Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 - V/A| Cassette 2019 XO is Elliott Smith’s fourth

XO is Elliott Smith’s fourth studio album

the album's production is split nearly in half between Aesop Rock and longtime collaborator and good friend

and their debut

backed by a sax and organ pairing that feel wholly new to her canon

As Steve Knutson told us

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 - V/A| Cassette 2019 XO is Elliott Smith’s fourthSomewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 19801988 hovers vibewise between two distinct poles within Light In The Attics acclaimed Japan Archival SeriesKanky Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 19801990 and Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 19761986. All three albums showcase recordings produced during Japans soaring bubble economy of the 1980s, an era in which aesthetic visions and