Me:You – Field Tapes in Der Trash – New LP

From the co-founders of Mourning [A] BLKstar, Field Tapes in Der Trash is the brainchild of RA Washington, who leads the group, and LaToya Kent, who sings in it. Here, Washington sets Kent's vocals to music, with help from longtime collaborators Jah Nada and Laura B. The result dunks music in a swirling brew of drum beats, guitars, bass, synth, and tape loops, revealing an immersive world that only Me:You could create.Field Tapes in Der Trash is punk in spirit and in its realization, but it’s playful, too. The title toys with field recordings as a concept, like one might wipe dust off of a once-lost CD, and the music jars genres out of their constraints. Field Tapes In Der Trash by Me:You“I wanted it to feel like a punk record,” Kent says, “but I wanted it to also feel natural. We wanted to make our heads nod and we wanted it to sound dirty as fuck.” As the group’s collaboration developed, tapes, strings, synths and kit intermingled with each other, smearing the fingerprints of its pr