Bowery Electric - BeatThe haunting ambience of Beat fit somewhat with the then popular Massive Attack and Portishead, but the albums subsonic drone made it more of a minimal mood piece than a collection of songs. MAGNET The second in a trio of albums released by the core duo of Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener, Beat is without doubt their definitive artistic statement. Coming 20 years to the day of its original release, this is the first time this album has been

their sound is always distinctively

These are the people Martha celebrate

like a malfunctioning slide projector

witty flows into the gritty terrain of GUTS’ Parisian-Boom-Bap-Funk pop

and Dustin Robert [drums]— the album traces a wild and exhilarating roadmap through Taylor’s musical psyche

2LP - The deluxe features the album on 150 Gram clear with black smoke double LP

The first disc features two different mixes ofåÊLeave Home

And conversely this ain’t your mama’s Black Lips

" The album's single 'Gesceap' embodies the transformation of the original suite commissions

my idea of a train song where I tried to capture the movement of the train in the rhythm of the guitar

20-year- old Jack moved to Manchester where he began playing in bands and recording

This is no mere curio in the Sufjan Stevens catalog - but a fully realized collaborative musical piece