Two years after its initial release on boutique Brooklyn label Orchid Tapes, (Sandy) Alex G’s fourth LP DSU will be reissued on Run For Cover Records this September. Considered by many to be the record that shone a spotlight onto the longtime lo-fi Bandcamp-favorite, DSU is an indie rock record empowered & enlightened by Alex Giannascoli’s bedroom-pop sensibilities. An acronym for “Dream State University,” DSU’s thirteen songs consistently reinvent indie-pop in a way that truly makes the album dream-like, not only because of the serene calmness of tracks like “Skipper” & “Boy,” but also in the hauntingly jarring mid-album number “Axesteel” & the kinetic swelling & pitch-shifting “Icehead." What DSU offers as a whole is a collection of songs that endlessly bend existing indie-rock tropes with (Sandy) Alex G’s sincere strand of otherness, presenting an early but ambitious portrait of one of the next great songwriters of our time.
A1 After Ur Gone
A2 Serpent Is Lord
A3 Harvey
A4 Rejoyce
A5 Black Hair
A6 Skipper
A7 Axesteel
A8 Sorry
B1 Promise
B2 Icehead
B3 Hollow
B4 Tripper
B5 Boy
B6 Soaker (Bonus Track)
B7 Waiting For You (Bonus Track)
A1 After Ur Gone
A2 Serpent Is Lord
A3 Harvey
A4 Rejoyce
A5 Black Hair
A6 Skipper
A7 Axesteel
A8 Sorry
B1 Promise
B2 Icehead
B3 Hollow
B4 Tripper
B5 Boy
B6 Soaker (Bonus Track)
B7 Waiting For You (Bonus Track)