: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Gift Wrap : Album.......: Losing Count : : Label.......: Captured Tracks .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: CTSP-043 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2018-03-20 Str.date....: 2018-03-02 Quality.....: 251kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.capturedtracks.com/gift-wrap ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Present 1:11 2. Losing Count 3:31 3. Current Expulsion 3:58 4. Change My Mind 2:56 5. Either Way 4:09 6. Mirage 4:17 7. Past 0:26 8. Comatose 2:18 9. Half Of Nothing 2:44 10. The Situation 5:34 11. I Cry 3:50 12. A Moment Of Reflection 5:21 13. Future 2:35 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 42:50 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 80.92 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: For some time now, Brendon Avalos has been forging a path for :, : himself among the clamor of emerging indie artists as the : :' bassist and vocalist of Brooklyn punk trio B Boys. Now, he is ': ,: releasing his first solo effort - a full length album entitled :, : Losing Count - under the moniker Gift Wrap. : :' ': ,: ? :, : : :' As an artist, Avalos embraces spontaneity and immediacy in his ': ,: work. ôOne thing that B Boys taught me musically is that ideas :, : that feel spur-of-the-moment or come quick, end up being some of : :' the best songs.ö Leaning even further into this approach for ': ,: Gift Wrap, he purchased his first drum machine - a DR202 - and :, : set up a small studio in his apartment, giving himself 24/7 : :' access to testing out ideas right as they came to him. The ': ,: rewards? The hook-filled title track, a standout on the album, :, : which he recalls ôwas the first song I wrote in a day with no : :' intentions of recording it, and it may be the most structured ': ,: and realized song on the album.ö :, : : :' ? ': ,: :, : Losing Count is the culmination of a personal goal Avalos set : :' two years ago: to see through the completion of a collection of ': ,: music all his own. ôArtistically, I think the sole purpose of :, : this record was to just do everything. An exercise in realizing : :' a full concept without seeing what the end result would be.ö As ': ,: it turns out, that end result is a 13-track experimental pop :, : album that packs a large punch with influences ranging from : :' early new wave acts like Depeche Mode and OMD to Frank Ocean. ': ,: :, : ? : :' ': ,: B-side highlight ôI Cryö is a cover of another Gift Wrap :, : influence, 80Æs electro hip-hop artist the Egyptian Lover. It : :' manages to stay true to the original, while fitting seamlessly ': ,: into the sonic cohesion of the album. With each track draped in :, : whimsically looping layers and interspersed with the pervasion : :' of old radio samples, buzzing, and hums to create a state of ': ,: constant white noise, Avalos successfully conveys a state of :, : latent anxiety through danceable, weirdo pop. In this way, : :' Losing Count becomes an exercise in synthesizing the collective ': ,: experience of todayÆs political and cultural climates into a :, : fully individualized expression. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 8 \/