Beams

4th full length following 2010's lauded masterpiece "Black City", features PITCHFORK BEST NEW TRACK "Her Fantasy". While the album's dancefloor-ready tempos, major keys, & sun-warmed synths signal "Beams" as the lighter, brighter response to its predecessor, Dear's latest productions creak & groan like anxious organisms, with slivers of guitar, electric bass, & drum kit darting in & out among the synths & samples. His lyrics, meanwhile, are deeply personal, expressing vulnerability & confusion in startlingly immediate ways.