With Pitchfork Music Festival on the horizon I've been spending large chunks of time listening to a smattering of acts on the bill to get properly prepared; I've been breaking up those listening sessions with Teeflii and DJ Mustard's Fireworks, Ty Dolla Sign's Beach House 2, and whatever select tracks I fall for while scrolling through Twitter and my RSS feed. (I haven't gotten into Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail past some cursory listens that left me fairly underwhelmed—sorry, folks.)
One track that's stuck out recently is Nick Astro's "Animals."…
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