Beautiful album!!!!!! such a bright but warm piano sound! brown butter voice! the album tastes like waffles and burnt coffee and leftover smoke in a cool breeze!
I knew Tex Crick from “Peaches and Cream” but nothing else. so enamored about this album gonna listen to his newest tomorrow.
i could write for years about this album being the peak of sophistipop greatness. but i’ll leave you with just two things.
one:
this man recruited RYUICHI SAKAMOTO to produce this and produce this he fuckin did.
two:
roddy frame had this to say about the process aside from Sakamoto being a genius:
“Frame says his days there rapidly fell into a pattern. Into the studio in the early afternoon; out again at around 2am; straight across to a deli off Time Square for a turkey sandwich ('because it was possible to get one at two in the morning, and for no other reason'); a cab-ride back to the Mayflower; an hour or so listening to Shabba Ranks on a ghetto-blaster; bed.”
LISTEN NOW.
I love the Crux by djo. Such a good album, I've been a fan of his music for a while but this giving just knocked out of of the park. I'm going to his show on Tuesday and I'm so excited!! Made this poster for my favorite song on the album, gap tooth smile!
LOVE this album, no skips for me—reminds me of Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, The Beach Boys… 60s/70s, Laurel Canyon-Rock-vibes. Especially loving “Back On You,” a sweet anthem/ode to family 🩷