Headcage - EP

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The prelude to Matthew Dear's Beams is a four-track EP that includes some production input from Stockholm producers Van Rivers and the Subliminal Kid (Fever Ray, Glasser, Blonde Redhead) and a duet with Brooklyn-based vocalist Jonny Pierce (of the Drums, a band whose "Me and the Moon" was remixed by Dear). The lead track and "In the Middle (I Met You There)" are two of Dear's sharper avant-pop songs, fluid but rustling, like a fair portion of their best work, but relatively lucid and inviting. The back half, "Street Song" and "Around a Fountain," are elusive sketch-like tracks with slightly unsettling ambience.