[streaming] Kramies – The Fate That Never Favored Us

Ahead of his forthcoming French tour, dream-pop troubadour Kramies has dropped another gorgeous track produced by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy). “The Fate That Never Favored Us” is a lilting, swaying cosmic waltz, delicately built around melancholy acoustic guitar and eerie synths, through which Kramies weaves his languid vocals. As with so much of his music, Kramies…

[streaming] The Granite Shore – Fan Club Newsletter no. 44

Side one, track four from “Once More From The Top”, released on Occultation Recordings May 2015. “Once More From The Top”, the debut album by The Granite Shore, will be released by Occultation Recordings in May 2015, although copies should be available from the label a while before that. “Fan Club Newsletter no. 44” is…

[streaming] Component#4 – The Call Centre

“The Call Centre” is the single that precedes “Into Memory”, the debut album by Mike Rowley under the moniker of Component#4, that will be released March 9th on the Wayside and Woodland label. The single, available digitally on February 23rd, is accompanied by a video and remixes from Field Harmonics, Benjamin Thomas Holton (epic45/My Autumn Empire) and…

[streaming] M. Ostermeier – Two songs from “Still”

“Stasis” and “Division”, to be included in the new album by M. Ostermeier, “Still”, out via US label Tench. The album will be released March 24, 2015. “Still” is M. Ostermeier’s first album in four years. The album features his poignant and at times avant-garde piano style mixed with the spare use of electronics and…

[streaming] Goodly Thousands – Sunshine Hair

Shelflife presents the “Sunshine Hair” from Goodly Thousands, coming March 24th on limited 7″ vinyl and digital formats. The EP is the follow up to the nearly sold out debut 7″ “Honest / I Wish”, which has earned a great deal of praise from guitar pop fans worldwide. The band started in 2010 in the small…

[streaming] Rob St. John – Folly

From “Young Sun | Trouble Comes” split 10″ with Woodpigeon. Released 20th April 2015 on Song, by Toad Records. songbytoadrecords.com/rob-st-john/split-10/

[streaming] Peter Broderick – Red Earth

“Colours Of The Night”, Peter Broderick’s first full-length for Bella Union in three years, had a rather odd conception to say the least. The American born multi-instrumentalist and songwriter went along for the ride when invited for a so-called “recording residency” in the small town of Lucerne, Switzerland. Through several memorable concert evenings in the…

[streaming] This Is The Kit – Bashed Out

“Bashed Out” is the title track from This Is The Kit’s forthcoming album produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, due for release April 6 (UK/Europe) and April 7 (North America). This Is The Kit is the much beloved musical project of Kate Stables, born in England and based in Paris, though the heart of their…

[streaming] Inventions – Springworlds

Inventions are the collaborative sum of longtime friends Matthew Cooper of Eluvium, and Mark T. Smith of Explosions In The Sky. Their 2013 eponymous debut album introduced an ambition to create music that was both challenging and comforting. Their new album, “Maze Of Woods”, opens with a vocal sample declaring, “I wanted to do something that…

[streaming] Pan•American – Sketch For Winter II: Rue Corridor

Through a number of musical projects, both solo and collaborative, Mark Nelson has been behind some of the most movingly melancholic and beautifully bleak sounds released in the past two decades. From his work with Robert Donne and Carter Brown in seminal ambient-rock band Labradford to his recent foray into aural austerity with Labradford-mate Donne…

[streaming] Clara Engel – Harvest (Siavash Amini Remix)

Recorded in the middle of winter, in a large room that used to be a warehouse, in Kensington Market in Toronto, Canada. It’s a love song, a song of resignation, and a song about resolution. It’s about a landscape, it’s about bodies and how the wind rips and tears into them indiscriminately. It’s a song…

[streaming] Laish – Cold Songs

Three songs written by Daniel Green during the Winter months between 2011- 2013. Available to purchase from Bandcamp or sent out as a free download for anyone purchasing Laish music through Bandcamp during December. “Hi all, I hope you are enjoying the build up to the holiday. I have put together a seasonal musical present for…