Blog: PopMatters

One-time Girl Talk tourmate gets introspective, turns to confessional bedroom synth-pop on his full-length debut For his first full-length under the Junk Culture moniker (no relation to the OMD's 1984 album), Deepak Mantena builds on the loops-and-samples model that fueled '09's West Coast and '11's Summer Friends (and earned him a slot opening for Girl Talk), incorporating woozy singer/songwriter indie electronic pop. It's a tweak that seems to fit Mantena well - the synths and bleeps 'n' bloops are still there, but they're now in service of Mantena's increasingly mature...

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