The Audio Perv

Expensive Looks premieres the new video for “Vanishers”, from the debut record Dark Matters out now on Group Tightener.

Expensive Looks is NY-producer Alec Feld. He grew up in New York on a steady diet of Chicago house, disco, old Motown stuff and a smattering of his parents’ psych records, as well as “trashy ’90s dance.” As a kid, he didn’t really know how any of the songs were created, or that sampling was even a thing that people did—but he wanted to be part of it, so he taught himself to DJ. From there, he began to produce. Feld has been surrounded by electronic music his entire life, but with no blueprint for how to make what he wanted to hear, he figured it out on his own. Dark Matters is his debut LP as Expensive Looks. It flows continuously across nine tracks, touching on elements of all the music he grew up on: hypnotic house, textured minimalism, and the gorgeous moment of musical epiphany that happens when a beat drops out and all that’s left is the aural equivalent of taking a deep breath and staring at the stars.

Recent Praise:
“Synth-poppy album.” – KCRW [Artist You Should Know]
“Somehow manages to sonically summon the endorphins while dwelling on ‘the loneliness in you.’” – The Fader
“Pleasant to zone out to, with potent moments of dark euphoria.” – Pitchfork
“Moody, many-tentacled, interstellar house.” – Spin

Show date:
Feb. 11 New York, NY – Cameo Gallery [Free with RSVP]

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Expensive Looks – ‘Vanishers’ from Alec on Vimeo.