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Sounds like:
Tiron,
Blu,
Phil The Agony
Why do we like this?
In my continued effort to expand range and coverage of deserving indie music, I'm once again taking a cue from the Northwestern taste-maker Kenny Fresh and his Fresh Selectsblog for a post. I picked up on TxE, a Portland-bred duo that has been active in their region in the last few years. They just released a project that is turning some heads, but I'll let Kenny tell you a bit more about it:
"When setting out to create one of the first classic albums from/for your city, there's bound to be some disagreements. Nearly a year in the making at this point, I could fill pages with how many changes this album has gone through. Originally meant to be a FRSH SLCTS re-release & re-mix of their self-released EP matched w/ half new/previously unreleased tracks recorded around the same time - the group has since taken the project over themselves & decided to mix some of their newest songs in w/ some of their first for a more 360 degree of exactly who the Portland trio, TxE is. Now included is a little bit of every style the group has incorporated to date - from the region-defining back to basics boom bap of "Get It Back" & the new official Trailblazers anthem, "The Basics" to the talkbox-funk of "Around The World" & gritty, trap-influenced trunk rattle of the Stewart Villain-produced "Laying Low," to the more downtempo introspection of "Sleepwalking" & the live trumpet-assisted "End Of The Beginning" w/ Sam Trump - TxE are definitely raising the bar for style & diversity in a city that all too often can be stuck in the past trying to recreate the sound of the early 2000"²s underground acts, or trying to perpetually catch up to whats "hot" at the moment w/o making it their own."
Check out the song "Higher" we're streaming here and go over to Fresh Selects to stream and download the entire project.
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