Habibi - Habibi (Red, Yellow Vinyl, Deluxe Edition, w/ Bonus 7") Some Days Are Better Than Others

Habibi - Habibi (Red, Yellow Vinyl, Deluxe Edition, w/ Bonus 7") Some Days Are Better Than OthersVinyl LP pressing. A cursory listen to Brooklyn indie act Habibi's self titled debut album would initially seem to suggest a straightforward punk approach to the classic girl group template. Front loaded with sweetly catchy upbeat pop tracks like "I Got the Moves" and "Detroit Baby," Habibi's indie shimmy rhythms and reverb heavy harmonies find the middle ground between the Shangri Las and the Undertones in the same way the Vivian Girls did on their

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Pennsylvania two months earlier

A vicious and sinister penultimate LP from the '90s most misunderstood band

the rumbling fusion build of 'Confessions Pt

and it was mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

In a sonic departure from the symphonic folk of his critically lauded 2019 LP Omoiyari-a career-defining body of work born from his intensive meditation on the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II-the Seattle-born singer/songwriter/producer's fifth studio album encompasses everything from Brazilian jazz and '70s funk to orchestral rock and city pop (a Japanese genre that peaked in the mid-'80s)

hallucinatory painting by neo-impressionist (and pavement-scorching skateboarder) Brian Lotti

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Now the ten tracks of euphoric escapist pop inspired by French house music and Parisian soundscapes that shimmer with magnetic

and out comes a song like "Maps" or "Zero" or the latest addition to their canon

"The Roundabout" represents a symbolic return to Chicago