Alex Maas Album Review
Unexpectedly, one of the most beautiful and hopeful albums of the year comes from Black Angels singer Alex Maas. Luca capstones 2020 with a reminder of what's truly important and wondrous in the world. Named for his preschooler, the solo bow strips back the local psych revivalist's sound, still swaddled in vocal reverb but patient and swaying with soft strings. "Slip Into" evokes the 13th Floor Elevators both titularly and with a fever dream of influences fading in on a sound of folkies Bill Fay or Tim Hardin laced with Portishead rhythms, while "The Light That Will End Us" sets a theme by i...
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