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If you love musical melanges that incorporate complex-yet-precise layers of genre spectrum components — such as jazz, psych pop and soul — quickly quickly’s newest record, I Heard That Noise, promises ...

Her debut album sees her take a few steps away from the lo-fi sound she thrived in on earlier singles, experimenting with ...