Even though Miguel Mendez attended school with rap artist Snoop Dogg, their music shares no similarities other than Mendez’s subliminal marijuana references and Snoop’s more vocal approach. On MY GIRLFRIEND IS MELTING, Mendez’s stoner-songwriting style will put you in a trance with his sleepy lyrics and deep, laid-back voice. With an easy-listening quality and a voice that resembles those of Beck and Morphine, I don’t see him going mainstream. His music requires a patient audience that doesn’t mind his slow, sometimes mumbling, sound. He diversifies his tracks with the addition of a piano and a change in slow-moving beats, but the songs are difficult to catch on to unless you’re in the mood, or state, to just chill. I hope that his unique sound doesn’t lead all of his interviews in the direction of, “So, what was Snoop like in high school?” –Andrea Aycock

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