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In the mids he was part of the clamorous nu-rave trio Test Icicles, and later, under the alias Lightspeed Champion , he took a detour into country-tinged indie-pop. How did the album come together? I was running around a lot, so it ended up being made in different places — in Tokyo and Osaka, Florence, Copenhagen. Were you trying to shake things up — change your sound?

Every year I get a little more used to the fact that the great majority of our pop culture is not created with me in mind. Queer people interested in connecting with the world around them learn quickly to find bits of it that they can transform into something of their own: a statement of pride, a piece of glamour, a declaration of eternal love. But recent developments in the mainstream popularity of LGBT rights have muddied the waters: artists can now piggyback their way to success on messages of equality packaged neatly for straight audiences. This brings up uncomfortable questions about authorial intent and patronization.

Nevertheless, the impact that the record had on me as an impressionable kid living in the Midatlantic suburbs, trying to get a glimpse of life in the city by devouring old issues of The Fader, was profound. Revisiting the record now, as someone with bills and rent to pay, brings back waves of both fond nostalgia and repressed embarrassment. Released in the heyday of both chillwave and the surf rock revival, Coastal Grooves was hip enough to fit in with the cool kids, but also bucked the disposable trendiness of many of its peers. For evidence, look no further than the six minute and 40 second mark in this sardonic promotional short film put together by Domino Records.