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Pop Music / False B‐Sides
Electronic · 2011

Pop Music / False B‐Sides

February 2, 2011 · Basement's Basement

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Pop Music / False B-Sides is a masterclass in the beauty of the unfinished.

While Baths' debut album Cerulean was a vibrant explosion of maximalist glitch-pop, this compilation pulls back the curtain to reveal the quiet, skeletal foundations of Will Wiesenfeld's sound. It sounds like a series of intimate polaroids: slightly overexposed, warm around the edges, and deeply personal.

The primary voice here is the piano, often recorded with enough proximity that you can hear the mechanical thud of the keys and the hiss of the room, creating a sense of physical presence that digital music often lacks.

Moments Worth Listening For
the way the piano melody in The Heart feels like it is being played on a toy that is slowly breaking
the sudden, sharp intake of breath that punctuates the rhythmic clicks in Nordic Laurel
the transition where a lush synth wash dissolves into the sound of someone shuffling papers and clicking a pen
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