Sure, with a name like the one this individual is proudly and ambiguously sporting, the gender-fluid, Seattle-based electronic artist and producer known as Hanssen might be a little confusing to Google right now. But give it… oh, a few minutes from now. Cuz by that time, the “dreamy nostalgic synths, spacious off-kilter rhythms, and space-bound melodies” of Hanssen’s second LP (the first, Seven Years Week, came out back in 2014) will make Hanssen-with-two-s’s a household freakin’ word.
The new one, which is premiering today via the Seattle-based Hush Hush label, is fittingly called Transit, as everything about the seven-track affair — from the title, to the blurred ambiguity of the cover art, to the fluidity of the track-sequencing — finds Hanssen “deliberately yet subtly is hoping to draw attention to the listener of this personal journey.” Only… don’t take it all too seriously. At the end of the blurry, ambiguous day, Hanssen is still a seasoned club DJ, which means that everyone at this party is still expected to get out onto the dance floor and shake his/her/their ASS OFF.
Check out the full stream of Transit down below, and grab yourself a copy of the album when it officially drops on… oh yeah, TOMORROW (July 8). Ready or not, google, here Hanssen comes.
Transit tracklisting:
01. Subduction (Continental Version)
02. Coconut Palm Forest (ft. Piper Davis)
03. We Went Too Far Forward
04. A Great Distance
05. Patriot Survival Plan
06. My Dream Was A Dial Tone, Pt. 1 & 2
07. Maybe Next Life
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