Alex G - DSU (Color Vinyl, Digital Download) JYFL3270.1

Alex G - DSU (Color Vinyl, Digital Download) JYFL3270.1Two years after its initial release on boutique Brooklyn label Orchid Tapes, (Sandy) Alex Gs fourth LP DSU will be reissued on Run For Cover Records this September. Considered by many to be the record that shone a spotlight onto the longtime lo fi Bandcamp favorite, DSU is an indie rock record empowered & enlightened by Alex Giannascolis bedroom pop sensibilities. An acronym for Dream State University, DSUs thirteen songs consistently reinvent indie

Ra was intrigued by the Prophet (surely by the instrument as well as by the name)

and so do they

after a long and rocky nine year road

6 Allah-Las - Catamaran

Singing in Hindi

the band soon under-went personnel changes with founder Howard Devoto leaving before they signed to United Artists and embarked on the recording of their debut album

along with Al Green and

10 In Dreams

powerfully arranged and immaculately performed

Label: Time Bomb Records

Swell Maps or This Heat while not really having any obvious precursors - a lo-fi masterpiece cloaked in layers of vibrato and guitar wash

featuring their hardcore honky-tonk and unmistakable swagger