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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harry Tafoya, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks

Two people sit on a bed in a bright room, one holding a pen, both wearing casual clothes.
Off-kilter consciousness … Ear. Photograph: Publicity image

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Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan recorded their first ever track as Ear on an iPhone in the Bard College library. That song, Nerves, pits their murmuring voices against weightless strings and barely perceptible drums. Just as it seems poised to float away altogether, the track is suddenly overtaken by a blaring bass synth that cleaves the first act’s aching plea into an emotionally fraught, black-lit banger.

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