Banana Cream: Purple Array

LA-based Banana Cream’s (aka Will Gonzalez) “Purple Array” floats along like a daydream. With hypnotic riffs and spacey synths, the dreampop tune’s orbit is easy to slip into, but the crescendoing synths and echoing vocals of the song’s second half prove most serene. About “breaking patterns and learning to embrace change,” Gonzalez says, “Purple Array” is a lovely soundscape.

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Say Yes Dog: Lies Trio Say Yes Dog (aka Aaron Ahrends, Pascal Karier and Paul Rundel) recently released an upbeat and satisfying electro-pop tune in “Lies.” The second single from their upcoming album VOYAGE, it’s synth-laden with an unwavering groove—making for a delightfully buoyant bop. The video depicts a man in a parachute tracksuit and headphones, dancing at the back of a concert crowd. Unsurprisingly, …

Lucy Lu: Crucial

London-based producer Lucy Lu’s newest single “Crucial” is a silky, synth-driven track that melts as it moves along. Lu croons—filtered and echoed—with horns, bellowing bass and electronic crescendos in the backdrop. It’s all a bit futuristic, with incredible depth. Lu, while still a relatively new name, teases infinite potential here. You can catch him at his headliner show in London on 11 June.