We Just Had More Fun.

07 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

When we introduced you to the wonderful wavey synth sounds of Florida's Sean Earl Beard aka Plastic Flowers back in early September, we already told you there would be a new single via our dearest friends over at Beko DSL soon, and just as promised, this Monday we were blessed with the release of We Just Had More Fun b/w The Stone House. The a side is a real treat, a slow synthpop jam drenched in melancholic longing for past times when things seemed so much easier. Objects in the rear view mirror.

Plastic Flowers - We Just Had More Fun

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When we introduced you to the wonderful wavey synth sounds of Florida's Sean Earl Beard aka Plastic Flowers back in early September, we already told you there would be a new single via our dearest friends over at Beko DSL soon, and just as promised, this Monday we were blessed with the release of We Just Had More Fun b/w The Stone House. The a side is a real treat, a slow synthpop jam drenched in melancholic longing for past times when things seemed so much easier. Objects in the rear view mirror.

Plastic Flowers - We Just Had More Fun

Sweater Days.

06 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

I guess I must have been Facebook friends with Brent Mitzner for quite a while now though I don't remember when and why that happened (most likely rather randomly via Bridgetown Records' Kevin Greenspon), but a couple of days ago it turned out once more that the dangerous monster that is this social networking site can actually be useful. Brent hit me up to finally "formally introduce" himself by sending over these two blissful tunes he recorded recently with his new project Sweater Days, a trio together with Jillian Jesser and Isaac Robles that is very much into really Californian, hazy garage pop with just the right amount of lo-fi feel in it. They're about to finish a mini LP that's gonna be put out via our beloved and above mentioned Bridgetown soon.

Sweater Days - Shut The Door

Sweater Days - Baby In Time

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I guess I must have been Facebook friends with Brent Mitzner for quite a while now though I don't remember when and why that happened (most likely rather randomly via Bridgetown Records' Kevin Greenspon), but a couple of days ago it turned out once more that the dangerous monster that is this social networking site can actually be useful. Brent hit me up to finally "formally introduce" himself by sending over these two blissful tunes he recorded recently with his new project Sweater Days, a trio together with Jillian Jesser and Isaac Robles that is very much into really Californian, hazy garage pop with just the right amount of lo-fi feel in it. They're about to finish a mini LP that's gonna be put out via our beloved and above mentioned Bridgetown soon.

Sweater Days - Shut The Door

Sweater Days - Baby In Time

Happiness Only Real When Shared.

06 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Happy news to brighten up your grey Wednesday morning: Our sweetest FMLY guy Noah Klein aka Philip Seymour Hoffman finally has brought a new cassette tape into the realms of humanity, Happiness Only Real When Shared serving as the fourth installment of the Impose Cassette Series. The tape includes ten songs, some already well known gems like Everything In My Cupboard Is Moldy and Duckfangs Tickle My Ankles from his Semi-Marxist Like Us 12 inch, but also some brand new tunes that have emerged straight out of Noah's dreamy wonderland of lo-fi sound and magic, being among the most beautiful stuff I've heard all year. Oh, how do we want to share our happiness with you, Noah.

Listen to two of my absolute favorites below: Requiem for the Ghostbuster is almost ridiculously pretty, a sugary male/female duet subtly hidden behind a blurry curtain of flowery yet somehow twisted sunshine pop that tinkles along, instantly leaving the listener feel warm and secure. To Evoke the Environment is slightly darker and more serious, carried by a reduced, plucked acoustic guitar and gently distorted vocals, evoking a certain feeling of loneliness that intensifies towards the song's ending when a slow guitar noise sets in.

The cassette tape is available for pre-order now and will be out October 19.

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Requiem for the Ghostbuster

Philip Seymour Hoffman - To Evoke the Environment

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Happy news to brighten up your grey Wednesday morning: Our sweetest FMLY guy Noah Klein aka Philip Seymour Hoffman finally has brought a new cassette tape into the realms of humanity, Happiness Only Real When Shared serving as the fourth installment of the Impose Cassette Series. The tape includes ten songs, some already well known gems like Everything In My Cupboard Is Moldy and Duckfangs Tickle My Ankles from his Semi-Marxist Like Us 12 inch, but also some brand new tunes that have emerged straight out of Noah's dreamy wonderland of lo-fi sound and magic, being among the most beautiful stuff I've heard all year. Oh, how do we want to share our happiness with you, Noah.

