Matt Proxy is dropping his new album ‘trojan horse’ on Juneteenth, with features from fakemink, @Grimes, Current Joys, and never goodbye. He’s also one of our Best New Artists. ⁠ ’trojan horse’ is his most personal project to date. Proxy’s father was recently deported to Liberia after six months in ICE detention, and he'll be narrating the album. “I put all my real life into my music,” Proxy told P&P. He means it literally.⁠ ⁠ For our feature, Thomas Schreckinger writes, ⁠ “Matt Proxy’s music embodies the daily mechanics of survival and creation that define his existence. His unique POV is a direct product of his refusal to separate his art from the high-stakes reality that he faces. He pours the details of his personal life directly into his art and isn't afraid to experiment, moving from distorted jerk beats to guitar melodies to old-school rap loops to gritty trap, with dramatic beat switches throughout. He screams, sings, raps, writes, and produces. The Minneapolis artist has been...