{"id":28145,"date":"2024-06-26T07:52:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T05:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=28145"},"modified":"2024-06-25T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:02:49","slug":"new-ep-girafe-matinee-for-mad-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/new-ep-girafe-matinee-for-mad-creatures\/","title":{"rendered":"New EP: Girafe || Matin\u200b\u00e9\u200be for Mad Creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t be put off by the dark and messy cover art &#8211; the four songs on <em>Matin\u200b\u00e9\u200be for Mad Creatures<\/em> sound actually quite smooth and sunny. It is the debut EP from Swedish indie pop outfit Girafe, on which Julia Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m, Nathalie Appadu, Mattias Robertsson and Robert Wadeskog charmingly mix tropical cumbia, vibrant surf rock and psychedelic dub. They kick off with the infectious, instrumental title track, continue with attractively sung<em> Lavoe Shades<\/em> and <em>Mountain Merengue<\/em>, and close with another instrumental tune, <em>Left the City Burning<\/em>. 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