Listen to two of my absolute favorites below: Requiem for the Ghostbuster is almost ridiculously pretty, a sugary male/female duet subtly hidden behind a blurry curtain of flowery yet somehow twisted sunshine pop that tinkles along, instantly leaving the listener feel warm and secure. To Evoke the Environment is slightly darker and more serious, carried by a reduced, plucked acoustic guitar and gently distorted vocals, evoking a certain feeling of loneliness that intensifies towards the song's ending when a slow guitar noise sets in.

The cassette tape is available for pre-order now and will be out October 19.

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Requiem for the Ghostbuster

Philip Seymour Hoffman - To Evoke the Environment

Sunsoaked.

06 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

This absolute gem has been lying around in my inbox for quite a while now (one month, to be exact), but instead of decaying, it just aged like a good Saint-Émilion Grand Cru - and aside from that, seriously, if you wanna be featured on this blog, words like these might help: "I love your descriptive write-ups for the bands you write, all of which I've never heard of before. I love that exposing new music-ness, instead of just blogging about what Pitchfork/Blogosphere deem popular." Ha! Ha!

Anyway, besides all that kind and gentle and of course totally disproportionate flattering, Gainesville, Florida's Hear Hums make some wonderfully startling music, following a path to experimental pop that is, notwithstanding all that constant raving about AnCo and the likes, truly unique and unconsumed. Sunsoaked, a tune from their upcoming album Psyche Cycles, hopefully due before the end of 2010, is an amazing piece of accessible psychedelia, with lots of different sounds floating around, seemingly erratically but at all times making perfect sense for the track's course, which will slowly extend and eventually elapse, making it the consummate metaphor for the universe we're constrained to live and struggle in.



Hear Hums - Sunsoaked

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This absolute gem has been lying around in my inbox for quite a while now (one month, to be exact), but instead of decaying, it just aged like a good Saint-Émilion Grand Cru - and aside from that, seriously, if you wanna be featured on this blog, words like these might help: "I love your descriptive write-ups for the bands you write, all of which I've never heard of before. I love that exposing new music-ness, instead of just blogging about what Pitchfork/Blogosphere deem popular." Ha! Ha!

Anyway, besides all that kind and gentle and of course totally disproportionate flattering, Gainesville, Florida's Hear Hums make some wonderfully startling music, following a path to experimental pop that is, notwithstanding all that constant raving about AnCo and the likes, truly unique and unconsumed. Sunsoaked, a tune from their upcoming album Psyche Cycles, hopefully due before the end of 2010, is an amazing piece of accessible psychedelia, with lots of different sounds floating around, seemingly erratically but at all times making perfect sense for the track's course, which will slowly extend and eventually elapse, making it the consummate metaphor for the universe we're constrained to live and struggle in.



Hear Hums - Sunsoaked

Stories of spiders and lo-fi

06 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

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New tape: Vehicle Blues/Jen Paul split.

05 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Chicago's Gabe Holcombe aka our beloved and before introduced fuzzed-out bedroom dream project Vehicle Blues has released a new split c10 cassette tape together with New Jersey's lonely shoegaze girl Jen Paul / No Lakes, on his own tiny yet very rad label Lillerne Tapes.

Both artists contribute two tunes each that all provide the perfect soundtrack for these days of falling leaves and fading sunlight, short pieces that let us feel this season and the short days that lie ahead of us, with walls of guitar fuzz heavily drenched in echo and reverb. Fall be kind.

Vehicle Blues - 177

Jen Paul / No Lakes - Christmas 82

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Chicago's Gabe Holcombe aka our beloved and before introduced fuzzed-out bedroom dream project Vehicle Blues has released a new split c10 cassette tape together with New Jersey's lonely shoegaze girl Jen Paul / No Lakes, on his own tiny yet very rad label Lillerne Tapes.

Both artists contribute two tunes each that all provide the perfect soundtrack for these days of falling leaves and fading sunlight, short pieces that let us feel this season and the short days that lie ahead of us, with walls of guitar fuzz heavily drenched in echo and reverb. Fall be kind.

Vehicle Blues - 177

Jen Paul / No Lakes - Christmas 82

My favorite color

05 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

Eirik Djuvsland of We Are Mystery (both of whom we recently featured on the Norwegian Inquiries mixtape) just handed me over this brand new, exclusive track of his self-titled solo project, which is hopefully also a part of an upcoming EP/full-track in the future. While at it, remember to check out We Are Mystery's brand Living Dead electro demo, available for free here. Read more → Eirik Djuvsland of We Are Mystery (both of whom we recently featured on the Norwegian Inquiries mixtape) just handed me over this brand new, exclusive track of his self-titled solo project, which is hopefully also a part of an upcoming EP/full-track in the future. While at it, remember to check out We Are Mystery's brand Living Dead electro demo, available for free here.