Slow Hollows - Actors (2019)

Los Angeles genre-benders Slow Hollows' third album Actors is the sound of a band and its songwriter unburdening themselves of their previous restraints—the fears and insecurities knocking around in any creative person's head while making work that will eventually be consumed by others. A lush, complex album spanning the dusky warmth of indie, the rubbery bounce of dance music, and R&B's soft-focus sensuality, Actors also carries an immediate streak imbued by songwriter/lead singer Austin Anderson and his compatriots, a wide-open exploration of sound as generous as it is intricate.