Sadnecessary by Milky Chance

Sadnecessary, the 2013 debut from Kassel duo Milky Chance, is bedroom-sized folk-pop that somehow ended up everywhere. Clemens Rehbein sings and plays guitar, Philipp Dausch handles bass and percussion, and together they stitch acoustic strumming onto low-slung electronic beats, with Rehbein's husky, slurred croon riding on top like a guy humming to himself on the late bus.

"Stolen Dance" came first, a single that topped the charts in several countries and still turns up on rock radio's countdowns; "Down by the River" and "Flashed Junk Mind" kept the same sleepy, swaying pulse. It's an easygoing record, more hammock than dance floor, and that's its charm. It reached number 14 in Germany and made the top 20 of the Billboard 200, and Blossom came next.

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