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COUNTRY MIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE GAY
Basilly all good mic is soul mic on some level, but given the futuristic, genre-bendg, productn-md transmissns found on 2016’s stunng Hopelsns — still Anohni’s most recent full-length — ’s slightly unexpected to see her cg Marv Gaye’s What’s Gog On as a primary reference pot for her upg My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross. “All My Friends, ” the unniable up-late club banger off of Tr’ latt EP Real Cultural S–t, is the kd of immaculate dance song you’d expect to hear at a gay bar at 1 the morng that ultimately persuas you to stay jt a ltle b longer. Meanwhile, Wolf’s Marv Gaye-style vol cuts through the song wh ease, makg “Prcriptn” jt as addictg as the new love at s center.
Shamir’s new album, Homo Anxietatem, is g Aug. It proclaims, “No matter gay, straight or bi / Lbian, transgenred life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive.