Here’s a great new mixtape from former TX resident Joe Knight — aka Rangers — whose stellar new LP, Suburban Tours, was influenced by Knight’s youth spent in a faceless Dallas suburb, and has been described as sounding like “a lost Steely Dan session recorded onto a mangled microcassette tape.” We’ve had the record on repeat around here as of late, so it’s nice to get this glimpse into some of the less-obvious sonic influences that shaped his hazy, inherently nostalgic “elevator psyche” sound. Download the mixtape below for full tracklist + cover art, and catch Rangers at one of his SXSW appearances:
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Rangers mixtape (76 mb)
Suburban Tours is available now on Olde English Spelling Bee.
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rangers :: out past curfew
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I'm from mesquite, as suburb just east of Dallas: I know where he's coming from.
wants to be ariel so bad he could just spit.
It all just kind of sounds the same to me. I'm just sayin…
When's the new Battles record coming out?
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can the mix be reposted/re-added?
PLEASE re-post this mix.