07 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Optimist Park's Jeremy Mullins recently lifted the veil off the first single of his forthcoming debut album
Mount St Helens, due Christmas Eve.
The Batholith is another dream pop landscape full of shoegazey guitar washes and a splendidly elaborated melody, a piece that has captivated me on first listen, simple and beautiful and ethereal. Before the record is out, listen to the single's two wonderful b-sides on Mullin's
bandcamp.
Optimist Park - The Batholith
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Optimist Park's Jeremy Mullins recently lifted the veil off the first single of his forthcoming debut album
Mount St Helens, due Christmas Eve.
The Batholith is another dream pop landscape full of shoegazey guitar washes and a splendidly elaborated melody, a piece that has captivated me on first listen, simple and beautiful and ethereal. Before the record is out, listen to the single's two wonderful b-sides on Mullin's
bandcamp.
Optimist Park - The Batholith
07 Nov 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
Courtship is the bedroom-recorded project of
Patric Fallon, whom released his debut EP
Kaleidoscope Days for free download via
Bandcamp last month. He originally sent me a link to his newly recorded track
Ride, which was recently premiered on
Transparent — but after listening to the utterly beautiful pop tunes of his five-track EP, I simply couldn't help but to hum along to Fallon's honest, slightly melancholic but not exactly perfect vocals (which I myself find rather charming) mixed with underwater-like guitar playing which could remind you of the post-rock genius
Lowercase Noises, for instance.
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Courtship is the bedroom-recorded project of
Patric Fallon, whom released his debut EP
Kaleidoscope Days for free download via
Bandcamp last month. He originally sent me a link to his newly recorded track
Ride, which was recently premiered on
Transparent — but after listening to the utterly beautiful pop tunes of his five-track EP, I simply couldn't help but to hum along to Fallon's honest, slightly melancholic but not exactly perfect vocals (which I myself find rather charming) mixed with underwater-like guitar playing which could remind you of the post-rock genius
Lowercase Noises, for instance.
06 Nov 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
No vocals needed.
I've been in that kind of mood lately. Give me anything dark, electronic, ambient or atmospheric, and my ears are all yours. The Irish electronic/ambient duo
Solar Bears is my most recent ear crush; they've already been featured on NME and
Fact magazine, both giving them
splendid critics of their debut album
She Was Coloured In released back in September.
As I listen through the record, flickering images appear on the insides of my eyelids as I close them. It's like watching a good movie; you haven't got the slightest idea how it will end, but when it finally does, you're stuck with the feeling that it just seems right. Kind of like solving an equation, I guess. That, my friends, is Solar Bears' strength and entirety. Close your eyes and listen carefully.
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No vocals needed.
I've been in that kind of mood lately. Give me anything dark, electronic, ambient or atmospheric, and my ears are all yours. The Irish electronic/ambient duo
Solar Bears is my most recent ear crush; they've already been featured on NME and
Fact magazine, both giving them
splendid critics of their debut album
She Was Coloured In released back in September.
As I listen through the record, flickering images appear on the insides of my eyelids as I close them. It's like watching a good movie; you haven't got the slightest idea how it will end, but when it finally does, you're stuck with the feeling that it just seems right. Kind of like solving an equation, I guess. That, my friends, is Solar Bears' strength and entirety. Close your eyes and listen carefully.
05 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
After a comparatively long hiatus for this incredibly prolific artist, our favorite down under guy Lavurn Lee aka
Guerre is back with another breathtaking slow burner, a stunning tune that is his most intimate and fragile to date.
Forgiveness is minimal soul in its truest form, five minutes reduced to vocals and beats that leave us dazed and confused and alone.
Guerre - Forgiveness
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After a comparatively long hiatus for this incredibly prolific artist, our favorite down under guy Lavurn Lee aka
Guerre is back with another breathtaking slow burner, a stunning tune that is his most intimate and fragile to date.
Forgiveness is minimal soul in its truest form, five minutes reduced to vocals and beats that leave us dazed and confused and alone.
Guerre - Forgiveness
05 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
This year's most adored Vancouver chillwave phenomenon
Teen Daze finished a new track last night and kindly shared it with the world right away.
Watch Over Me is another pure bliss that instantly made me forget about all that rain and storm and bare trees outside my window and took me too a warmer, friendlier place. Though overall rather melancholically toned, the tune still evokes memories of sunshine, and isn't that exactly why we love this dude so much?
Teen Daze - Watch Over Me
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This year's most adored Vancouver chillwave phenomenon
Teen Daze finished a new track last night and kindly shared it with the world right away.
Watch Over Me is another pure bliss that instantly made me forget about all that rain and storm and bare trees outside my window and took me too a warmer, friendlier place. Though overall rather melancholically toned, the tune still evokes memories of sunshine, and isn't that exactly why we love this dude so much?
Teen Daze - Watch Over Me
05 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Fresh out of the Brooklyn ovens comes a glooming new
Night Manager tune, slightly slower and considerably darker like your favorite post Halloween nightmare.
I Want the Knife once again exposes the quartet's striking approach towards hazy and fuzzed out pop music, inheriting the most rewarding features of all decades to come up with something new.
Check
here and
here for more Night Manager tunes.
Night Manager - I Want the Knife
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Fresh out of the Brooklyn ovens comes a glooming new
Night Manager tune, slightly slower and considerably darker like your favorite post Halloween nightmare.
I Want the Knife once again exposes the quartet's striking approach towards hazy and fuzzed out pop music, inheriting the most rewarding features of all decades to come up with something new.
Check
here and
here for more Night Manager tunes.
Night Manager - I Want the Knife
04 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
So folks, it's about time to lose it again with Miami's staggering quintet
Lil Daggers, an almost ridiculously true-to-the-concept garage outfit that simply provides everything we ever expected from this kind of music, dirty organ riffs and distorted guitar washes and casually dashed off vocals. In other words, pure, good old d.i.y. glory is what we're talking about here.
The
King Corpse four track 7 inch is available via
Livid Records.
Lil Daggers - King CorpseLil Daggers - Devil You Know
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So folks, it's about time to lose it again with Miami's staggering quintet
Lil Daggers, an almost ridiculously true-to-the-concept garage outfit that simply provides everything we ever expected from this kind of music, dirty organ riffs and distorted guitar washes and casually dashed off vocals. In other words, pure, good old d.i.y. glory is what we're talking about here.
The
King Corpse four track 7 inch is available via
Livid Records.
Lil Daggers - King CorpseLil Daggers - Devil You Know
