“You are listening to a record. There's the music, and then there's everything else. The time of day, your mood, the room you're in, the person you're sitting with. Sometimes the "everything else" can obscure what's happening with the music, other times it can clarify. In either case, the how and wherefore matter.
I knew Twine's self-titled record was good the first time I put it on. It was clear ”