Recent Calm/Peaceful Releases

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  Kacey Musgraves
  Star-Crossed
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  A quintessential divorce record distinguished by its soft, glistening shimmer and Kacey Musgraves' placid delivery.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  The Beach Boys
  Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf …
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  Dozens of previously unreleased tracks join remasters of two original albums from a curious and creatively rich phase of one of rock's most important legacies.

  - Fred Thomas
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  Nite Jewel
  No Sun
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  This dark, challenging, and often fearless album pushes past the hazy R&B tendencies of previous work into more daring and emotionally raw avant-pop territory.

  - Fred Thomas
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  Eric Bibb
  Dear America
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  The artist offers a tender, poignant manifesto of love and empathy to a land, history, and people that haven't always loved him back.

  - Thom Jurek
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  Damon & Naomi / Michio Kurihara
  A Sky Record
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  Begun in Japan in 2019 and completed during the earliest phases of the COVID-19 lockdown, a sense of disquiet runs through these sadly beautiful songs.

  - Fred Thomas
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  Colleen Green
  Cool
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  After stripping away layers of lo-fi punk-pop noise, Green's third album is a batch of unassuming songs that follow the '90s alt-rock playbook.

  - Tim Sendra
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  Bruno Bavota
  For Apartments: Songs & Loops
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  Recorded while on lockdown, Bavota explores two different approaches: loop-based synthesizer explorations and intimate piano pieces.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Emma-Jean Thackray
  Yellow
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  On her debut album, the London-based composer and multi-instrumentalist creates a holistic meld of spiritual jazz, funk, soul, and electronica.

  - Thom Jurek
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  Dan Nicholls
  Mattering and Meaning
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  A collection of nine pieces that juxtapose and refract the sound of acoustic piano with otherworldly electronics, loops, and field recordings.

  - Thom Jurek
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  Quickly, Quickly
  The Long and Short of It
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  Lo-fi beatmaker transitions into vibrant singer/songwriter with electronic production tendencies on this collection of vibrant, warm, and rapidly changing sounds.

  - Fred Thomas