of darkness."
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AG 121LP
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"Signaldrift is an electronic music duo from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally started by Franz Buchholtz as a solo project in 1998, Signaldrift released several records on various labels before being joined by John Goelzer in 2005. Being not only from the same city but practically the same age and sharing many common influences, the two fell into an easy collaboration through a rigorous gigging schedule during which they started and refined the tracks that comprise Two Agents, their debut album as a duo. Upon a foundation of their favorite film score composers, the duo bolts on diverse styles such as motorik, dub, shoegaze, disco, post-punk, balearic and '80s pop over the course of these eight songs. Limited to 500 copies." Gatefold sleeve.
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AG 116CD
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"This is a 4-song EP addressing the fragility of memory, the hopelessness of the drug war, the death of close friends and other similarly breezy topics. Utilizing over-baked metaphor and accusatory self-analytical lyrics thinly-veiled in the second person, Nudge comes to grips with its own mortality. Spanning 10 years of the act, the dualism always implied by the band's output is the spine of this recording. It contains two ancient tunes, two recent tunes, two sung by Honey, two sung by Brian. These conflicted pop songs are a gorgeous bummer."
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AG 113CD
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"In celebration of our five year anniversary, we bring you a compilation filled to capacity with happy returns from your Audraglint favorites as well as some rarities from the fertile scene of the label's homeland, Portland, Oregon. Slow but sure, we've amassed a tiny catalog of gems, most of which are lovingly pressed short runs, showcasing a diverse range of audio artists including Tarwater, Signaldrift, Kid606, The Sems, Textile Ranch, The Blow, Charles Atlas and Nice Nice. Since the label's inception, we've stuck to the original plan: We get our hands on something we find especially sweet, particularly spicy, then deliver the morsels for your consumption in gorgeous wrappers. All the vinyl is white wax. All the CDs are housed in matte digipaks. All artwork is by label founder and award-winning designer, David Nakamoto. The consistent feel and special touches to our bite-sized releases make them as pleasing to have on your shelf as on your soundsystem."
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AG 110CD
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"Girl is a sleep-dream generated by Franz Bucholtz on a humid Midwestern night. A close look reveals a nuance that his project is never properly lauded for: the ability to refer back to historical styles, while at the same time flawlessly re-combining them into new montages that could never have existed in the moments to which they refer. Bucholtz is an expert at musical-genre trick photography. You'll find yourself 'remembering' an eighties movie soundtrack of granular string sweeps, detuned guitars, and a raucous vintage drum-machine collection, when in fact such a thing never existed; Signaldrift can make you nostalgic for a past of his own invention. Unabashedly sentimental, Girl is a wordless narrative with the details just far enough out of view to keep you coming back to see if you can translate the whole story."
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