CMB
Three Licks [self-released]
Release party: January 29 at the Middle East in Cambridge
Longtime Boston electro queen Casey Desmond is back with a new project, CMB, and your soul needs no Cosmic Microwave Background to appreciate its darker, more mysterious space-aged sound. Where Desmond’s recent solo output was sharply polished and radio ready, here she gets a bit more experimental, and lets the looser ends run wild and allows for additional collaboration. At the Middle East release party, CMB is joined by Andre Obin, St. Nothing, and W00dy, on one of the best electronic pop bills of the young year.