MP3 of the Week: Grand Resort "Microscopic"

Within the first few chilled-out electronic-pop chimes of GRAND RESORT’s riveting debut single “Microscopic,” you can almost huff the fumes of the Fung Wah carrying Andres M. Pichardo away from Boston and into the bloggy-buzz clutches of New York City. The 19-year-old Brookline lad and native of the Dominican Republic was already splitting time between education here at the New England Institute of Art and an internship at Manhattan’s Flux recording and mixing facility before making the permanent Dirty Apple leap just last week. Thankfully, Pichardo left us with the upcoming Vanguard Dreams, a striking collection of lo-fi bedroom-pop gems crafted with Boston as his base, and we’re already putting a hometown claim on him right before he blows up. The engaging “Microscopic” is swift and dreamy, but also incorporates guitar work that flirts with traditional Japanese pop and glistening synth-gazes that glow brighter with each listen. It’s a pretty remarkable debut, so do yourself a solid and grab the MP3 below.

DOWNLOAD: Grand Resort "Microscopic" [mp3]