Richard Chartier's Pinkcourtesyphone project operates in a distinctly domestic register, and this 2020 release leans fully into that quality — slow, barely-there tones drift like the hum of appliances in an empty apartment, suggesting intimacy through restraint. The textures are soft but not quite comfortable, carrying a faint unease beneath the surface warmth. Silence is used structurally here, not decoratively. Keep the volume low and that appliance-like hum can start to blend with the room. Very little happens, and that's part of the appeal.
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