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Natalie Prass released her debut album in 2015. That year, Time Magazine called her an Artist to Watch, Pitchfork gave the album Best New Music, and Stereogum named it one of the Top Albums of the Year. In this episode, Natalie Prass takes apart a new song form 2018, called “Short Court Style,” her first track to come out since that debut album.

Buy or stream “Short Court Style” here.

Here’s the short film “Oh Jerome, No,” directed by Teddy Blanks and Alex Karpovsky (aka Spielbergs), featuring the original version of “Short Court Style.”

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

footnotes
Bee Gees – “Children of the World”
Chic – “Le Freak”
Producer – Matt White
Cuíca – Brazilian percussion instrument
Yamaha CP70

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Moses Sumney is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. His first album, Aromanticism, came out in September 2017, but before that, he’d already worked with an impressive and diverse list of collaborators, from Sufjan Stevens, to Solange, to Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, to Skrillex.

That spirit continues with the song Moses takes apart in this episode, which has contributions from producer Cam O’bi, Paris Strother, and legendary bassist Thundercat.

You can get “Quarrel” on iTunes.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

footnotes
Brandee Younger (harpist) – NPR Video
Stereolab
Radiohead
Joanna Newsom

Bleachers is the moniker of Jack Antonoff, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He won two Grammy awards as a member of the band fun., and another for his production work on Taylor Swift’s album 1989. He’s also co­-written songs with St. Vincent, Carly Rae Jepsen, Lorde, Sia, and more.

In June 2017, Antonoff released his second album as Bleachers, Gone Now. In this episode, he breaks down a song from that album, called “I Miss Those Days” and traces the process of making it—from the original demo, to the final song.

You can get “I Miss Those Days” on iTunes.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

footnotes
Emu Emulator II
Tubular bells
Vocoder