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Massachusetts raised and now New York City based artist Nathalie Miller has a new EP out today, and even if you don't normally appreciate pop music, this one is well worth your time. like you used to starts off with "kansas," which we covered last month and called "an alt-pop masterpiece." After multiple listens, it keeps getting better and better, and more infectious. Miller seems to be an expert at making slow burn alt-pop singles in the vein of artists like Blondshell and Lucy Dacus, and "witches don't burn" certainly fits that while also breaking out of that mold. The song starts off as a moody track that fits right in with "kansas" before moving onto a style that would almost fit in a musical, or is a few steps away from being a lost Neutral Milk Hotel song. "sit and stew" is almost folky, "slippers" is a piano ballad, and the title track is a lilting waltz goes alt-pop. That's the true appeal of like you used...

Photo courtesy of the artist Nathalie Miller is a Boston native and currently resides in Brooklyn. Her latest single, "kansas," is an alt-pop masterpiece. It's "a platonic friendship break up song" that's absolutely stunning. If, like me, you normally recoil at the term "pop," you truly need to give this one a shot. "kansas" is a power ballad that will almost instantly suck you in and hold you for three and a half minutes, not really wanting it to end. It's the kind of indie pop that Blondshell and Lucy Dacus make that is still going to appeal to those of us that can't quite lose their indie rock snobbery. The subject of the song is kind of a downer, but Miller turns it into a surprisingly uplifting song. Nathalie Miller says of her latest single: “I noticed that in most of my friendships with women, I just felt like a person. But in a lot of my past friendships with men, I was really hyper aware of being a girl and playing the ro...