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MH-089 Pregnant - Strangers  "Strangers" is the single from Pottery Mill, the new album from California psych-pop experimentalist, Pregnant. The track, which also has a beautiful and crafty stop motion video, combines gorgeous looped instrumentation and strummed guitar over a stuttering beat that hiccups underneath Daniel Trudeau's distinctive vocals. The single is packaged with a wealth of bonus material including the album track "Crush On" in its video edit and a number of left-field remixes. Erik Wilson's take on "XO" and the Is And Of The reworking of "Strangers" sample bits of guitar, synth and other source material to create tracks that maintain an element of the quirky forward motion that pervades Pregnant's productions. Greg Fox completely dismantles "Crush On" and Jib Kidder transforms "Given" in ways that highlight the experimental nature of the original tracks without sounding anything like them. "Strangers" is a fearless package that both teases Pregnant's new album and highlights a group of uncompromising remixers. |
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| Sporadically melding stop-motion, colorful written lyrics, and images of Daniel in his home, frequent collaborator Stan Okumura and Adam Murphy provide the perfect counterpart to “Strangers” - Portals / Warping bass sounds intersect with looped guitars and a slightly off-kilter / errortronica rhythym set. Throw in vocals that suggest late 60's psychedelic vibes and you've got a crossover sound of massive proportions - Spacelab |
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| With every release (and there’s a lot of them), Daniel Trudeau seems to cull unexpected magic from everyday places. His music as Pregnant collects curious little samples from disparate places—a pleasant single acoustic strum here, an astute toy flute flourish there—and shapes them into pleasantly addictive pop. On “Strangers,” it’s particularly impressive how messy and raw Daniel’s samples feel before revealing a distinct rhythm. He soars over the amounting mass of sporadic hits with glowing harmonies, playfully pondering the self and strangers in a sing-a-long style video that feels like the craziest three minutes of public access TV of all time. Sporadically melding stop-motion, colorful written lyrics, and images of Daniel in his home, frequent collaborator Stan Okumura and Adam Murphy provide the perfect counterpart to “Strangers.” - Portals |
