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Nurture

Current price: $16.99
Nurture
Nurture

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Nurture

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had already moved beyond festival-ready EDM by the time , a full-length debut filled with widescreen electro-pop tunes inspired by anime and video games, arrived in 2014. After the album became a massive success, topping Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart and influencing numerous producers, felt pressured to deliver another major statement that would live up to his reputation. He scored a gold-certified hit with "Shelter," his 2016 collaboration with , and following the duo's extensive international tour, he branched off with , a hyper-fun side project influenced by trance and Dance Dance Revolution, which surprisingly earned the producer his first Grammy nomination. Though fantasy, escapism, and technology remain key factors of 's work -- he's also the curator of Secret Sky, an online music festival -- his long-delayed second album, , is easily his most introspective project. The lyrics are related to how he overcame extensive bouts of depression and writer's block during the making the album, and its sonic palette incorporates rippling pianos, lush acoustic guitars, and even wistful strings along with propulsive beats, neon synths, and glitchy effects. He switches between his own singing voice and androgynous Vocaloid software, balancing artifice and reality while maintaining a strong foundation of sincerity. Standout single "Musician" (which incorporates material from an unreleased collaboration with ) triumphantly addresses overcoming creative burnout, and others like "Mirror" and "Something Comforting" (with its wistful "there must be/something wrong with me" chorus) are about self-criticism and searching inward for validation. In addition to these types of emotional pop epics, the record also sports some of 's most thrilling experiments, from the playful, Shibuya-kei-inspired "do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do" to the cathartic glitchery of "dullscythe." With album conclusion "Trying to Feel Alive," isn't entirely sure if he's satisfied with his many accomplishments, but reaching a finish line might not be the point, so being able to live and create music turns out to be its own reward. ~ Paul Simpson

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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 720 Barnes & Noble superstores (selling books, music, movies, and gifts) throughout all 50 US states and Washington, DC. The stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 and 200,000 book titles. Many of its locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments that carry more than 30,000 titles.

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