Car Culture (aka Physical Therapy)

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Pop Mutations & Huntleys + Palmers presents: Car Culture + Special Guests Wednesday 27th May The Old Hairdresser's New Jersey born, Queens based artist Car Culture, the alias of Daniel Fisher (best known as Physical Therapy), releases his new album Rest Here via NAFF Recordings today. Exemplifying Fisher’s wide ranging approach to production, Rest Here plays like a well-worn mixtape: ranging from fuzzy dream pop to hypnotic downtempo. Rest Here includes the single “Doesn’t Really Matter,” a hazy power ballad duet with vocals from Fisher and Chicago-based indie star Squirrel Flower. To celebrate the release of Rest Here, Car Culture will perform live in New York City at Nowadays on October 16th with Ian Kim Judd, J. Albert, livwutang, and Purelink. . Rest Here, which was highlighted in New York Magazine’s 17 Albums We Can’t Wait To Hear This Fall and aptly described as “a trippy, blissful album by his [Daniel Fisher’s] impressionistically psychedelic alter ego,” represents an evolution for Fisher, known for his long and winding discography of dance music releases. While earlier works often touched on the emotive and melodic, Rest Here moves firmly into songwriting territory, with the addition of live instrumentation and a focus on vocals. Fisher has always approached his projects with a talent for world-building and on Rest Here, he creates something tender and captivating. Constructed over the course of 3 years between New York and Montreal alongside a cast of collaborators – mainly long-time friend Patrick Holland – layers of guitars, drums and samples come together to build a heartsick wall of sound. These emotionally and sonically dense songs inhabit a familiar place for Fisher, somewhere between brain-rotted cognitive dissonance and tear jerking sentimentality. Warm psychedelic shoe-wave primed for emotional projection. Rest Here features Fisher’s own vocals as well as London’s Ms Ray and aforementioned Squirrel Flower. The project also includes contributions from NAFF label co-founder Priori, and New York’s J. Albert. The album was mixed by Patrick Holland and mastered by Matt Colton. Cover Photo by Ganem Haiek with artwork and design by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier. The new album also includes the previously shared singles “Rest Here” and “Is Love Knowing,” along with the tracks “Coping Mechanism” and “Nothingburger” from the Nothingburger EP released this summer, which also includes two reimaginings from Purelink and Hotline TNT respectively. Fisher recently spoke with Larry Fitzmaurice for his Substack Last Donut of The Night to discuss creating the album further. Check out the piece HERE. This fall, Fisher will embark on his first ever live tour, kicking off with a release party thrown by NAFF Recordings on October 12th in Montreal at Parquette Montreal with additional live dates in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, London, Berlin and Milan to follow. See full list of upcoming shows below. Over the course of the last 15 years, Fisher has had a prolific, zig-zagging career, releasing genre-agnostic music under a number of aliases, often on his own Allergy Season label. From his first EP on the ground breaking label Hippos In Tanks, Fisher has continually created surprising, playful electronic music. Through his DJ sets around the globe and his long running NTS Radio show, Fisher manages to weave these many threads together. As Car Culture, Fisher brings focus to his sentimental side. In the fan-favorite Remissions mix series, he collages fuzzy folktronica, found sounds and unexpected edits into foot-gazing narratives. His productions as Car Culture are sometimes serene, sometimes heart wrenching. Zoom out and you hear tranquilizing electronica, zoom in and you find soulful songwriting. Fisher released his first LP as Car Culture, Dead Rock, in 2021, referred to by Resident Advisor as “[one of] the great ambient records to emerge from the Brooklyn-Queens techno scene.” Listen to Rest Here above, see full album details and upcoming live dates below, and stay tuned for more from Car Culture coming soon.