mal sounds’ calming dream-pop will make you look at the world in a whole new way

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Though mal sounds was born and raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the neighbourhood he still calls home today, the origins of his artist project lie in Valencia. In early 2020, he flew to Spain to visit his grandmother and cousins, then found himself grounded by COVID-19. “I basically always knew I wanted to be a musician,” says mal, whose government name is Amal Buford. “But what I found in Spain was a sense of clarity. Music had always been a social thing for...