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1.	Again 02:40	buy track
2.	Try 02:57	buy track
3.	Up 02:27	buy track
4.	Better 03:22	buy track
5.	Something 04:01	buy track
6.	And Again 02:05	buy track
7.	Too Much 03:39	buy track
8.	New Way 03:43	buy track
9.	I Need 04:14	buy track
10.	On 04:14	buy track

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On “Up”, the fourth and fullest offering from D.I.N., the Los Angeles outfit has effortlessly navigated a path of paradox. Josie Vand’s feathery vocal contrasts with Greg Vand’s persistent electronics, falling in and out of harmony with coy leads and unceasing rhythm. Nothing is hidden here beneath reverb and chicanery; sounds are clear and precise, forcing the listener to confront the splendor and mystery of dry electricity. Syncopated percussion drives beneath floating melodies, threatening discord while drawing us toward something wistful, sweet and earnest. On “Something”, a playful synth lead welcomes before its menacing partner joins in lower register; at first we feel undermined, but in fact the space has been transmuted – it now points forward.

The titular track is the most direct invitation to this new city, where light refracts through strange architecture. Fluttering harmonies point unhurriedly ahead beneath Josie’s delicate singsong. The record itself is a beckoning, and one can only accept. Rigorous adherence to the palette of hardware might suggest pastiche, but here D.I.N. sidesteps a pitfall of so many contemporaries: D.I.N. plays with the past without aping it. It is through this intermingling that “Up” becomes a record not only about the experience of living now, but about the common experience of living always.

-Lee Landey 2022

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released February 3, 2023

Vocals, Guitar, Sampling by Josie Renee Vand
Synths, Programing, Sampling by Greg Vand
Mixed by Hector Carlos Ramirez
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann
Paintings by Shaan Bevan

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