As long as this blog is getting in the Christmas spirit, here's a new track from Beach House titled "I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun." I like the more skeletal approach on this track. It almost makes me wanna put Devotion on the record player for a little while. That weeping guitar is a great touch, too. Dig it:
If you've been looking for a different way to celebrate Christmas this year, Jesu has swooped in with a generous offering of a new digital EP titled Christmas. The release contains a title track and two remixes, and is available digitally through Avalanche.
Stream the punishing 8-minute monster, "Christmas," below. It follows a the same acoustic drums / calming vocals / doom guitar formula that Jesu brought together on the Opiate Sun EP, pretty much. Enjoy:
Since releasing the distorted and haunting Desert Fires, New York noise artist Sarah Lipstate--a.k.a. Noveller--has put out two more great pieces of material: An EP titled Beneath the Basin, and a split album with unFact titled Bleached Valentine.
They're both up for stream / download on Noveller's bandcamp. If ambient and experimental music are what floats your boat, give some ear time to this:
Check out this track from Iceland's Útidúr. They've got a romantic and whimsical aura Beirut fans will love, and I could see them going over well with followers of the bandSeabear, too.
On "Fisherman's Friend," the music blossoms with some gentle, strummed acoustics and a horn signaling out to anyone willing to listen. The lyrics didn't floor me, but the building instrumentation was too impressive to get hung up on much of anything, really. Accordion, strings, piano, and there might be a glockenspiel in there somewhere. Just expect to hear just about every instrument the band could get their hands on in here. It's all arranged very nicely, though.
Since releasing the distorted and haunting Desert Fires, New York noise artist Sarah Lipstate--a.k.a. Noveller--has put out two more great pieces of material: An EP titled Beneath the Basin, and a split album with unFact titled Bleached Valentine.
Check out this track from Iceland's Útidúr. They've got a romantic and whimsical aura Beirut fans will love, and I could see them going over well with followers of the band Seabear, too.