Not gonna lie, I slept on Discovery HARD. I kept reading about them and kept forgetting to check them out. Friends raved about their debut album, and I missed it. So apologies for that. I just threw my iTunes on shuffle, and Discovery’s tune with Angel Deradoorian (of Dirty Projectors) came up. WOW.
Discovery is made up of Rostam Batmanglij - yes, Batman - from Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot, and on “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” they make magic. The song features fantastic vocals from everyone involved, including the signature lilts of Deradoorian and some more out-of-character vocal flourishes from Miles. The song is great.
It’s stuttering but not. It’s electro but organic. It flips genders, chops beats, and completely bumps. I’m a huge fan.
Discovery f. Angel Deradoorian – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (YSI) (filesavr)
It’s also worth noting how different the sound of this track is in comparison to Deradoorian’s solo stuff. She released a solo EP full of bare, stark, lo-fi Dirty Projector-ish tunes earlier this year. It didn’t get a ton of hype, but it has some great tunes on it that are worth checking out, if only to hear her voice without Dave Longstreth chiming in. No offense Dave.
Deradoorian – High Road (YSI) (filesavr)
And Discovery, upon further investigation, are just pretty much a bunch of ballers. Serves me right for sleeping on these guys.
Discovery – Osaka Loop Line (YSI) (filesavr)
1 comments:
It's easy enough to sleep on them. On description only, they have "side project" written all over them, but I'm with you: it's brilliant. "Carby" absolutely slays me.
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