Alongside the release of his debut album, Are U Down?, today, Spencer. has shared a third and final single ‘No Direction’, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. A heart-on-its-sleeve love song, its official video reunites Spencer. with director Danica Arias Kleinknecht (also behind the visuals for his 2019 single ‘Automatic’). “We shot the video in Jersey one night in the town where Danica’s from,” Spencer. explains. “We started shooting at 5pm and shot all night in the...
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Spencer. has released a second single from his forthcoming debut album, Are U Down? – out September 10 via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘MyLuv’ was born from a night of smoking and playing Super Smash Bros. and is a simple ode to his girlfriend. Spencer. says, “I made this song in the morning which is super rare for me. I realised I didn’t have any trumpet on the album and had...
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New York musician and producer Spencer Miles Abraham Allen, the brains behind Spencer., has announced details of his debut album and shares a first taste of new music, via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Released on 10 September, the eleven songs that comprise Are U Down? blend R&B, hip-hop, funk, indie, pop, jazz and soul to create a sound that encompasses analogue and digital, past and present. Written, recorded and produced by Spencer., the album’s first single ‘Lonely...
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Bills & Aches & Blues features 18 of the label’s current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit of collaboration and a snapshot of 4AD, 41 years after its inception. Bills & Aches & Blues will be released with standard vinyl and CD editions following on 23 July and a deluxe vinyl boxset later this year. To pre-order head to 4AD.ffm.to/billsandachesandblues. The first 12 months’ profits...
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The second instalment of tracks from the Bills & Aches & Blues compilation is available online. ‘Side 2’ comprises five tracks by Tune-Yards, Spencer., Helado Negro, Efterklang and Bing & Ruth respectively reworking The Breeders, Grimes, Deerhunter, Piano Magic and Pixies. Bills & Aches & Blues – Side 2 Listen / Download: https://4ad.ffm.to/billsandachesandblues2 06 Tune-Yards – Cannonball (The Breeders) 07 Spencer. – Genesis (Grimes) 08 Helado Negro – Futurism (Deerhunter) 09 Efterklang – Postal (Piano Magic) 10 Bing & Ruth – Gigantic (Pixies) Bills & Aches & Blues features 18 of the label’s...
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New York artist Spencer. shares his latest single ‘Maybe’ via 4AD. A manifesto on the trials of growing up, the song is paired with a video that sees his soul taking a trip directed by Sabrina Nichols. Watch it below. Spencer.’s dewy, sleek vocals carry along honeyed lyrics that illustrate the feeling of a first love. The 21-year-old musician melds R&B with his velvety vocals, hip-hop in his off-kilter beats,...
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Meet Muzz, a new indie supergroup comprising Paul Banks of Interpol, Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman, and Matt Barrick of The Walkmen. First single ‘Broken Tambourine’ begins with sparse, floating piano by Kaufman, before surging with Banks’ rumbling vocals, Barrick’s low percussion, and a lilting clarinet, while an open door during recording brings in the surrounding nature sounds of the studio in Woodstock and augments the song’s spacious atmosphere....
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“I wrote this song in LA back in July last year, where I was doing a bunch of sessions every day for a month straight. This specific day I had the studio to myself, and it was on a day when it was unusually hard to deal with the distance between me and my personal life in New York. It started with the guitar, and the rest wrote itself. It’s...
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A pleasure to introduce Spencer. The latest signing to 4AD. Peep his single ‘Automatic’ ~ a bed of retro percussion groove, a hypnotic bass line, and Spencer.’s sheer magnetism flowing atop. At 20 years old, he’s already been named an Apple Music Artist To Watch, and of course – he’s defying and redefining ideas that cross R&B, hip hop and indie rock. The song is paired with a video chronicling...
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