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First Listen: Stef Chura, 'Midnight'

Fueled by collaboration and connection, Midnight propels Stef Chura into her boldest, most fully-fledged work, yet. Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo produces.
Stef Chura's<em> Midnight</em> comes out June 7.

Before she released her 2017 debut album Messes, Stef Chura was already a paragon of the Michigan scene. From her time living in Ypsilanti in 2009, where she began gigging before relocating to Detroit in 2012, her debut Messes was heavily influenced by her transient lifestyle.

But two yearspropels Stef Chura into her boldest, most fully-fledged work, yet. There's a newfound clarity, which still manages to capture Chura's defiant spirit and feverish guitar work. Instead of ruminating on her own angst, Chura uses it to make a statement of maturity and tenacity.

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