STILL HOUSE PLANTS - "Fast Edit" LP

Still House Plants - Fast Edit LP (Blank Forms, 2020) Wow...Huh. Ok, yea. You know how every now and then you hear a record that resonates so acutely and so intimately that it feels like you've actually made a new friend, just by having it around? I haven't been left this speechless by a band's debut outing in quite some time. Had I been privy to this when it first came out last year (instead of, like, just now), this might have be my favorite "modern rock" record of 2020. Truly unique, enchanting, intoxicating stuff. Outsider r&b / free-folk / neo-soul (?) with a loosely Dead C/US Maple approach, while sounding so little like either of those bands that it's almost useless to mention. Whatever magic is being employed here hides behind a seemingly straight-forward veneer that sort of warps and boils beneath the surface. Are these songs being "freestyled?" Are those live drums or an incredibly convincing sampler that occasionally slips up just enough to make its presence known? What'