Daryl Johns

 Daryl Johns began a decade ago as a series of unreleased songs when Johns, a classically trained upright bass player and jazz prodigy, got sick of playing standards and started noodling around with different genres, “quilting pop melodies together in a maximalist way,” as he puts it. And after signing with friend and famous chiller Mac DeMarco’s label, Johns began experimenting with his own offbeat takes on indie rock. But it would be remiss to mistake the sum for its parts; Daryl Johns is no pastiche, instead creating its own sprawling universe of loosey-goosey, feel-good jaunts. Painting modern landscapes in retro strokes, the album’s sound is uniquely fresh yet familiar in a million different directions.

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