Kranky is starting off 2008 with a vengeance. Atlas Sound and now Valet have set the bar very high for quality with two genre-defying albums of immense substance and beauty. Naked Acid may be even tougher to describe than the Atlas Sound record, as distorted vocals peer through noisy (but not loud) guitar and percussion, creating giant swirls of sound that envelope whatever room you happen to be in while listening to it. The phrase "psychedelic minimalism" has been used to describe the album, and for sure, it fits, but one needs to look no further than the last two tracks to see that there's more than psychedelia at work here, with "Fire"and its On!Air!Library! like vocals over sparse guitar, and "Streets" with its electronic-like pulsating rhythms and progression. An exceptional and unique sounding record.

Style: Experimental, Psychedelic 

RIYL: Deerhunter, Brian Ellis

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2008  Brian Ellis  Deerhunter  Experimental  Kranky  Naked Acid  Psychedelic  Valet  onecaseman 

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