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Feature: Review of 2018

I begin my review of 2018 with a lyric taken from a song released in 2015 (after all, it’s worth noting in these end-of-year articles that recency isn’t a prerequisite to present pertinence). The line comes partway through “Stonemilker” by Björk, her sentiment buoyed by the ricochet of

Interview: Chaines

Interview: Chaines

The King is the debut full-length from Cee Haines (aka Chaines), and it’s constantly questioning itself. The dimensions of space contract and expand in an organic, ventricular way; time loiters and becomes stagnant, or sprints forth with urgency; identity changes under observation, with the voice shifting in pitch and

Review: Chaines + Tom Rose - SPLIT

Rather than present each artist in its own distinct block, SPLIT alternates back and forth between tracks by its two participants. It swings pendulum-like between two states, placing emphasis on the point of transition between them; that “similar but different” co-dependency that renders the split format somewhat awkwardly poised, relishing