pitchfork wednesday, june 22

On its promising debut full-length, this Portland outfit mixes catchy psych-pop with a surprising and convincing undercurrent of funk.

Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Label: Fat Possum

Pitchfork 8.1

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UK beat-fiddler's production shares plenty in common with Californians Flying Lotus and Daedelus, abounding in left turns and outré sounds.

Artist: Young Montana

Album: Limerence

Label: Alpha Pup

Pitchfork 7.5

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Art-folk group's debut plays upon the disparities between ambient and rhythmic, airy and earthy, restive and tranquil.

Artist: BOBBY

Album: BOBBY

Label: Partisan

Pitchfork 7.2

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Scottish production duo's debut album feels like a quintessentially of-the-moment dissertation on deepness in house music.

Artist: 6th Borough Project

Album: One Night in the Borough

Label: Delusions of Grandeur

Pitchfork 6.7

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Norwegian band offers a free album made up of 10 songs that are each around one minute long.

Artist: Ungdomskulen

Album: Gimme Ten

Label: Self-Released

Pitchfork 5.2

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