Kevin Bronson on January 28th, 2015

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The L.A.-based duo Bouquet features the electronic explorations of Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs and Max Foreman; the former once fronted the Bay Area folk-noir outfit the Finches, the latter made experimental instrumental music as part of the trio Tenebre. “Stacks On Stacks” is the first song to emerge from Bouquet’s aptly titled third EP, “In a Dream” — Pennypacker Riggs’ languorous vocals float above queasy synths in a way that is both beautiful and unsettling. Overall, it’s deeper stuff than the music Bouquet release on their EPs in 2012 and ’13. Pennypacker Riggs, a visual artist, has incorporated Bouquet’s sonic sensibilities into work such as prints, sculpture and projections; the new EP, meanwhile, will be out March 10 via Folktale Records, with a run of 500 10-inches, half on black vinyl, half on white.

||| Stream: “Stacks and Stacks”

||| Live: Bouquet opens for Zola Jesus on Feb. 8 at the Observatory.