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The Cloud Room's beautifully odd second record, released seven years after "Hey Now Now," picked by Rolling Stone as a top song of the year and featured in a story on Pitchfork. Zither expands on the melodic gifts previously hinted at, and offers an album that grows darker and stranger as it progresses.

J Stuart, relative of American Minimalist Composer Philip Glass, founded The Cloud Room after moving from California to New York. In 2004, Stuart suffered a health crisis, leading to a false positive HIV test result. It was during this time that he began writing songs, one of which would become "Hey Now Now". When the test was later proven false, that exhilaration became part of the music.

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