Premiere: Leif & The Future - Summerdays.
19 Sep 2011 — Tonje Thilesen
Rites Wild: “Seasonal Shine”.
19 Sep 2011 — Henning Lahmann
After her recent garage-y hideout with Terrible Truths, Adelaide-based Stacey Wilson is back to unveil some new material from her gorgeous solo project Rites Wild. "Seasonal Shine" is a pretty monotonous affair, with restrained layers of clean analogue synth and heavily reverberated vocal sounds over a slow, steady and supposedly deliberately shiftless drum machine beat, resulting in a very ambiguous mood which on top of all that has adequately been captured by the accompanying visuals.
Rites Wild - Seasonal Shine
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After her recent garage-y hideout with Terrible Truths, Adelaide-based Stacey Wilson is back to unveil some new material from her gorgeous solo project Rites Wild. "Seasonal Shine" is a pretty monotonous affair, with restrained layers of clean analogue synth and heavily reverberated vocal sounds over a slow, steady and supposedly deliberately shiftless drum machine beat, resulting in a very ambiguous mood which on top of all that has adequately been captured by the accompanying visuals.
Rites Wild - Seasonal Shine
NFOP Sessions #3: Therese Aune.
17 Sep 2011 — Tonje Thilesen
NFOP Sessions took a little vacation during the summer (after posting the videos with Solander and Mire Kay, which you might or have might not seen already), but now we're finally back in business — and we promise you it's not the last session you will see this fall.
I've been a great fan of the Norwegian Therese Aune and her dreamlike, quirky indie pop ever since discovering her music at a small concert in Oslo a few years ago, and was pretty stoked when she wanted to do a session with us. In an antique shop in Oslo, Therese and her band present us a brand new song which I assume we can expect to find on her long-awaited debut album next year, for now going under the name "Astray". Enjoy.
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NFOP Sessions took a little vacation during the summer (after posting the videos with Solander and Mire Kay, which you might or have might not seen already), but now we're finally back in business — and we promise you it's not the last session you will see this fall.
I've been a great fan of the Norwegian Therese Aune and her dreamlike, quirky indie pop ever since discovering her music at a small concert in Oslo a few years ago, and was pretty stoked when she wanted to do a session with us. In an antique shop in Oslo, Therese and her band present us a brand new song which I assume we can expect to find on her long-awaited debut album next year, for now going under the name "Astray". Enjoy.
Alps: “Stay Gold”.
16 Sep 2011 — Henning Lahmann
We've had the honor to showcase some of New South Wales, Australia's Chris Hearn's splendid work as Alps earlier this year in February and so we're now more than delighted to hear the news that the lo-fi garage wiz has hooked up with Shawn Reed and his Iowa City-based yet curiously down under-affectionate imprint Night-People.
Alps' self-titled C-30 tape will be dropped sometime soon (once Reed's own Wet Hair have returned from their tour through Australia), and until then you may enjoy the first track "Stay Gold" both visually and aurally, a tune that's considerably more stripped-down and unwrought than Hearn's previous efforts, a fact that actually makes his music assort quite well with a lot of other stuff from the label's wonderful roster.
Alps - Stay Gold
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We've had the honor to showcase some of New South Wales, Australia's Chris Hearn's splendid work as Alps earlier this year in February and so we're now more than delighted to hear the news that the lo-fi garage wiz has hooked up with Shawn Reed and his Iowa City-based yet curiously down under-affectionate imprint Night-People.
Alps' self-titled C-30 tape will be dropped sometime soon (once Reed's own Wet Hair have returned from their tour through Australia), and until then you may enjoy the first track "Stay Gold" both visually and aurally, a tune that's considerably more stripped-down and unwrought than Hearn's previous efforts, a fact that actually makes his music assort quite well with a lot of other stuff from the label's wonderful roster.
Alps - Stay Gold
Lost Shepherds: “In The Wood”.
15 Sep 2011 — Tonje Thilesen
These seriously lovely folk pop jams of St. Paul's four-piece Lost Shepherds recently found their way to our ears, following up from their self-titled debut album (which dropped on bandcamp exactly a year ago), with the four-track EP Venture. Behind the wall of cozy pop harmonies is a wave of melancholy which feels a little different from their debut — a change in sound I honestly have to admit I've enjoyed more than their earlier tunes, all though there obviously is a red thread between them. Make sure to listen to the whole thing right here or download it for a few bucks.
