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Small Black—the Brooklyn-based chillwave group of Josh Kolenik, Juan Pieczanski, Ryan Heyner, and Jeff Curtin—have announced their first new album since 2015. The record, titled Cheap Dreams, comes out on April 9 via 100% Electronica. The second single from the album is “Duplex,” which comes with a music video directed by Ryan Draybuck. Watch below. “We finished writing & recording ‘Duplex’ way before the world shut down last March,” lead singer Josh Kolenik said in a press rel...