Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks

There’s nostalgia to the New York/London duo’s lo-fi laptop sound, but their second album pushes them into vivid, weirder new territory From Hudson valley, New York, and London Recommended if you like the Books, Leila, Worldpeace DMT Up next Rumspringa released 29 May Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan recorded their first ever track as Ear on an iPhone in the Bard College library. That song, Nerves, pits their murmuring voices against weightless strings and barely perceptible drums. Just as it seems...

By Harry Tafoya, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes