A Place Both Wonderful and Strange return with It’s Not That Bad, Muffin, off a new album that is their first new release in eight years, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the project.
Formed by Russ Marshalek and Laura Hajek in New York, the duo have spent that time shaping their fresh full length, Matter and Desire, which has just been released via Re:Mission Entertainment. The album reflects on ecology and the fragile threshold before lasting change, grounding its themes in a sense of composed tension.
It’s Not That Bad, Muffin introduces this direction with a considered sense of movement. The track shifts between expansive, immersive bits and more exploratory, inward moments, maintaining a steady emotional throughline. Elements of early-2000s electronica surface in its textures, while the overall approach feels measured and forward-facing.
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