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The Twin Atlas - The Ever Present Seriously spacious jam from this New Jersey duo who just know how to take it easy. This is highly pleasant music: smooth and well-played, with a vibe that's part treble-y '70s AM rock, part Yo La Tengo slow jam with Californian vocal harmonies up to HERE. The total obsession at the moment with coating everything in a layer of noise means I'm getting pretty close to total lo-fi fatigue, so it's good to hear The Twin Atlas administering the raggedness sparingly, a la Kurt Vile. Not that [...]

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