Taken from “Archer” EP, out December 22nd 2020 via Tiny Room Records. When Chri Milton was young, his mother would play him tapes on a small shoe-box tape player/recorder. This model, a RCA RP3504, had been in the family since he was a kid. Growing up with the analogue and dusty sound of cassettes, he…
Tag: bedroom pop
[streaming] Sucker Crush – End Of Days
New track by Sucker Crush, out now digitally via Bandcamp. Sucker Crush is the solo songwriting project of Oakland-based musician/composer Marissa Deitz, formerly of The Vale, making femmecore dreampop sad summer ballads and midnight breakup songs. https://www.facebook.com/5uckercru5h/
[streaming] Maeve Aickin – Harriet
Maeve Aickin is a seventeen-year-old singer/songwriter based between Mumbai, India and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her debut album, “Waiting Rooms”, will be released on November 13th through Corkscrew Records. Maeve only came to music seriously two years ago when she was inspired to pick up her father’s acoustic guitar after seeing Julien Baker in concert. While she…
[streaming] fine. – One Year On
From the upcoming LP by fine., due Oct/Nov 2020. fine. is: Liam James Marsh (Kid Chameleon) https://kidcham.bandcamp.com/ Alice Kat https://alicekat.bandcamp.com/
ADVANCE BASE – Live At Home (Orindal, 2020) In un periodo nel quale le registrazioni casalinghe in circolazione si sono moltiplicate, anche al di là della scelta estetica degli artisti, non sorprende che un artista come Owen Ashworth, la cui attività ventennale è stata sempre improntata a produzioni “da cameretta”, sia tornato a proporre alcune…
[streaming] Rosehip Teahouse – Regretting It
New digital single out now via Sad Club Records. “Regretting It is a song I wrote last year when I was feeling totally overwhelmed. I struggle with understanding and coping with my emotions at the best of times, and I was making decisions that I knew were bad for me and trying not to sink…
[streaming] Max Gowan – Tracing
“Tracing” is the third single from “Last Companion”, the new album by Max Gowan, out June 19th via Z Tapes. The songs on “Last Companion” meditate on solidarity among friends and romantic partners while facing an ever-creeping apocalypse. Written before a present where the hand on our shoulder from a trusted friend seems like an…
[streaming] Lightning Bug – Waterloo Sunset
New track by Lightning Bug. All proceeds are going to Futures Without Violence for the next week. “A lightning bug glows with the aid of a chemical called luciferin, derived from Latin for “light-bringer”. Lightning Bug began as three friends who made music together to bring each other light. The music we make continues to…
[streaming] Loner Deluxe – Viral Hit
Rusted Rail is pleased to announce the release of a new song by Loner Deluxe called “Viral Hit”. A topical track made during a bout of cabin fever during the ongoing lockdown, for this song Loner Deluxe consists of Keith Wallace (bass, beat generation, synthesizers, vocals and lyrics) and Cecilia Danell a.k.a. A Lilac Decline…
[streaming] Butcher The Bar – Haunts
Track taken from Butcher The Bar – III (LP), releases June 14, 2019, via Bobo Integral. Butcher The Bar is the once bedroom pop recording project of Joel Nicholson, now a 5 piece guitar band based in Manchester. Releasing two records via Berlin based indie label Morr Music – ‘Sleep At Your Own Speed’ (2008)…
[streaming] Static Animal – See You Around
“See You Around” is from Static Animal’s 3rd bandcamp release out on May 3rd, 2019, via Nocturnal Home: https://staticanimal.bandcamp.com/album/portrait. Static Animal is a one man bedroom-pop project from Melbourne. https://www.facebook.com/staticanimal
[streaming] Tombo Crush – Abhor
“Abhor” is the opening track of “Never Looked Better” E.P., out now on digital name your price download via https://museumfoodcourt.bandcamp.com/album/never-looked-better. Tombo Crush is Mary Allen. Her ukelele shredding along with her beautiful, cathartic voice make Tombo Crush a really irresistible project. https://www.facebook.com/tombocrush/
[streaming] Molly Drag – Clean
Molly Drag is the solo project of Michael Charles Hansford started in Autumn of 2014. Encouraged by dear friends and driven by a desire for expression through music and the hope to create emotionally connecting and healing art, Hansford began releasing music online as Molly Drag. Each release is self-created, recorded and produced and is…
[streaming] Gone Wrong – Since Then
Gone Wrong is a collaboration between Flowers From Marina and Caduceus. File under: bedroom pop, lo-fi, emo, slow-core. https://soundcloud.com/gonewrongg
CAROLINE SAYS – No Fool Like An Old Fool (Western Vinyl, 2018) Appena transitata dalla dimensione autoproduttiva a quella “ufficiale”, attraverso la ripubblicazione lo scorso anno del debutto “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong” (2014), per Caroline Sallee i tempi sono finalmente stati maturi per il secondo disco. All’immutata genuinità casalinga del suo approccio al songwriting,…
CUT WORMS – Hollow Ground (Jagjaguwar, 2018) Giornate luminose, sole sulla pelle e quel desiderio di evasione che, almeno ogni tanto, coinvolge persino animi inclini alla solitudine e alla nostalgia: in queste sensazioni universali può riassumersi l’album di debutto di Max Clarke, alias Cut Worms, radicato nella contemporanea dimensione creativa solitaria ma innervato da uno spiccato…
[streaming] Sunnbrella – Save Me A Smile
Taken from the Sunnbrella/Hiding split cassette, out April 10th via Backpack label. Sunnbrella is the DIY-distinct, London-based, Prague-built-baby by David Zbirka, aiming to synthesise and displace the listener, with its dream-like intimacy mirroring the best of contemporary bedroom-pop. https://www.facebook.com/sunnbrellamusic/
FLOWER FACE – Baby Teeth (Self Released, 2018) Di Ruby Mckinnon, alias Flower Face, ovvero di quando la cameretta si affaccia sull’oceano sterminato della rete, rilevando sensibilità che altrimenti sarebbero destinate a rimanere tra le proprie quattro mura. Alla metaforica finestra sulle piattaforme musicali online, la cantautrice dell’Ontario si era per la prima volta affacciata…
GARCIAPHONE – Dreameater (Tiny Room, 2017)* Come quella tra le sue origini spagnole e la consolidata residenza francese, una combinazione di stili e approcci niente affatto scontata presiede al secondo album di Olivier Perez sotto l’alias Garciaphone. Mentre il primo, “Constancia” (2013), lo vedeva alla guida di una vera e propria band folk-rock, il suo…
