{"id":483695,"date":"2019-03-21T08:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=811119"},"modified":"2019-03-21T08:24:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:24:35","slug":"experimental-pop-duo-closegood-unveil-debut-ep-graven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/experimental-pop-duo-closegood-unveil-debut-ep-graven\/","title":{"rendered":"Experimental Pop Duo Closegood Unveil Debut EP \u2018Graven\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Budding alt-pop duo Closegood have unveiled their genre-bending debut EP, Graven<\/em>. The 11-track project was produced by go-to G.O.O.D. Music collaborator, Anthony Kilhoffer, who has worked with artists like Kanye West and Travis Scott.<\/p>\n

Closegood comprises singer\/songwriter\/producer Nyfe and producer Amanda, both of whom identify as transgender. The duo met in college and began to craft Graven<\/em> at an on-campus studio, using music as a way to escape their individual battles with depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found working with Closegood on their first release inspiring and refreshing,\u201d Kilhoffer said in a statement. \u201cIt was great to be a part of shaping their sound of simplistic soul trap beats behind 2019\u2019s lyrical miseducation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Closegood describe Graven<\/em> as \u201ca soundtrack for fire rituals and friend gatherings,\u201d and the record finds the group toying with elements from across the musical spectrum, from the woozy trip-hop of \u201cHorrorscope\u201d and the grinding electro pulse of \u201cPaperbag\u201d to the spaced-out dark pop of \u201cLuna\u201d and the brash rap smack of \u201cVMP.\u201d Nyfe is an equally deft vocalist, spitting bars and unspooling spoken-word poetry one moment before slipping into a soft, airy croon the next.<\/p>\n

Lyrically, Graven<\/em> touches on issues of race, gender, sexuality, religion and mental health. Both Nyfe and Amanda were raised in religious households, and though college allowed them to meet and bond over art, the overall atmosphere at their school was often stifling. Speaking with the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>, Nyfe recalled, \u201cThat was the first time I had ever been to a frat party and hearing people at the door say, with no shame, \u2018Only let the black girls in if they look mixed.\u2019 That was an interesting thing to say, because of the way that historically, in collegiate settings, you only have access to certain rooms. That had always been my experience with college, even if it wasn\u2019t a race thing, it was a class thing, what your parents could afford.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graven<\/strong><\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cSpell\u201d
2. \u201cOmen\u201d
3. \u201cPaperbag\u201d
4. \u201cNomad\u201d
5. \u201cIdle Hands\u201d
6. \u201cHoroscope\u201d
7. \u201cEasy\u201d
8. \u201cLuna\u201d
9. \u201cVMP\u201d
10. \u201c0011\u201d
11. \u201cWoods\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Budding alt-pop duo Closegood have unveiled their genre-bending debut EP, Graven. The 11-track project was produced by go-to G.O.O.D. Music collaborator, Anthony Kilhoffer, who has worked with artists like Kanye West and Travis Scott. Closegood comprises singer\/songwriter\/producer Nyfe and producer Amanda, both of whom identify as transgender. The duo met in college and began to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-483695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 19:24:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}