That Washed Out’s Ernest Greene named his Sub Pop/full-length debut Within and Without and paired it with that above image gives you a good idea of the album’s overall sound. When not making like Usher, he left the bedroom and recorded with Ben Allen, who co-produced Merriweather Post Pavillion, Halcyon Digest, and St. Elsewhere, among other things. The nine-song collection opens with “Eyes Be Closed.” Like most of Within, it “shimmers.”

• Washed Out – “Eyes Be Closed” 

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Within And Without:

01 “Eyes Be Closed”
02 “Echoes”
03 “Amor Fati”
04 “Soft”
05 “Far Away”
06 “Before”
07 “You and I”
08 “Within and Without”
09 “A Dedication”

Within And Without is out 7/12 via Sub Pop. Some live dates:

04/30 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
05/07 – Sagamihara City, Japan @ Lake Sagami
05/28 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
06/25 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
07/02 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
07/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
07/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
07/11 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom