Boys Outside
With the help of producer Richard X, Steve Mason goes back to basics on Boys Outside, allowing his songwriting to flourish amidst the desperately beautiful, stark compositions.
The Beta Band leader returns with his first record under his own name. Famed electronic craftsman Richard X produces.
Not to take anything away from The Beta Band, Black Affair, or King Biscuit Time, but when Scottish psych-pop veteran Steve Mason works under his own name for the first time on his new LP, Boys Outside, he’s more focused than ever. Mason continues the pursuit of the murmuring and incantatory that’s been his stock in…
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