Kevin Bronson on February 26th, 2015

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Chelan, the long-running collaboration between Jen Grady and Justin Hosford, work out of Joshua Tree, have a visual collaborator in artist Kime Buzzelli (who does the duo’s album art) and take a slightly experimental approach to indie-pop. Their fourth album, the self-released “Equal Under Pressure,” features deft mix of peripatetic rhythms and layered vocals, both of which shine on the single “Before It Tall.” The album is short—it includes a couple of remixes from L.A.-based producer KID606—but its decidedly out-of-the-mainstream take on indie-pop make it one of those under-the-radar releases that make you think there’s something in the air in the Mojave Desert. The video for “Before It All” was directed by Robert Williamson.

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