Astrel - The Foreign Department (Black Vinyl) Hip Hop Music On Kassie Krut’s self-produced

On Kassie Krut’s self-produced

but for the most part the band displayed a far more expansive approach

which resists facile primitivism and overhyped dynamics in equal measure

which features a more accurate depiction of how the band sounded when they played live

'The Campfire Headphase' is closer than ever to Boards of Canada's psychedelic roots and the mushroom bands that have influenced them

Astrel - The Foreign Department (Black Vinyl) Hip Hop Music On Kassie Krut’s self-producedThe Foreign Department is the second album by Astrel K, the solo project of Stockholm based British ex pat, Rhys Edwards. Those already familiar with Edwards work will likely know him for fronting the cultishly great Ulrika Spacek, and given he operates as the principal songwriter in both projects, much of the same hallmarks of his cathartic, elliptical songwriting are present in Astrel K. Nonetheless, The Foreign Department feels like a rubicon