Written and recorded just a few months before Trick, they both harbour a similar charm that makes it feel right for them to be released together. Halfway through, the guitars give way to a breakbeat, fueling a hyperpop ballad that works despite its contradictions because of his commitment to being both sweet and maddening at once. As the meaning behind their label name suggests (a rough translation from Spanish as 'hill view') Loma Vista has climbed to the summit of today's musical landscape, engaging and representing a sweeping range of the most popular scenes and genres of today. Alex said himself in an interview with VICE that his rise to popularity came due to him becoming “Bandcamp famous. An enrapt audience hushedly singing along word-by-word to album track ‘Change’ was one of many magical moments.

This led to Orchid Tapes signing Giannascoli to its roster, as well as the release of his label debut DSU (2014), [4] which garnered acclaim from music critics. Alex’s fourth album was originally self-released digitally on his Bandcamp, but received the physical attention it deserved following the release of his breakthrough fifth album DSU, remastered and issued on vinyl in 2015 for the first time. Alex’s third and fourth albums were originally self-released digitally on his Bandcamp, but received the physical attention they deserved following the release of his breakthrough fifth album DSU, remastered and issued on vinyl in 2015 for the first time. Intervista a (Sandy) Alex G: "Il mio processo creativo è far girare i dadi, fino quando ti dici: oh eccolo!Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement(updated as of 1/1/21) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement(updated as of 1/1/21).

Beverly Hills, New York City and London, Loma Vista Recordings are an ever-evolving family of creatives, home to many iconic artists we know and love at Rough Trade. he cares for sarah somewhat but comes to find that he likes sarah more than he thought he would in the infancy of their friendship. Though only 21 years of age, and until recently a student at Philadelphia’s Temple University, DSU is Alex Giannascoli’s fifth album under his shortened moniker.If the sounds are blown out, as on “Blessing,” or if room tone leaks in, like on the intro to “No Bitterness,” it feels intentional, not accidental.

Both Trick and Rules continue to showcase a prodigious song-writing talent, reaffirming that Alex G is one of the most promising and prolific American musicians today. The music publication Spin attributed the name change to a legal conflict with singer and YouTuber Alex Blue, who was operating at the time under the trademarked name "Alex G". On his latest album, God Save the Animals, he wrings strange beauty from our non-human companions, grappling with innocence and its discontents through their saucer-eyed stares. Besides a few moments on Race (the circus type beat stuff on “Trash”, “Crab” and “Let it Go”), everything up to and including Trick doesn’t stray far from the fairly barebones, lo-fi indie sound.Especially on tracks like "Sarah", "Mary" and "Advice", though it's not a one trick pony of a series of thoughts set on by a melting brain. It’s not an accident that the albums after Trick are where Alex started to add different tricks (no pun intended) and stylistic earworms to differentiate his later releases.