EP Review Deap Vally - Digital Dream
4 StarsAs stop-gap releases go, this is a gem.

Ostensibly a way to mix up their writing processes, there’s a sense that the hyper-collaborative ‘Digital Dream’ is primarily about Deap Vally having fun with friends; there’s a lightness to the four songs on offer that suggests if they’d left the studio with nothing, nobody would have been disappointed. The first half of the EP - first, ‘Look Away’ with Warpaint’s jennylee, and the Soko-featuring title track is woozy and lackadaisical; the former appearing to echo the bassist’s day job in sonic palette, the latter a spoken-word slice of almost ‘60s psych, spinning tales of the post-apocalyptic. Similarly, closer ‘Shock Easy’, with Jamie Hince is no surprise, though Lindsey Troy’s vocal does crib a little from Dylan in places. The sweet spot, however, falls with ‘High Horse’, KT Tunstall chipping in on the kind of riffs the Californian duo have a reputation for. As stop-gap releases go, this is a gem.
Records & Merch

Deap Vally - Marriage Transparent Red Vinyl + White/Clear Smoke Vinyl (Exclusive)
£45

Deap Vally - Marriage CD + California Hoodie
£45

Deap Vally - Marriage Transparent Red Vinyl + California Hoodie
£60

Deap Vally - Marriage Cassette (Julie Version) (Exclusive) + Cassette (Lindsey Version) (Exclusive)
£14

Deap Vally - Marriage White/Clear Smoke Vinyl (Exclusive) + California Hoodie
£62

Deap Vally - Marriage CD + 2 x Cassettes (Exclusive)
£25
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