Underneath the Pine

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Underneath the Pine finds Chaz Bundick largely shedding his synth-pop roots in favor of a vastly expanded instrumental palette.

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Last year, the debut from Toro y Moi (real name: Chaz Bundick) tipped him as one of the leading purveyors of "chillwave" — woozy, low-fi, sample-based electronic music for a post-Animal Collective generation. But for his follow-up, Bundick decided to use only organic, live instrumentation. The results are groovier and prettier, touching on baroque pop […]