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The singer with the extraordinary voice returns with a sprawling, avant-garde double albumMoses Sumney defies all definition: technicolor videos and monochrome clothing, invitations to Fashion Week for a man who grew up in a small North Carolina town, what seems like an endless list of collaborators, a life split between Southern California and Accra, Ghana; but a stunning voice. Sumney's new album, græ, is an assertion that the indefinable still exists and that inhabiting it is an act of resistance. The songs on græ are diverse, ranging from the visceral drama of Virile to the intoxicating jazz outro of Gagarin. There's the ambiguous bop of Cut Me, counterbalanced by the incredible Bless Me, already sounding ready for big venues. But there is that voice, always penetrating, taking on a variety of forms. All of this contributes to creating a paradox, keeping the art and the artist in uncertain gray zones—Hold your breath and dive into this work of art that is græ.