Rules

Rock · 2012 · 11 tracks · 29m

Rules

A cornerstone of bedroom pop. Warped piano, pitch-shifted vocals, and tape-saturated acoustic sketches that feel like a private, slightly unsettling diary.

It sounds like a collection of haunted diary entries set to the best melodies you've never heard.

A hazy, suburban fever dream that balances childlike playfulness with a deep, underlying sense of melancholy.

Rules · vs · Alex G

Wistful+0.8σ

Wistful saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 29m

01

Water

2:07

02

Come Back

3:18

03

Fighting

2:19

04

Wicked Boy

2:39

05

Candy

3:17

06

Mis

3:21

07

Master

1:56

08

New

3:19

09

Know Now

1:13

10

Rules

3:15

11

Message

2:40

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden transition into the warped, pitch-shifted piano hook on 'Mis' that feels like a memory bending.

The way the drum machine on 'Candy' provides a rigid, mechanical contrast to the vulnerable acoustic guitar.

The haunting, repetitive vocal refrain in 'Message' that slowly dissolves into tape hiss.

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