Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred SoulsFor Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The bands first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label; their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in a year and garnered attention from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and KCRW; and their first fans included the likes of Gary Clark Jr., The Black Pumas, Princess Nokia, and Timbaland. Now, the breakout San Diego trio is ready to deliver yet another landmark

What emerges from these considerations on technology and humanity is a honed collection both philosophical and grooving

the kind of place that seems like an AI simulation of an idyllic northern California coastal escape

and Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura

“There’s a long list of songs that we’d love to include

and Mickey Hart and Spencer Dryden (percussion)

the bracing grip of feeling one’s own skin twinned in a palm

‘Harmonic Coumaction’ was presented as an audio-visual installation for Cosey Fanni Tutti’s solo exhibition at Cabinet Gallery

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gives 2nd Wave a special vibe all its own

with ingredients plucked assiduously from pop’s coolest outposts: 50’s lounge

White Lies enlisted the help of an expert team including Grammy Award-winning engineer James Brown (Foo Fighters

More honeyed passages on songs like “Blissed For A Minute” and “Ballad In 9” center around Miller’s bouyant alto sax and flute