New blackglassG: “Common Story” EP

ByPatrick St. Michel

The best releases on NC4K have a kind of out-of-body vibe going for them, with the sounds making up their dance tracks feeling just a little hazy and untethered. That’s present on blackglassG’s Common Story EP, where the wooziness comes across subtly and in a way where the fun never gets cancelled out. The title track does this best of all, with all kinds of sounds crossing paths — bass, guitar, glassy percussion being just some of what comes through — but everything working just right although it all sounds a step off, too. Get it here, or listen below.

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