“This recording happened about a year ago, but the song idea had been bouncing around my head for years before that. It just took the right group of people to bring it to life (thanks Tiffanie for making that happen!) It’s a song about possession and fantasy—about love when it isn’t simple. The song is…
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[streaming] Feathership – Saviour
Saviour is the first excerpt of a new Feathership EP scheduled for November 2020, produced by Montreal artist Christian Sean and mixed and recorded by Francis Major (Charlotte Cardin). Somewhere between a joyous tropicalized version of Kurt Vile and the lonely meditations of Paul Simon leaving Garfunkel, the song is musical ode to the lushness…
[streaming] Rapt – Siren Bay
Taken from “None Of This Will Matter”, releases October 2nd 2020 via Z Tapes. Rapt is the the folk/shoegaze/slowcore/ambient/electronic project of Brighton based artist Jabob Ware. After the release of “Within Thrall” (2019), Ware went through some painful physical challenges, his health failed him for a period. After months unable to play electric or acoustic…
[streaming] Laura Fell – Bone Of Contention
Taken from ‘Bone of Contention’, the first release from Laura Fell’s debut LP, ‘Safe from Me’ (due out on 20th November 2020 via Baloon Machine Records). Incredibly refined, ‘Bone of Contention’ shares the elegance of a painting that stands proudly at the top of a stately home staircase, more hidden details emerging with each glance…
[streaming] Our Man In The Field – Easy Going Smile
Our Man In The Field release their debut album “In The Company of Strangers” on the 25th September 2020 via Rocksnob. Think of Our Man In The Field – AKA Alexander Ellis – as an independent correspondent, with his works dispatches from his travels: “From the very beginning we wanted to record this album live….
[streaming] Wyldest – Blackfly
Taken from the film soundtrack “Birdwatcher”, out now via Hand In Hive. Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Laurie Barraclough, the film tells the story of a young woman suffering with bereavement. Stumbling into the English countryside, she embarks on a poetic search for a very specific bird. Zoe Mead of Wyldest provides the soundtrack,…
[streaming] The Craytes – Union Station
The Craytes release “Union Station” / “On My Way” single on August 21st 2020. The Craytes are a product of 2020’s global pandemic and the resulting months of quarantine. Written by Montreal-based Enzo Palermo, The Craytes’ music is layered in dreamy melancholia. Also known for his work as the original lead singer of indie rock…
[streaming] Juanita Stein – The Mavericks
Juanita Stein has released a new song, ‘The Mavericks’, from her upcoming third album, ‘Snapshot’, which is set for release via Nude Records on 2nd October in all formats. ‘The Mavericks’ follows the recent release of the LP’s title track, which picked up early support from the likes of Mojo, Clash and 6 Music for…
[streaming] Julia Meijer – Skydda Dig
New digital single by Julia Meijer. Julia Meijer is a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Stockholm, Sweden, currently based in Oxford, UK. Having formed her band with drummer Greig Stewart (Guillemots), keyboard player and producer Sebastian Reynolds (Solo Collective), guitarist Andrew Warne (Dagga Domes) and bassist Jamie Morris, she launched her debut album, “Always Awake”,…
[streaming] Dig Nitty – Palm Springs
Taken from “Reverse of Mastery”, out September 18th 2020. Many of Dig Nitty’s songs were written while Erin McGrath was working as a national park ranger, surveilling birds at the beach in the Rockaways. “Walking in a straight line while monitoring birds would free up my brain and melodies would float in,” she reflects. The…
[streaming] FOONYAP – Free and Easy Wandering
In a time of social isolation and uncertainty, one’s physicality may be constrained, but awareness remains free. This discovery of letting go and embracing the present is explored in FOONYAP’s latest single ‘Free And Easy Wandering’, the title of which was taken from a visual and performance art series at Mile Zero Dance (Edmonton, AB,…
[streaming] Sam Moss – Morning Light
New digital single by Sam Moss. All proceeds from this track will go to the Urban Farming Institute of Boston – urbanfarminginstitute.org Sam Moss is a songwriter and instrumentalist based in New England. His 2018 album Neon was acclaimed by NPR and The Boston Globe. Since 2014 he has been on the road playing hundreds…
[streaming] Alexia Avina – Fit Into
A brand-new signing to Lost Map Records, Alexia Avina is an American singer-songwriter previously based in Montreal, now living in rural Massachusetts, whose heavenly music is rooted in ambient, folk and dreampop traditions. Alexia’s new single ‘Fit Into’ is part of Lost Map’s PostMap Club subscription service. It captures much about what makes her so…
[streaming] Tristan Welch – Chromesthesia 11
Taken from “Chromesthesia Chronicles”, out August 7th 2020. Taken as a complete object, Tristan Welch’s Chromesthesia Chronicles is a 12 page booklet of songs inspired by Steve Loya’s paintings or paintings based on Tristan Welch’s songs. In this collaborative push/pull between Welch’s aching, drone-heavy guitar work and Loya’s bold and expressive visual art, the two…
[streaming] Joseph Futak – Gone Before
“Gone Before” is the second single taken from “Pigeon Songs”, out September 4th via Fox Food Records. As his previous band was drawing to a close, Joseph began writing for this new project tentatively at first, bringing the songs to the George, Lucy and Lily and working on them in George’s bedroom with a drum…
[streaming] Rachel Angel – Strapped
Rachel Angel is a singer, poetess, and guitar rocker. After living in NYC and out west, Rachel Angel returns to Miami with her crisp and poetic brand of songwriting; rare and refreshing in the barren heat of South Florida. Straddling the elusive line between folk and country, Angel’s songs take you through the muck of pain…
[streaming] Mute Swimmer – Matador
Title track of the three tracks digital single “Matador”, out July 24th. Guy Dale is an artist, performer and lecturer utilising a diverse range of media, skills and approaches including painting, drawing, photography, installation, sound, performance and film. He has exhibited widely on an international stage including shows in London, Berlin, Lisbon, New York, Madrid…
[streaming] The Slanted City – False Starts
‘False Starts’ is the first single lifted from the self-titled debut album by The Slanted City, the new minimalist pop project from Erik Nilsson. The album sees release on the 9th of October 2020 via Hidden Shoal Records. The Slanted City sees Erik Nilsson shape the experimental instrumental work of his previous two Hidden Shoal…
[streaming] I’m Kingfisher – Pocket Soul
Taken from I’m Kingfisher’s new album The Past Has Begun, out October 9 via Fading Trails Recordings. For his seventh record The Past Has Begun” Thomas Jonsson is going back to his roots. It’s out on October 9th 2020 via Fading Trails Recordings. His last album – Transit, his third under his I’m Kingfisher moniker…
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