JFDR – White Sun Live. Part I: Strings (Morr Music, 2018) A un anno dal pregevole debutto solista “Brazil“, Jófríður Ákadóttir dà alle stampe il primo capitolo di quella che si era originata quale una semplice alternativa di arrangiamento di brani dei suoi progetti Pascal Pinon, Samaris e appunto JFDR. Assistita dalle orchestrazioni d’archi del compositore…
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TODD TOBIAS & CHLOË MARCH – Amialluma (Hidden Shoal / Tiny Room, 2018)* Ormai da qualche anno i percorsi di Chloë March e di Todd Tobias erano venuti a incrociare le rispettive traiettorie ellittiche, accomunate dalla creazione di paesaggi sonori immaginari ma entrambe quanto mai eterogenee e imprevedibili. La loro collaborazione trova per la prima volta…
RED RED EYES – Horology (Where It’s At Is Where You Are, 2018) L’estate è anche la stagione nella quale si può dedicare maggior tempo al recupero di uscite che, nel corso dei mesi passati, si sono trascurate o alle quali, per un motivo o per l’altro, non si è riusciti a dedicare l’attenzione che…
[streaming] Sucker Crush – Clementine
Taken from “Middle Mattress Chasm” E.P., just out on limited edition cassette via Ephemeral Stream Recordings. “Middle Mattress Chasm” is the debut studio offering from Sucker Crush, the solo songwriting project of Oakland-based musician/composer Marissa Deitz, formerly of The Vale. “Middle Mattress Chasm” is a concise reflection on loss and the deadweight of intimacy, as…
[video of the week] Juanita Stein – All The Way
Juanita Stein, the Howling Bells frontwoman turned solo artist, releases her brand new album, Until The Lights Fade, on Nude Records on 31st August. Stein, who has recently completed tour dates with The Killers and Bryan Ferry, as well as festival shows including Latitude and Green Man, has just announced a London headline show on…
[streaming] epic45 – Outside
“Outside” is the lead single taken from the forthcoming album by epic45 entitled “Through Broken Summer”, out 28th September via Wayside & Woodland. Staffordshire’s purveyors of pastoral pop, epic45, return after a seven-year hiatus with new album ‘Through Broken Summer’, available from Friday 28th September. Much of what has always driven e pic45 still remains;…
[video of the week] G Y D A – Moonchild
The Icelandic solo musician and master collaborator Gyða Valtýsdóttir, whose album of reworked classical compositions ‘Epicycle’ met with great acclaim upon its formal release in 2017, has unveiled a video for “Moonchild,” directed by Rebekka Rafnsdottir. It’s her first original solo work to be released under the new project name G Y D A, and…
[streaming] Todd Tobias & Chloe March – Lallulow
“Lallulow” is the first Single from “Amialluma”, a collaborative album by Todd Tobias and Chloe March out September 4th via Hidden Shoal Records. After a number of track collaborations on Todd Tobias’s album “Gila Man“, Chloe March and Todd Tobias have joined forces on their new full-length, “Amialluma”. Dwelling in a mysterious hinterland somewhere between Cocteau Twins’ seminal Victorialand…
[streaming] Lorna – Through The Tall Grass
Nottingham based dreampop band Lorna return with the shimmering summery dream pop in “Through The Tall Grass”, the lead single ahead of their sixth record “Constellations”, due for release in September on CD and digital (via Words On Music) and on limited coloured vinyl through UK independent label Reckless Yes. Mixing analogue, electronic instrumentation with…
[streaming] Chaouche – Pictures Of Trees
Singer/musician/producer Aisha Chaouche is set to release debut album “Safe”, a deeply emotional document of heartbreaking and spine tingling hymns that have helped bring peace to traumatic events experienced earlier in her life. Her delicate piano playing features prominently and is bolstered by balanced production of her own massed vocals, programmed drums, sub-bass, cello, violin…
ANNE GARNER – Lost Play (Slowcraft, 2018)* Assume colori pastello e delicati tratti infantili, a cominciare dalla copertina, il quinto lavoro di Anne Garner che, tre anni dopo lo splendido “Be Life”, torna a dischiudere il proprio microcosmo espressivo, fatto di atmosfere eteree, tempi dilatati e narcolettiche partiture cameristiche. Proprio su tale ultimo elemento pongono…
[streaming] Some Gorgeous Accident – Evergreen Days
Melotron Recordings is excited to announce the physical release of a 22 minutes long cd by Some Gorgeous Accident aiming from “somewhere near the Pacific”. The cd EP is called “Heaven Sent” and it is now released officially. An excellent/must hear for fans of the modern shoegaze sound with lush dreamy melodies and vocals. *Some…
HILARY WOODS – Colt (Sacred Bones, 2018)* Tra le voci femminili dal fascino etereo possono annoverarsi cantautrici sognanti, misteriose muse droniche e sinuose interpreti elettroniche. Hilary Woods non può essere definita con nessuna di queste categorie, poiché le rappresenta un po’ tutte, riassumendole in un profilo artistico estremamente composito, originato da un passato di bassista nei…
[streaming] Many Voices Speak – Necessaries
Swedish artsit Many Voices Speak has announced the release of her debut album “Tank Town” on 31 August via Strangers Candy. Featuring the dreamy singing and songwriting of Matilda Mård, Many Voices Speak was born out of Mård’s move from Stockholm to the smaller Swedish industrial town of Borlänge. Less distraction gave way to creative…
[streaming] Stony Sugarskull – You Rock
“You Rock” is taken from “Butterflies” digital single. Hailing from Berlin, Stony Sugarskull plays a gorgeously haunting and hypnotic psychedelic rock. Her ghostly sound is right at home with the likes of The Warlocks, The Vacant Lots and Mazzy Star. Her unique vocal style and delivery is not only playful, innocent, ironic but also serious,…
[streaming] Örvar Smárason – Tiny Moon (featuring JFDR)
“Tiny Moon” is the second outtake of Örvar Smárason first solo record. Being a key figure in Iceland’s music scene over the past 20 years with his bands múm and FM Belfast among others, the time has come for Örvar Smárason to release his debut solo album, out May 18th via Morr Music. “Light Is…
[video of the week] Hilary Woods – Inhaler
Hilary Woods’ artistry is one of rare emotive reach. Her minimalist and compositional finesse combine with densely layered atmospheric instrumentation and dreamlike vocals to create music rich with both delicacy and intensity. The Sunday Times hailed her early solo recordings as “a revelation.” Today she is sharing the first single & video for “Inhaler,” a…
LIVING HOUR – Lovely, Lonely: A Collection Of Covers For Hollow Hearts (Self Released, 2018) Cimentarsi con le cover non è uno sterile esercizio stilistico, ma può anzi diventare una significativa cartina di tornasole che rivela ascendenze e capacità di rielaborazione di una band. In questo senso possono ben interpretarsi i brani oggetto di rilettura…
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…
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