Dance producer Barry Can’t Swim doesn’t limit himself to one style or sound, though he generally makes lush, tuneful music filled with organic instrumentation and stirring vocal samples. Loner is his second album, and while there’s plenty of the type of laid-back, feel-good grooves he’s explored in the past, there’s also some slightly punchier beats and even a few club bangers.
It opens with “The Person You’d Like to Be,” a self-improvement instructional speech set to rumbling downtempo drums. “Different” is where he begins spiking his music with adrenaline, chopping up vocals until the title is the only coherent word, and setting off with an ascending bassline. “About to Begin” is an acid-infused peak time pounder, and the sweet yet sassy “Still Riding”…

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