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Anna Butterss “Doo Wop”

“Doo Wop” sounds like it’s rather pointedly adjacent to a lot of genres and styles but actually exists in some undefined space between them all, and this strikes me as much a set of interesting musical choices as an expression of displacement. And I want you to know that I arrived at this impression before I learned that Anna Butterss is an Australian who’s been living in the US for a long time! There’s just something about the sort of interstitial limbo she’s conveying here that feels like moving through surroundings that are interesting and pleasant but feeling disconnected on some deep level, as though your body is trying to tell you that you’re not where you belong. Butterss’ bass carries a lot of the feeling here, rumbling through little melodic runs in a way that sounds almost conversational. You can glean some meaning, but it’s like listening to someone speak another language and pulling meaning from the cadences.

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