If “Bedroom GrungeFolk” ever catches on, Nyxy Nyx ought be considered one of said genre’s progenitors. Imagine early Sponge blended up on delayed rocks with a shot of Emitt Rhodes’ criminally underlooked “Mirrors” album, but, like, with the vocalist’s diction all but shoe-g(l)azed into obscurity and layered dynamically with low and high baritone bolsterings.
Hazy dynamics aside, “Spirit Exchange” is a magical, melted string of sugary earworms that’s novel and nuanced enough to make repeated listens back to back a real treat, so pop it in on a sunny Sunday afternoon & drift along a while…
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—Jacob An Kittenplan
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