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James Pants || Listen

Future Shock-era Herbie Hancock, L.A. electro, New Age-y French disco, and Paradise Garage love-funkists Skyy may inform the tracks on Welcome (Stones Throw), the debut LP by James Pants, but while the record borrows from these and other roller-rink-friendly ’80s grooves, it’s no jukebox-style revue. Instead, the wildly divergent but coherent LP tells the tale of a lone music obsessive from the very un-funky town of Spokane, Washington.

“I have a bunch of thrift-store gear, and I like to turn on some red lights and just make some sounds,” says the 25-year-old Pants–a.k.a. James Singleton–when pressed to describe his growing oeuvre. “I guess it’s just the sound of really cheap equipment, listening to a lot of records, and goofing off.” – XLR8R

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