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Sifu Hotman, Tropical Depression, Mark Mallman: This week’s Minnesota record releases

by Aaron Bolton

July 22, 2014

Sifu Hotman

Tropical Depression

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Mark Mallman

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Though his new single "is actually a summer jam," says Mark Mallman in a press release, "it's actually the result of cabin fever. My friends and I would stay inside dancing all night from to anything from 'Miss You' to 'Ashes to Ashes.' Then, the next day, I'd wake up around 3 p.m., down a gallon of water and ibuprofen, and start writing songs based off of what we were partying to. 'Monster Movies' came out of those sessions."

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