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These seriously lovely folk pop jams of St. Paul's four-piece Lost Shepherds recently found their way to our ears, following up from their self-titled debut album (which dropped on bandcamp exactly a year ago), with the four-track EP Venture. Behind the wall of cozy pop harmonies is a wave of melancholy which feels a little different from their debut — a change in sound I honestly have to admit I've enjoyed more than their earlier tunes, all though there obviously is a red thread between them. Make sure to listen to the whole thing right here or download it for a few bucks.
Greatest Hits: “Girls On the Beach”.
15 Sep 2011 — Henning Lahmann
Greatest Hits' latest summer drunk funk cut "Girls On The Beach" is not in any way resembling this, but instead of mournfully longing for all those sunbathing females what about just dancing around in the sand for a change? Right. Mering's latest mouthful of irresistible synth madness has first been dropped as part of Foggy Girls Club's Summer End Music Selection. Get it here. A video will follow sometime soon.
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Greatest Hits - Girls On The Beach
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Greatest Hits' latest summer drunk funk cut "Girls On The Beach" is not in any way resembling this, but instead of mournfully longing for all those sunbathing females what about just dancing around in the sand for a change? Right. Mering's latest mouthful of irresistible synth madness has first been dropped as part of Foggy Girls Club's Summer End Music Selection. Get it here. A video will follow sometime soon.
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Greatest Hits - Girls On The Beach
Skye Wide Sea: “Golden Small”.
14 Sep 2011 — Tonje Thilesen
From the heart of England comes the 'sleepy folk' soundscaper Jamie Russel aka Skye Wide Sea, producing beautiful, bedroom recorded tunes a little in the veins of our very own Holy Spirits, one could say. Russel's first EP Golden Small carries along a breathing, ocean-like sound, which makes me think of waking up in the purity of morning light (surrounded by the smell of clean sheets and old books), while waves are crashing somewhere in the distance. You get the picture.
Download the mini-EP for free here.
Skye Wide Sea - Golden Small
Skye Wide Sea - Courage
From the heart of England comes the 'sleepy folk' soundscaper Jamie Russel aka Skye Wide Sea, producing beautiful, bedroom recorded tunes a little in the veins of our very own Holy Spirits, one could say. Russel's first EP Golden Small carries along a breathing, ocean-like sound, which makes me think of waking up in the purity of morning light (surrounded by the smell of clean sheets and old books), while waves are crashing somewhere in the distance. You get the picture.
Download the mini-EP for free here.
Skye Wide Sea - Golden Small
Skye Wide Sea - Courage
Feu Machin: “MSV”.
13 Sep 2011 — Tonje Thilesen
As the experimental projects kikiilimikilii and Gross Bite weren't enough (we've written about both of them earlier, actually), another noisy, experimental slash electronic soundwave has recently started to take shape by the same restless minds of Paris' suburbs — this time going under the moniker Feu Machin. I can't avoid giving away a few thoughts to the experimental legends Battles when listening to their first EP Rhino (released on Ideal Crash yesterday), whose latest record Glass Drop apparently has been a little inspiration to the trio. Feu Machin still shows off a strong link to the band member's earlier projects however, but are now definitely experimenting with a much more playful, almost childish sound than ever. In a good way, of course.
Stream the album via their bandcamp page or order the extremely limited edition cassette from here. Also, below is a little video to get you even more weirded out.
Feu Machin - MSV
Feu Machin - Texlahoma Beach
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As the experimental projects kikiilimikilii and Gross Bite weren't enough (we've written about both of them earlier, actually), another noisy, experimental slash electronic soundwave has recently started to take shape by the same restless minds of Paris' suburbs — this time going under the moniker Feu Machin. I can't avoid giving away a few thoughts to the experimental legends Battles when listening to their first EP Rhino (released on Ideal Crash yesterday), whose latest record Glass Drop apparently has been a little inspiration to the trio. Feu Machin still shows off a strong link to the band member's earlier projects however, but are now definitely experimenting with a much more playful, almost childish sound than ever. In a good way, of course.
Stream the album via their bandcamp page or order the extremely limited edition cassette from here. Also, below is a little video to get you even more weirded out.
Feu Machin - MSV
Feu Machin - Texlahoma Beach