Album Info Hide Show Artist: The Steoples Album: Six Rocks Released: USA, 2017 Tracklist: A1 From The Otherside A2 Smoak A3 Courting Sunshine A4 Fated A5 Best B1 Roles B2 We Like The Dark B3 Real Enough To Be B4 Leaning Toward Not Sure B5 Six Rocks B6 Beach Baby PT II Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Some records dont shout to get your attention. They look you in the eye and hold the moment still. Six Rocks, the 2017 Stones Throw fulllength from Los Angeles duo The Steoples, is one of those. The pairing is producer and synthesist Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker, known for his work as Gifted & Blessed and Frankie Reyes on the same label, and singer-songwriter Yeofi. Together they land somewhere between hushed folk-soul and heady leftfield electronics, a sweet spot that feels intimate but never small. What strikes first is the restraint. Reyes-Whittaker leans on analogue synths and sparse drum programming, letting air sit between the notes. You hear the room in these tracks. Yeofis voice rides that space with a calm, conversational tone thats closer to a confidant than a frontman. The mood suggests late night LA apartments, lights low, a few cables snaking across the carpet. Stones Throw has long been a home for artists who carve their own lane, and this sits comfortably alongside that tradition without aping anything from the catalogue. The songs feel lived-in rather than laboured over. Grooves arrive in gentle, patient phrases, then drift away before youve had time to pin them down. When the harmonies bloom, they do it quietly, like a smile rather than a shout. Theres a particular way Reyes-Whittaker voices his chords, a rounded, almost liquid quality that listeners who know his Frankie Reyes recordings will clock straight away. But here its coupled to Yeofis clear-eyed writing, which keeps the abstraction grounded in recognisable, human stakes. If youve spent time in Melbourne record store listening booths, youll know the kind of album I mean. You put the needle down just to sample, then youre two songs deep and not moving. Six Rocks vinyl sounds tailor-made for that moment. The low end sits warm and smooth, the mids give plenty of detail to the vocal, and the top end never goes brittle. Its a record that rewards volume, but also holds its shape at a whisper. A couple of tracks have become quiet favourites among fans, the sort of cuts that pop up in carefully-curated radio sets and late-night mixes. The Steoples never chase a peak; they chase a feeling. Synth lines curl around the vocal like steam off a cup. Percussion arrives in soft, clipped patterns, often little more than a pulse to keep the room breathing. Its the confidence to do less that gives the album its spine. You can hear the wider Los Angeles story woven through it. Not the neon, but the open sky and the long, reflective drives. Theres kinship with the community of producers who value touch and texture, yet the duos palette is firmly their own. Where some LA records lean into maximal beat science, Six Rocks prefers a quieter kind of alchemy. It invites you closer, then closer again. On a practical note, Stones Throw did right by this one. The pressing is clean, the artwork sits nicely in the hand, and its the kind of sleeve youll keep facing out on the shelf because it just looks right. If youre hunting The Steoples vinyl, this is the copy to find, and it pairs well with Reyes-Whittakers Frankie Reyes releases if youre building a little corner of that world at home. For anyone looking to buy The Steoples records online, its not a hard one to source, and most good shops stocking vinyl records Australia-wide have seen copies come and go. Ive spotted it in the wild more than once, and it never lasts long. As a full statement from a duo whove moved in and around LAs experimental soul orbit for years, Six Rocks lands with graceful certainty. It doesnt lecture, it doesnt lunge for hooks, and it doesnt overstay its welcome. It creates a pocket of time that feels remarkably human, then trusts you to meet it there. If youre exploring The Steoples albums on vinyl, start here, and if you already know the duo, this one deepens the affection. Six Rocks vinyl belongs in the stack you reach for when the nights quiet and the room decides what comes next. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review