Kevin Bronson on August 18th, 2015

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The lush new single from Aux Lingua is the work of Stephanie Erin and Bradford Snow, who met at the University of Illinois and worked in Chicago for a time before matriculating to Los Angeles. The atmospheric, piano-drenched meditation “Wake Up” floats languorously between reverie and sentience, with Erin’s vocals vaguely detached yet oozing want. The song, says Snow, “is about lusting after something you want rather than going for it — the conflict between your dreams and your reality.” It’s typical of the dichotomies in the duo’s music: as Snow describes them, “dark and hopeful, mellow and aggressive, dreamy and haunting, digital and analog.” “Wake Up” is the first song to emerge from an EP the dream-pop duo will release early next year.

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