Shoegaze is so hot right now — so is yearning. Desire, or a Common Place, the second LP from Sigh Down One (artist Sasha J Langford’s solo project), takes both of these things and ties them together with a velvety dream-pop bow.Desire, or a Common Place, embodies the yearningl gaze that indie pop has increasingly taken on within the last half decade or so. Songs blend in and out of one another, retaining a consistent, melancholic feel throughout the album’s forty minutes. As straightforward drum machines and synths are laid carefully underneath fuzzy pedals and low-fi filters, Langford’s soothing voice echoes over them in a near-perfect compliment. The album’s opener, “You and I,” sees this happen almost instantaneously, as gentle garage-like guitar riffs are met with Langford’s lyrics. The track bleeds desire, as does each one that follows.Like the crooners of the 1950s, Langford knows how to sound romantic and wistful, minus the embarra
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