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Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World
Electronic, New Wave Revival, Chillwave Akhil Srivatsan Electronic, New Wave Revival, Chillwave Akhil Srivatsan

Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World

At some point in the history of the now-old internet, the late night drive entered the collective consciousness. Its soundtrack: a long list of waves including chillwave, retrowave, vaporwave and simpsonswave. Why are our daydreams filled with ill-defined late night drives? And why do albums like Magdalena Bay’s Mercurial World remind us of these drives we’ve never had?

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