Washed Out Gets It So Right

Fellow D+T contributor Nick Nicoludis is something of a breeze-pop connoisseur, so I tend to listen when he sends bands my way.  The most recent recommendation he made was characteristically spot-on.  Washed Out is the project name for Ernest Greene, who creates what has to be the straightforwardly sexiest music I’ve heard recently.

“Belong,” my current musical fixation, is very low-key, but would still sound terrific on a subwoofer.  These seem to be the defining characteristics for most of Washed Out’s repertoire.  The songs utilize well-placed electronic instrumentation that is consistently more melodic than overly tech-y, which works with the subtle shy-boy vocals that I find so oddly seductive.

Since Washed Out is unsigned, you can listen to some songs on MySpace and buy more music, albeit on cassette and vinyl only (fucking pedant), on Greene’s website.