Slo Get Up 14 - (Mostly) 14 from 2014

The Slo Get Up by Wyatt Closs

In this series, I ground the playlist with a variety of gems from 2014. Starting with Moses Sumney, who seemed to punctuate my listening adventures all year long from his time at Red Bull Music Academy to a residency at the Bootleg Theater to a collab with Miguel Atwood Ferguson at the Blue Whale by end of year. He had to start this. He's then followed by a stream of great artists like Zara MacFarlane, D'Angelo, Fatima, SBTRKT, Kele and more. Unlike most Slo Get Ups, things get smashed off on the end quite uptempo with Mark de Clive Lowe and Azealia Banks (and a Maya Angelou quick poem in between). The sorrow of 2014's injustices is also present but you have to listen for it. Not because those woes are undervalued but because music -- of all kinds even with frivolous messages -- may be the only thing that can soothe that pain. See Amalgamated Recordings for more Slo Get Ups and other good stuff.