CALLING CARD

Photo by Brian Ulrich

The inimitable Morgan Geist works under many guises, and has just added another one to the list. The Galleria is a (for now) still very ungoogleable name, but underneath the clean cut rhythms and bubblegum vocals on his latest EP 'Calling Card / The Mezzanine', there's Geist's touch for sure.
The two pieces feature Jessy Lanza on vocals, and are both accompanied by a club friendly edit.
It's a grower for sure, so either you listen to it now for an hour on repeat, or you stow it away in your record collection and pull it out in a few months, because there's nothing better than discovering a hidden gem in your collection months after purchase, finally realising how much you actually like it.
Right now it's an iTunes exclusive, but vinyl and other digital outlets are following next week.

The Galleria - Calling Card

The Galleria - Mezzanine (Up Dub)

DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY

Photo by Eric Etheridge

After last year's 'Look Right Through' it's fair to say that Storm Queen aka Morgan Geist had pretty high expectations to live up to. The first few minutes into 'It Goes On' you anxiously ask yourself whether or not it's going to live up to it, but once it gets going and drags you in, you realise it's not about being better or not, it's pretty spot on and that's the end of it. And while the beats are clean, the lyrics are (yet again) as catchy as an annoying pop song - only without it being 'annoying' in this case. Out on Environ Records today, get it here (digital), or wait until the vinyl comes out next week.
Also, keep an eye out for Morgan Geist's remix of The KDMS that's out on Gomma soon.

Storm Queen - It Goes On (Vox) (BUY)