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Toro Y Moi featuring Salami Rose Joe Louis “Magazine”

“Magazine” falls into an intriguing middle ground between chill and queasy. Salami Rose Joe Louis’ vocal moves between a low mutter that reminds me a lot of Mica Levi on old Micachu and the Shapes songs and a high, breathy sung part that sounds like they’re in a sad daze. The beat is busy but it’s up against keyboard and bass parts that seem to just churn around in circles. There’s enough forward momentum to keep the music from feeling like it’s a holding pattern but Chaz Bear’s arrangement signals a lot of muted frustration. The lead guitar part near the end is very expressive without allowing for much catharsis, and the song ends by basically ducking outside itself and into another unrelated groove that “accidentally” gets warped and eaten up like bad tape.

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