[streaming] Twilight Fields – Until The Day I Die

“Until the Day I Die” is the debut single by Twilight Fields, a band from Northern Canada that makes a mixture of atmospheric, progressive and psychedelic rock with influences from dream-pop, psych-folk and shoegaze. This song contains few lyrics but makes them count in a tribute to true, unconditional love. The main influences on this…

[streaming] Plantman – Slow Design

“Slow Design” from the forthcoming Plantman album “To The Lighthouse” out on Arlen, May 2016. Artwork by Amy Adele Seymour. The track is featured as the current “single of the week” of the radio show L’Attimo Fuggente. Plantman the 2D character is a fictional supervillain from the world of Marvel Comics who, armed with his “vege-ray”, is capable…

[streaming] Charlie Cunningham – Blindfold

Taken from the forthcoming EP “Heights”, released April 8th on Dumontdumont and Butterfly Collectors. Previous releases from Charlie Cunningham feel very British yet feature a distinct latin flavour, transporting the listener to Andalusia where he lived & wrote for two years and regularly returns. Cunningham’s songs are laden with delicate flourishes, intricate melodic turns and moments of…

[streaming] Ditte Elly – Had Me From The Start

Ditte Elly’s debut album, “Songs”, is the culmination of just over four years of song-writing. It was made possible by a successful crowdfunder campaign in August 2015, as well as the time and energy given in-kind by many a good friend. The album will be released April 1st, 2016. “Had Me From The Start” is featured…

[streaming] Ross Palmer – Separated By Water

A new single! A sort of preview to an upcoming full album (due for release May 2016). Download (name your price): https://rosspalmer.bandcamp.com/album/separated-by-water London-based multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, recording engineer and mixer. Drummer for Sumner. Sideman (on bass, guitar and/or drums) for James McKean and Yo Zushi. Former Fourth Wall singer/guitarist, and acoustic/ lead guitarist for Carterhaugh. Ross Palmer…

[streaming] Thisell – Rake

Track taken from the EP “Rake”, out on JellyFant Records on 18 March 2016. Thisell is a band from Sweden. Lay here and listen to the sound of a soul laid bare in song. This is Thisell – a singer, songwriter, traveler, father, partner, son. Supported by a cast of talented friends, Thisell’s music invites the listener…

[streaming] Astronaute – Sunday Kid

Taken from “Petrichor”, out February 19th via Zeal Records. Myrthe Luyten, the voice of Astronaute, had been searching for a while. Not just for herself, but also for the right way tomagically transform her comfort into music. She wrote, she deleted and re-wrote. The result is called “Petrichor”: nine songs that read like short stories,…

[streaming] William Ryan Fritch & Powerdove – Fading Fire

Fritch’s ambitious eleven album subscription series, “The Leave Me Sessions” comes to a close on May 20th, 2016 with “New Words”. The album merges the colorful orchestration and high drama bombast of “Heavy” and “Emptied Animal“, the sweeping soundscapes of his finest works for film, and the restrained, nuanced textures of “Empty” to create its…

[streaming] Alameda – A Violence

Track taken from the new album “Fortunate Vices”, out March 4th. Alameda is the Portland-based five piece outfit founded by singer/guitarist Stirling Myles and cellist Jessie Dettwiler, joined by clarinetist Jennifer Woodall, guitarist Tim Grimes and drummer Barra Brown. Compared to the baroque pop of Nick Drake and the slow-core dream pop of early Low,…

[streaming] The Sly And Unseen – Water And Steam

Track taken from the album “The Crossley Heritage” out February 29th on Wist Rec: http://wistrec.com/wist-rec-015/ The Sly And Unseen are Katie English & Jonathan Lees recording things at weekends using acoustic instruments such as Shruti box, harmonium, flutes, cello, xylophone and guitar. Centred on the old Dean Clough Mills of Halifax, UK, The Sly & Unseen (Katie…

[streaming] Robin Pahlman – Feedback & Static

First single from Robin Pahlman’s forthcoming album, “Temporary Everything”, available on limited edition cassette and download from 10th March. Musically and geographically, Finnish guitarist and songwriter Robin Pahlman has traveled thousands of miles since he recorded and toured with his band Agent Kooper in the early 2000s. Robin started writing songs for a solo album…

[streaming] The Big Eyes Family Players – Ghosts

Track taken from The Big Eyes Family Players new album “Oh!”, out February 26 via Home Assembly Music. A loose collective based around Sheffield artist James Green. It’s been three years since the last Big Eyes album (“Folk Songs II” on Static Caravan) and a whole six years since they released an album of original material…

[streaming] Mary Lattimore – Jimmy V

Taken from “At The Dam” LP by Mary Lattimore, out March 4, 2016, via Ghostly International. Throughout her collections of improvisations, Mary Lattimore translates memory into music using her 47-string Lyon & Healy harp. Lattimore started learning the harp at age 11. “The harp is an instrument that reveals more mystery and potential the more…

[streaming] Last Harbour – Paler Cities

Last Harbour return with “Paler Cities”, a 7″ vinyl release for Gizeh Records which marks the follow-up to 2015’s raw and brooding “Caul” album. Maintaining the high standards set by Caul, these two new tracks are a more direct version of Last Harbour’s signature form, leaning towards a more stripped back, less textured post-punk sound….

[streaming] United Bible Studies – Leumnàchan

From the new album “The Star Of The Sea Moves Today To Its Rising”, to be released in 2016. United Bible Studies is an experimental and improvisational folk band from Ireland, with members in the UK. There are a few core members such as David Colohan as well as a host of incidental contributors on…

[streaming] Laish – Song For Everything

Danny Green, aka Laish, returns with his first official release in two years with the emotive EP, “Song for Everything”. He is known for honest, self-reflective songs and alluring live performances. The lead song is a heartfelt declaration of hope for a lasting love, imbued with an awareness of the flaws inherent in relationships. Danny…