Daily Edit | Jun 16

A sweet-tasting piece of fruit with a solid pit at its core, the record works through deep-seated emotional baggage by wrapping it in a flood of drum machine loops, electronic warbles, and Conway’s soft baritone. Beyond the fruit metaphor is a double entendre with the carpenter’s term “plumb,” which is used to note that paneling is aligned and ready for the next step in the construction process. Conway [who is a co-founding member of The Marias] sees his new record as the missing piece to stabilize his musical career, fulfilling an analogous role to the carpenter’s assessment: “This is the first time I’ve felt what it's like to be the sole face and voice of a project and it feels crazy,” he tells me. “It’s like finding out something new about someone you’ve known your whole life.” -FLOOD

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