Man Man: On Oni Pond
Arctic Monkeys: AM
Balance and Composure: The Things We Think We’re Missing
Obits: Bed & Bugs
Cock & Swan: Secret Angles
Tremor: Proa
Cock and Swan: Stash (Lost Tribe Sound)
“Sneak Close”
[audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cock_and_Swan_Sneak_Close.mp3|titles=Cock and Swan: “Sneak Close”]With its fourth album, Stash, Washington duo Cock and Swan makes a sharp departure from the sound of its previous records. Whereas the band was once rooted in haunting, trip-hop-ish electronic music, Stash sees it in a new direction towards a more stripped-down, acoustic aesthetic.
Lost Tribe Sound’s Cock and Swan is set to release its fourth studio effort, Stash, later this month. The album marks a departure from the band’s haunting use of electronics in favor of a more stripped-down acoustic aesthetic, which can be heard in the band’s new video for “Tectonic Plates.”