floor by crash830

Lillerne returns from its summer hiatus with a wonderfully recorded and mixed live set from Ben Bondy’s crash830 moniker. Recorded at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn in December of 2021, this set has all the trappings of Bondy’s project of “warped tape indie rock sketches,” but presented in a remarkably more hifi and lush manner for a live performance. Deeply catchy pop moments buried under layers of chorusy guitar and simple drum patterns. Detouring at times into blissed out atmospherics, “floor” always returns to the catchy hook and an undeniable breakbeat. “rast,” which comes with maybe the biggest of both—is up there for song of the year in my mind. Timelessly beautiful stuff yet again from one of my favorites doing it right now. Edition of 100 professionally duplicated cassettes.