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By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor In: Atmospheric motifs Atmospheres pull an album together and make it much more memorable. This is how Caroline Polachek’s album, Desire, I want to turn into you, sets itself apart. The way Polachek creates a moody, maximalist ambiance by peppering in tropical motifs that point back to the “island” concept in the opening track makes the album feel like a story with a setting: coconut-hollow percussion, wolf-like howls, and latin style strumming are some of the ways Polachek builds a sense of place. A similar technique is used in Kali Uchis’ sultry Red…

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