the GOLDEN DREGS
Nice sad sort of sound, lovely deep hushed voice where the singer “delivers the sort of meticulously written lunar of Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner, or the tidy yet revelatory koans of Silver Jews’ David Berman”
Thomas Azier - The Inventory Of Our Desire
Dutch musician, delicate dreamy songs with piano and muted saxophone.
Bailey Miller - Love Is A Dying
Very hushed folky acoustic sounds. Also “swelling strings, synthesized stirrings, subterranean spirals, and screeching stillness” apparently.
Laboratorium Piesni - Hé oyáte
Polish female singers, FFO Dakha Brakha, with traditional polyphonic choral singing. “They sing a capella as well as with shaman drums and other ethnic instruments (shruti box, kalimba, flute, gong, zaphir and koshi chimes, singing bowls, rattles etc.)”
Minihi - Apparitions
A duo who “create a uniquely percussive take on contemporary instrumental music by blending mallets, piano and bell-like textures with earthy drums and bubbling synths.” They’ve also recorded on Thom Yorke’s Anima with the London Contemporary Orchestra.
Mi Mye - My Name’s Wimp
This was released physically late last year, but on streaming now. Lovely laid back Sparklehorse vibes which I listened to a fair bit last year.
El Ten Eleven - Valley Of Fire
Instrumental post rock sort of sound. Piccadilly Records say:
“Recommended If You Like: Godspeed… , Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Rós, This Will Destroy You, Do Make Say Think, Mogwai, Lymbyc System, Tycho, Ratatat, Positive/uplifting instrumental loopage ‘n riffage.”
Hollie Kenniff - We All Have Places That We Miss
Is “a chorus of cloudlike synths, seraphic strings, humming drones, and reverb drenched shoegaze guitars, all melding into an impressionistic story of remembrance, loss, family, and connection.”
Charlotte Brandi - An Den Alptraum
“We know Charlotte Brandi as singer an, guitarist and keyboardist in the highly successful Berlin indie duo Me And My Drummer”(?)
German sung indie dream pop.
Dan Levy - Pour La France
Soundtrack album from half of The Do, who also made a nice soundtrack album for I Love My Body.
and finally
The Notwist - Vertigo Days - Live From Alien Research Center
I’d obviously prefer an album of new music from The Notwist, but I’m still happy with a new live album from them with interpretations of their last album. I never get sick of his voice.
