“The first thing you notice in Andy Stott's "Selfish" is the snare. You notice because it is literally the first sound—coupled with a deep kick drum, it hangs in the air unadorned for a few heartbeats—but you also notice because it is a gnarly, metallic little shriek of a snare. Soon, though, you realize how inadequately this snare has prepared you for the clap.
The clap is like an over-saturated c”