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The Depreciation Guild is a duo based in Brooklyn, who combine 8-bit electronics and overdriven guitars in a classic nu-gaze style. "Sky Ghosts" packs the midrange full with all sorts of shimmery textures-- the lo-res digital snares land with a static-laden splash, ringing guitars are haloed in harmonics, and stretched along the back is a fluttering curtain of white noise. Voices are buried but not mumbled-- for a band in this sphere, the singing is uncommonly melodic and direct. The billowy sound owes something to the presence of Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv on the mixing board, who also mixed Apparat's way-underrated Walls, one of the best-sounding records of this past year. This production isn't up to that standard (the aesthetic is much more bedroom, obviously), but "Sky Ghosts" is certainly a nice track to get lost in. The whole album In Her Gentle Jaws, which includes this track, is available for free download from the band.

MP3:> The Depreciation Guild: "Sky Ghosts"
[from In Her Gentle Jaws; available now as a free download]