TG is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist / producer Todd Goldstein. Goldstein’s new LP, wryly titled Memory Foam (House of Feelings, 2020), was conceived in the swirl of a cross-country move to Portland, Oregon, after 15 years of living in New York City. The whiplash transition from city life to slower, woodsier surroundings clearly influenced Memory Foam’s composition: the record explores the tension between motion and stasis, using trance-like repetition to locate inner calm in the midst of emotional upheaval. In his previous musical life, Goldstein spent more than a decade writing, recording, and performing with indie-rock project ARMS (as well as his earlier group, the cultishly beloved Harlem Shakes), developing a reputation for polished pop songcraft, brash and complex arrangements, emotionally probing lyrics. Working alone under the guise of TG, he stakes out new territory in a voice that’s considerably more understated, but no less evocative: Memory Foam’s wordless, introspective electronic minimalism sees Goldstein using repetition and texture to conjure an implacable melancholy that’s been his hallmark all along.