New Ways [Smoke] Folk Pop Built-in switchable phono pre-amplifier for

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The album offers 10 tracks that span everything from working through loss and heartbreak to finding growth in letting go and the peace that comes from solitude found in nature

The setup is simple: It’s the night before Christmas and Musgraves has misplaced her tree topper somewhere

— Pop Matters

New Ways [Smoke] Folk Pop Built-in switchable phono pre-amplifier forThe title of Montrealer Leif Vollebekk's fourth album is a textbook case of truth in advertising. Where his previous releases positioned him as one of Canada's most promising indie singer songwriters, New Ways trades in folk for funk, recasting Vollebekk's piano based balladry in a soulful swirl of Wurlitzer tones, elegant orchestration, and snare rim taps that lend the songs a more pronounced rhythmic pulse. Apple Music