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Five new-ish albums from Vancouver bands that demand your immediate attention

The year is less than half over, and already Vancouver’s music community has given us a wealth of memorable releases. Below are five top-notch albums — one for each month of 2016 so far — ranging from five-track debut EPs to 16-track dance marathons. II, by Mu (Boompa Records) Immediately from the album’s opening track, “Disarmed,” listeners are dropped back into the soundscape that duo Brittney Rand and Francesca Belcourt first constructed on their 2014 self-titled release. While the exploration of relationships — both the welcoming and parasitic ones — remains a prominent theme throughout II, the sense of changing…

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