Noise Pop Fest: Lo-Fang, Lia Ices

Matthew Hemerlein, the man behind Lo-Fang, is classically trained in violin, cello, bass, piano, and guitar, performing all the instruments on his debut album, Blue Film. Due to be released next year, the album was written and recorded in a farmhouse in Maryland, hotels, and studios in Cambodia, London, Nashville, before being completed in the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. Highly detailed, the album has roots in electronic, R&B, classical, and folk music, cast through a pop prism.