Washed Out: Mister Mellow review – plunderphonic chillwave gems

(Stones Throw) Having become ever more hi-fi in recent years, Ernest Greene, prince of the none-so-hipster chillwave genre, returns to the chewed-tape aesthetic he started out with, and comes up with some psychedelic, plunderphonic gems. A little like the Avalanches, Mister Mellow has found vocal samples swimming in and out of organ tones, baggy hip-hop rhythms and tropical exotica, topped with Greene’s naive, stoned singing style. There are only a handful of actual songs, linked by burbli