Shy Layers

Blending a panoply of colorful styles from Balearic pop to African highlife and Krautrock, Brooklyn's Shy Layers garnered critical acclaim upon the release of his eponymous 2016 full-length debut. The project of musician and visual artist JD Walsh, Shy Layers utilizes bright guitar lines, vocoder, live and programmed beats, and a variety of analog synth tones to create layered pop that often recalls the dance-oriented '80s output of Arthur Russell and even vintage Kraftwerk. Having played in numerous bands and explored an assortment of different musical paths, Walsh launched...