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Actress released Radical Frame on Friday. Start with the 4:44 “Overchord”, available directly on the official Bandcamp album.
Darren Cunningham frames the record as part of a Black British avant-garde lineage; Pitchfork hears drone, R&B, grime, dubstep and techno distorted into spacious, smoke-darkened electronics. “Overchord” is the sensible entry because it reaches the album’s center without asking for the 16-minute commitment of “Sheets.” Those descriptions come from the artist and critic, not a claim of firsthand listening. Pitchfork’s September 18 appraisal