Lily Allen, “Air Balloon”

This sounds like a cross between M.I.A. and Hoku. In case you don’t like sugary breakfasts, here’s another one: Låpsley’s beautiful “Station.”

The restrained, playful back-and-forth between the male and female vocal lines is even more impressive because 1) the artist is a 17-year-old British girl and 2) she’s doing both voices (dropped the pitch of vocals btw, no co-vocalist, aint nobody got tym fo dat says her Soundcloud). In other new music news, the new Warpaint and Against Me! albums are streaming on NPR right now.

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