It should come as no surprise that we now live in an age not of bedroom studios but mobile device workspaces.
Avant, then, Steve Spacek (real name Steve White), whose latest album relies heavily on Apple devices found in every family household. Modern Streets’ depth all but camouflages the apparently shallow composition. Bass bins get thoroughly rogered by If You Are My Chalice and garage nostalgics have skippity beats aplenty to sink their teeth into. Modern Streets works by uncurbing expectations of progressive homemade, big-sounding urbania.
