closed loop, by Todd Goldstein

closed loop

by Todd Goldstein

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angelmaylaugh As a fan of Harlem Shakes and ARMS, I came into this expecting pop melodies. I didn't read the email about the album, just knowing that it came out and it was from Todd was enough for me to grab it. Despite what I thought I was going to get, I really liked this on first listen. Todd's foray into ambient/electronic/whatever genre is very well done in my opinion. Favorite track: nightskylight.

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1.	WWGMD 04:05	info	buy track
2.	closed loop 03:54
3.	good brain 01:14	info
4.	shaker 03:13	info	buy track
5.	nightskylight 04:45
6.	shibui 03:42
7.	beach day 02:32
8.	home & away 04:01	info
9.	wrangler 03:48
10.	youareimaginary 03:58	info

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Closed Loop is the solo debut of Brooklyn-based Todd Goldstein, the singer/songwriter formerly known as ARMS. After over a decade of playing in and around New York’s indie-rock scene, releasing 3 albums and several EPs under the ARMS moniker (and one with his former group, Harlem Shakes), Goldstein has moved away from the verse-chorus structures of pop songwriting, and into uncharted stylistic waters.

Closed Loop is a 10-song suite of ambient instrumentals, half written and recorded in a cabin in the redwood forest, and half composed alongside Goldstein’s longtime collaborator, visual artist Leah Beeferman. Taking cues from drone, new age, and krautrock, the album distills the mood of Goldstein’s work as ARMS into softly pinging pianos, distended guitar sonnets, and skittering sprints that recall Brian Eno’s concept of idiot glee. The mood is nocturnal, implacably melancholy—with an unmistakable brightly glowing core.

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released March 12, 2018

tg — pianos, synths, guitars, handclaps, other sounds
leah beeferman — concepts, voice & handclaps on 1, 3, 4, 8, and 10

recorded in little river, CA and brooklyn, NY in 2016 & 2017
mixed by tg
mastered by sarah register

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Todd Goldstein Brooklyn, New York

Solitary instrumental music from the guy formerly known as ARMS.

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New Moons

Jun 2023
Memory Foam

May 2020
closed loop

Mar 2018

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