I’m starting with M. WardThink of Spring, the tunesmith’s tribute to Billie Holiday. More softly strummed guitar and gentle singing, I would guess!
Then - post morning coffee - I will step it up with the electronic duo Avalanches’ We Will Always Love You with (and here’s a surprise ) hundreds of living and sampled collaborators
Then back down again with indie pop’s Belle & Sebastian’s double live album What to Look For in Summer supposedly with “fun renditions of both familiar favorites and lesser-known selections”, which frankly sounds a bit off-putting, but we shall see.
And then back up a notch with GBV and Styles We Paid For for some raggedy indie rock:
And then one I don’t know but which sounds like it could be right up my street: Field Medic and Floral Prince, apparently a lo-fi folk artist. Admittedly, could be terrible. Let’s see!
Lots more, but I will it here and let the community take over! Enjoy your listening day, folks - the last before we (in the UK) crash out of Europe with “no-deal” …
Lanterns on the Lake - The Realist EP. First track sounding very lovely.
Late Night Final - A Wonderful Hope. This is J Willgoose from Public Service Broadcasting. He says of this album, "We were working on the next Public Service Broadcasting album when the restrictions hit. All of our equipment was stuck in a different country and we were unable to meet up. I’ve always wanted to explore a more meditative sound, inspired by Brian Eno, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and KLF’s seminal ‘Chill Out’ album. This felt like the perfect opportunity.”
New single from Crooked Timber out today - the really cool bit is the absolutely amazing remix from Steve Hadfield (of @Twinkletoes fame) on the b-side.
Been excited about this for a while having loved her previous albums (especially the one this is a continuation of). Listening to a bit this morning before I gets out of bed and I’m excited to hear the whole thing:
Spacey, lo-fi - somewhere between Flying Lotus, earlyish Julia Holter and Grouper
Lanterns On The Lake and Avalanches today for me. Started listening to Swift but seems like a noticeable step down from Folklore so might try again later.