Taken from Jo Schornikow’s new album “ALTAR”, out May 20th 2022 via Keeled Scales. “ALTAR” is the perfect counterweight to 2019’s Secret Weapon. While that album was bare and scrappy bedroom folk, this new album is a joyful announcement of synthy indie-pop. From Melbourne, Australia, Jo’s first job at 17 was as a church organist,…
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BLUE STATES World Contact Day (Memphis Industries, 2022)* Viene da lontano il progetto di Andy Dragazis, che già alla fine degli anni Novanta aveva cominciato ad assemblare samples da colonne sonore e strumenti suonati dal vivo. La sua non copiosa produzione sotto l’alias Blue States (due album negli ultimi quindici anni) si arricchisce tuttavia di…
[video of the week] Sister Ray – Visions
Taken from the debut album “Communion”, out May 13th 2022 via Royal Mountain Records. Sister Ray, the project of Edmonton-born songwriter, Ella Coyes (they/she) is today sharing their new single, “Visions” alongside announcing details of their debut album, “Communion” which is set for release on May 13 via Royal Mountain Records (Alvvays, Wild Pink, U.S….
KEELEY FORSYTH Limbs (Leaf, 2022)* La tormentata, graffiante bellezza del debutto “Debris” (2020) aveva rivelato la straordinaria espressività di Keeley Forsyth in veste di cantante, oltre che in quelli di attrice di film di successo e serie televisive della sua precedente esperienza artistica. Le componenti teatrali e drammatiche dei suoi registri sono ancora più evidenti…
[video of the week] Barzin – Voyeurs In The Dark
Official video for the single ‘Voyeurs in the Dark’ by Barzin, out now on Monotreme Records. Full length album ‘Voyeurs in the Dark’ out 22 April worldwide on Monotreme Records. A project that began in 1995, Barzin was a solo endeavor at its inception. Somewhere along the way, however, Barzin shed its solitary skin and…
[streaming] Many Voices Speak – Seat For Sadness
“Seat For Sadness” is the first single taken from the second Many Voices Speak album “Gestures”, released on 29th April via Strangers Candy. Many Voices Speak, the project of Swedish musician Matilda Mård, has always found its power in its ability to capture an eternity in an expression. Mård’s elegant, yearning dream-pop makes the world seem to…
[video of the week] Deer Scout – Cowboy
Taken from Deer Scout’s forthcoming album ‘Woodpecker’, out April 8th 2022 on Carpark Records. Deer Scout’s debut full length Woodpecker is a record about memory and the subconscious. And like an unforgettable dream that keeps you puzzling over its riddles for days, it’s as packed with direct symbols as it is with ruminative haze. “I…
DANIEL BLUMBERG The World To Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Mute, 2022) Non è una colonna sonora come tante quella realizzata da Daniel Blumberg per la pellicola di Mona Fastvold, presentata all’ultimo festival del cinema di Venezia e ambientata nella campagna newyorkese dell’Ottocento. Nei ben ventiquattro brani che la compongono, convivono infatti elementi romantici ma…
[streaming] Kyle Morgan – Ransom The Captive Heart
Taken from the album “Younger At Most Everything”, out February 25th 2022 via Team Love Records. Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Morgan grew up in central Pennsylvania, where he spent countless Sunday mornings amidst the broken strains and coffee breath of his church congregation. His first record, Starcrossed Losers, became the alias under which he…
[video of the week] Keeley Forsyth – I Stand Alone
Taken from Keeley Forsyth’s sophomore album “Limbs”, released February 25th 2022 via Leaf Label. Keeley Forsyth’s 2020 debut album found an elemental voice ringing out from beneath the rubble. Understated but devastating, “Debris” was a breakout success, with features and prominent end of year placements from The Guardian, the Quietus, Loud and Quiet, The Line…
LEBENSWELT Unspoken Words (Under My Bed/OuZeL, 2022)* Dalla penombra creativa che contraddistingue la produzione di Lebenswelt, a oltre tre anni distanza dal precedente “Metaphysics Of Entropy”, Giampaolo Loffredo affida al flusso immateriale della musica dieci nuovi messaggi in bottiglia di suoni, sensazioni e – soprattutto – parole non dette. Su quell’esile crinale tra il sentimento…
[video of the week] Riddy Arman – Both of My Hands
Taken from Riddy Arman’s self titled debut album, out via La Honda Records / Thirty Tigers. Riddy Arman opens her debut album from La Honda Records with a song called“Spirits, Angels, Or Lies” inspired by the true story of her father’s passing. In the lyrics, she examines the human tendency to interpret the unknown. The story she…
[video of the week] Elena Setién – In This Short Life
Elena Setién has shared the new video for single “In This Short Life,” taken from her forthcoming new album Unfamiliar Minds, out January 28th, 2022 via Thrill Jockey. The song’s lyrics are taken from Emily Dickinson’s poem of the same name and the video extends the song’s exploration of Dickinson’s plainspoken yet profound contemplation on…
THOMAS MÉREUR The Dystopian Thing (Shimmering Moods, 2021)* Non è affatto casuale che anche il secondo disco di Thomas Méreur sia pubblicato su un’etichetta abitualmente dedita a proposte di sperimentazione ambientale; benché il musicista francese si esprima anche e soprattutto attraverso le canzoni, elementi decisivi nella loro conformazione sono le componenti atmosferiche che ne definiscono…
[streaming] David Burnett – Picture Palace
“Picture Palace” is the first single from Madrid-based American singer David Burnett ‘s debut album (to be released February 18th 2022 via Son Canciones). The song turns a simple daily scene – a boy invites a girl to go to the movies – into a timeless story, full of nostalgia and great promises (“I won’t…
MARIUK Blue Days (Tempel Arts, 2021)* Curiosamente, l’alchimia che ha dato vita al peculiare duo orchestrale Northwest è tornata a manifestarsi presentando singolarmente i propri componenti. In perfetta sincronia, il compositore Ignacio Simón e la cantante Mariuca García-Lomas pubblicano in questi giorni i rispettivi album solisti, nei quali sviluppano ciascuno gli aspetti personali già rifusi…
[streaming] Robert Stillman – Cherry Ocean
Taken from “What Does it Mean to Be American? “, out January 21st 2022. On January 21, 2022, Orindal Records (US) & KIT Records (UK) will co-release two albums by genre-defying, US-born, UK-based composer & multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman: “What Does It Mean to Be American?” & “Portals (2022 Remaster)”. “What Does It Mean” to Be…
ALLISON LORENZEN Tender (Whited Sepulchre, 2021)* L’anno iniziato con la pubblicazione del primo singolo “Vale” si conclude per Allison Lorenzen con quella del suo album di debutto “Tender”: quel brano, che vedeva la partecipazione attiva di Madeline Johnston (Midwife), stabiliva già significative connessioni con la poliedrica artista del Colorado, non soltanto per la comune provenienza…
ANDY AQUARIUS Chapel (Hush Hush, 2021)* Pur essendo alla prima opera pubblicata a proprio nome, Andy Aquarius ha accumulato un’ampia esperienza in qualità di polistrumentista attivo in diversi progetti dell’underground berlinese, che spaziavano dal synth-pop al folk sperimentale, dalla psichedelia all’ambient music e alle colonne sonore. Il suo debutto “Chapel” è invece questione molto più…
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