Best of March 2019

From Haley Bonar's 'Impossible Dream', out August 5th, 2016 on GNDWIRE Records (N. America, Australia, NZ) and Memphis Industries (UK/EU/Asia).

Stupid Face

“my fair lady” appears on of Montreal's full-length album, Innocence Reaches, available August 12, 2016.

Pre-order 2xLP/CD/cassette/digital:
plyvnyl.co/innocencereaches

of Montreal - my fair lady

Smakprov från min kommande skiva Ekoxen. Kom ihåg namnet. Gå långt ut i en skog. Slå på detta i lurarna. 

Ekoxen EP

Queen of the Woods

From "Sonderlust", out September 16th, 2016 on Joyful Noise Recordings: joyfulnoi.se/sonderlust

Sonderlust

Kishi Bashi - Hey Big Star

You Are The Sun

Ariel Pink sets a serene but complicated scene for the next chapter in his curious career with “Another Weekend,” the first solo material heard since the prog-pop opus pom pom. Contrary to the lyrics of “Another Weekend” (and fortunately for both fanatics and the newly initiated), Pink is neither too shy or humble to have brought his singular style of pop music beyond the bedroom for the befuddled masses over the past two decades, but returned to the formative, familiar setting to craft what will surely live as another shimmering moment in an unrivaled canon.  Encapsulating the lingering euphoria of a regrettable weekend over the edge, “Another Weekend” speaks in morose volumes while whispering sweetly, the dichotomy of Pink’s pathos once again on display. Backed with “Ode To The Goat (Thank You)”, “Another Weekend” will be shared as a 7” single and through conventional music serving mechanisms on Wednesday, June 7.

Mexican Summer: smarturl.it/AnotherWeekendxOutp
Bandcamp: smarturl.it/AnotherWeekendxBC
iTunes: smarturl.it/AnotherWeekendiTunes
Amazon: smarturl.it/AnotherWeekendAmazon
Apple Music: smarturl.it/AnotherWeekendAppleM
Spotify: smarturl.it/AnotherWeekendxSptfy

Ariel Pink - Another Weekend

Second single from the upcoming album Saudade.
Out in July.

Drown In Colours

Ottawa’s Skytone don’t really fit into a neat little package for consumers, but that’s precisely why I love the group. Sure, their brand new album Jangle Waves has the aforementioned jangling, but there are also moments that lean towards swinging croons like in ‘Second Hand Shops‘. They almost adopt a beach vibe with ‘Missing You‘ only to move into dreamy pop territory with the following tune, ‘Lonely Holiday‘. Throughout the listen, you’ll likely find yourself enveloped in warm harmonies reminiscent of the sun you’re trying to avoid outside your window; it’s the power of pure pop at its best!
Nathan Lankford (austintownhall.com)

Janglewaves

Second Hand Shops

Healing Contest is out April 20 on Sybaritic Peer/ May 18 on Nicey Music

Owe it 2 the Girls

Death Star Cadillac

Moving from the darker themes & 80’s influence of their previous releases, Lone Wild dive into the vast soundscape of the 90’s with their latest song, Up With The Sun. Inspired by a dream had by lead singer Ashkan Karimi, Lone Wild tell a story of love intertwined with the bittersweet challenges that come from pursuing your passions. Familiar vocal melodies greeted by washy music themes become the backdrop as lyrics, ‘Now, come be with me now, I’ll be up with the sun where it feels like home’ serve as a reminder of the comfort found in love & the things that are sure to us everyday while we embrace the waves that life throws at us - allowing them to take us where they may.

Up With The Sun

Crack Baby Panic Attack

First single from new album "Every Evening, Sunset Crooks its Thumb Across the River", out March 29, 2019.

ABOUT THE ALBUM

"A lot of stuff was going on in my life during the writing process of Every Evening, the Sunset Crooks its Thumb Across the River. In the midst of the tropical Swedish summer of 2018, my wife and I decided to take a break in our relationship after 9 years. Simultaneously, we were busy planning a move to another country, so things weren’t exactly stable in our lives.

However, the creative process surrounding this album was relatively easy as the project served as a safe haven from my otherwise tumultuous life at the time. That’s often the tradeoff you’re doing when you’re facing hardships in your life: your personal issues might be weighing you down, but it always comes with an immense charge of creative energy, at least for me. The songs were written fast and chronological as they happened in my life, from the middle of July to October 2018.

Eventually, my wife and I reached some common ground and decided to stick together. Given that turn of events, the album starts off pretty grim but eventually ends up in a more positive and redeeming place. The album, which was recorded in Malmö, Sweden, and Lisbon, Portugal, in a short period of time, is very personal, but the overall theme could universally serve as a document for when a person’s life turns upside down for a period of time.

Musically, I didn’t even think of artistic inspirations this time, I just let the songs come to me and used whatever piano, guitar, organ or string sounds I found beautiful and moving at the time of recording. I guess the end result became a digitalized version of 70’s chamber pop.  My new adapted town of Lisbon also served as a major source of inspiration in terms of being someplace new, providing me with a fresh perspective on life in the end."

Tracklist:
1. Destroying the Love
2. The Break
3. A Vessel State to Your Matriarchy
4. Cheers
5. Portela 1540
6. Deep Talk at Time Out Market
7. True Angel
8. Stability
9. For the Oblique Minds
10. Alcantara After Party

Destroying the Love

written/performed/produced/mixed/mastered by John War
~~~
face me, baby
can’t you take away the looking glass
you’ve got a head-pointed rifle
tied to feed refresh cycles
you won’t let the moment pass by
why do i even try

Feels like we flew too close to the sun
Meet me back then
Where would you run?
Suck on deceptive memory of
See me back then
Where was I running?
How are we so close
If we’re not in love?

all tomorrow’s parties will feel the same as today’s 
and no new configuration will abate 
this feeling we're too late, so we strive to separate
if I really were your creature
you’d adore my double features
you wouldn’t need to stray from my domain
it's why i keep my cloak and dagger
creep in here, boasting, flattered
and leave my letter jacket in the rain
by now we should know better
but there’s so little left to say

Feels like we flew too close to the sun
See me back then
Where would you run?
Stuck on deceptive memory of
See me back then
Where was I running?
How are we so close
If we’re not in love?
I’ll learn to accept
Plurality of love
Feels like we flew too close to the sun
Meet me back then
Where was I running?
How are we so close
If we’re not in love
I’ll learn to accept
Plurality of love

Plurals

Fresh pressed indie music. 
http://obscuresound.com

Stars in Coma is the brainchild of songwriter and producer André Brorsson. Since its formation in 2005, this Swedish band has released a prolific stream of albums and EPs, and toured Europe and the US. Brorsson’s idiosyncratic productions draw inspiration from a variety of genres, including guitar rock, disco, funk and semi-electronic pop. The band shares kinship with weirdo-poppers such as of Montreal and Ariel Pink, but it is also possible to pick up melodious echoes from British bands Belle & Sebastian and The Smiths.

US indie music site Obscure Sound called the band’s sound a mixture between “ABBA’s orchestra-laden and punchy pop to the idiosyncrasies of contemporary Swedish songwriters, like Jens Lekman and Eric Berglund,” while the She Turns the Tables music blog described them as a combination of “surf rock era Beatles, low fi bedroom ballad of Montreal, extraterrestrial psych rock Flaming Lips, and at times dropping a synth line you’d expect from the likes of MGMT”.

Destroying the Love

Stars in Coma

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