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CARMEL SMICKERSGILL BUILD THE HABIT

An artist that we fell head over heels for in 2022, avant-garde composer, musician and all-round legend Carmel Smickersgill returns with 'Build The Habit'. Following her last EP We Get What We Get & We Don’t Get Upset, its successor Unsolicited Advice will arrive via the truly reliable PRAH Recordings on the 16th of May. Decidedly darker in tone, lead single 'Building The Habit' retains the twists and turns we've come to love in Smickersgill's music. Confidently jumping between industrial vocal mantras and bursts of bright sax sections, complex rhythms overlap with dizzying results. Sounding a little like Dirty Projectors locked in Berghain, 'Build The Habit' is a masterclass in eclecticism from one of our favourite rising talents. -Holly Mullineaux 

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