Aragon – S.T.

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One of our favorite releases of the year, Melbourne-based artist YL Hooi’s Untitled debut on Efficient Space merges the seemingly disparate worlds of post-punk, DIY minimalism, and dub into one beautifully dark collection of sonic compositions. Synthesizers provide the pulse throughout the album’s mostly beatless tracks while Hooi’s voice, treated with a healthy amount of delay and reverb, supply both story and atmosphere. “The lychee, the final scarf, the shaped bell heart. Well when we pepper it… I craved my water.” All the tracks are great, but the climax moment has got to be Hooi’s stripped-back, cold and dubby rendition of Love Joys’ emotional lovers rock classic “Stranger.”
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 Title
A2 Straight Through
A3 E Park
A4 W/O Love
A5 Stranger (Love Joys)
B1 When You’re Up There
B2 Strobe Lite
B3 Lucky
B4 Prince S Version
B5 Always In Jokes
Clarinet – Tarquin Manek (tracks: B1)
Mastered By – Mikey Young
Producer – Tarquin Manek, YL Hooi
Written-By – Love Joys (tracks: A5), YL Hooi* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B5)