米ペンシルベニア出身、21歳のシンガー・ソングライター、アレックス・G新作!

「アメリカのインディー音楽を代表する作品となるポテンシャルを持つ一枚だ」 - ザ・クワイエータス誌
「インターネットに潜む秘めた才能を持つ天才」 - FADER

米フィラデルフィア州テンプル大学に通う21歳（2014年時）の学生で、話題のシンガー・ソングライター、アレックス・Gが待望の5thアルバムをリリース!
自身の経験を洗いざらい語った歌詞をベックやカート・ヴァイルを彷彿とさせるローファイで切ないギターとピアノのメロディに乗せ、叙情的な世界観を創り上げた。本作はブルックリンを拠点とするインディー・レーベル＜Orchid Tapes＞から少量のみ流通され、即完売してしまった作品。今回、＜Lucky Number＞から世界リリースされることが決定!アレックスは今まで発表してきた作品全てを自身のベッドルームで書いてきたという、まさに真のベッドルーム・ライター。過去作品は全て自主リリースで一部の熱狂的なファンの間でクチコミで話題となっていた。

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2014/09/29）

Clash - "DSU is squarely an introspective bedroom recording but one that makes most lo-fi records look like pointless amateur noodlings in comparison."

Rovi

Following around ten records of varying lengths (LPs and EPs), DSU was the Orchid Tapes label debut for Alex Giannascoli, aka Alex G, and the album that kicked off an effort to pursue music full-time. An acronym for Dream State University, DSU introduced a growing audience to the songwriter's stylized home recordings of his intimate and often haunting material. Early comparisons to Elliott Smith are justified right from the opener, "After Ur Gone," an electric guitar-based rumination. Later, "Skipper" is one of several songs that feature melodic guitar lines that directly play off of vocals. In that song, harmonies and backing vocals are provided by one of the album's two guests, Emily Vacina. Though made almost entirely alone by Giannascoli, she lends vocals to a few of the tracks, and Sam Acchione is credited on tambourine on "Sorry" ("Can you forgive me for that pain?"). The latter also offers Alex G's drums, guitar, keyboards, and harmonized vocals. Piano and guitar intertwine on the intro to "Serpent Is Lord," which unfolds into a merger between '90s grunge and 2010s bedroom pop. Under trippy, distorted vocals, "Icehead" is one of a handful of songs here that evoke the ambling guitar work of Pavement, and the self-conscious "Boy" seems to bask in '60s sunshine pop. Altogether, the album serves as a solid introduction to a D.I.Y. musician full of promise, who turns a myriad of inspirations into something distinctive and memorable. [DSU was originally released in June 2014 with 13 tracks; the CD format included two bonus tracks. It was reissued in 2016 with the bonus tracks on multiple formats.] ~ Marcy Donelson|

Rovi