After months of teasing us, Catching Flies has lastly unveiled his awaited beat tape titled Beats & Items underneath his alter-ego The West Inexperienced Quartet.
The gorgeous factor about that is the truth that we are able to nonetheless hear shades of his signature, textural sound scattered throughout the album. One of many stand-out moments right here is the nice and cozy and colourful “Citrus”, a observe that is adorned with soulful samples and a variety of natural instrumentation. The harps breathe life into the observe and provides it a sublime and polished veneer regardless of its lofi aesthetic. For Catching Flies, Beats & Items serves as an ode to the Nineteen Nineties/2000s downtempo scene he grew up listening to.
“Final 12 months, I gave myself two weeks to begin and end a Beat Tape. I employed an Airbnb in Ojai after a tour of the US West Coast and set about making Beats & Items“.
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