Sweet Spirit - TrinidadTrinidad marks the Merge debut of this mighty sextet from Austin, TX. The songs are stripped down yet more intricate than ever before. It's a pop record made by punk rockers sonically happy but lyrically bitter. Lustful, sassy, and passionate. Touting inspirations as varied as Prince, T. Rex, William Onyeabor, ABBA, Roy Orbison, Shintaro Sakamoto, Francoise Hardy, and Robyn, Sweet Spirit have created an album that pulsates with more LinnDrum and synth

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and Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield)

alongside the digging (and no doubt surfing

Pale Jay - Share A Dream (prod

“You’re the Reason Why

and composer has spanned nearly twenty years

During the chaos

Mario Dradi

The sound has been significantly determined by the presence of the beat maker and electronic wizard AID KID (a member

But Tris double-crosses the Feds

best-selling novel by John le Carri (THE TAILOR OF PANAMA)

and dazzling