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Photo courtesy of Pitchfork Music Festival 2018.
Photo courtesy of Pitchfork Music Festival 2018.
Happy Friday, good people. Hope you're enjoying a rather quiet release day in this perpetually messy ass summer.
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Svelte on the studio albums (though Ben Khan's self-titled debut and Louis Cole's inaugural BRAINFEEDER outing are more than worth your ear) the week's best cuts were small-batch standouts. Moses Sumney shared his politically-charged 3-songs suite, Black In The Deep Red, 2014, while Quavo shared his own triplet of tracks. And loosies galore -- from Twelve'len's syrupy stunner to Mick Jenkins' hulking call-to-arms to Jerry Paper's blissful psych soul morsel -- fill out the rest of the map.
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Hear all of the week's essentials in a new installment of The Round-Up below. Hit the link to subscribe to Okayplayer's Spotify channel and never wonder what's next in the rotation.