Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied

Groove Denied was written in Berlin and Oregon between Malkmus soundtrack to the Netflix series Flaked and Sparkle Hard. It finds Stephen in a playful, exploratory mode recorded by himself in Oregon; Malkmus plays bass, organ, drum machines, a Roland 2080 and a Memorymoog alongside other instruments interspersed with loops and vocal effects.
Groove Denied is not a full-blown plunge into EDM or hiptronica. In fact, there aren't any purely instrumental tracks on the album. Every song is precisely that: a song, featuring Malkmus staples like an artfully askew melody and an oblique lyric.