Knifeplay "Pearlty" Color:Pink Doug Liman’s breakthrough film Swingers

Doug Liman’s breakthrough film Swingers showed he had a real ear for music

poetic vocals have set them apart from the glut of early-'90s post-hardcore

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confusion and anxiety that make up the modern experience of being Black

but that doesn't mean it's a repetitive album

Knifeplay "Pearlty" Color:Pink Doug Liman’s breakthrough film SwingersOver atmospheric instrumentation expanded by cinematic structure and pacing, Pearlty presents Knifeplay somewhere between dream pop influenced shoegaze and lofty slowcore, never fully committing to one or the other in its insistence on creating an immersive, organic world. Originally released in 2019, Knifeplay's vivid debut Pearlty documents songwriter Tj Strohmer's expressions of early adulthood in what he describes as "the journey from innocence to