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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jasper Willems and Laura Snapes

Add to playlist: the spectral, fathoms-deep folksong of June McDoom and the week’s best new tracks

June McDoom, in profile, wears a netted headpiece in a framed portrait on wood paneling
Spectral folk … June McDoom. Photograph: Ryley Paskal

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In Robert Silverberg’s 1973 sci-fi anthology New Dimensions 3, there’s a story by author Terry Carr called They Live on Levels. The simplest outline of this tale is that thanks to a technological breakthrough, humans are able to exist and communicate through different planes of existence. Through musical styles and generational layers, the spectral folk of New York-based songwriter June McDoom expresses this very notion in stunning fashion.

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