Archive for October, 2012
I’ve had to suspend all work related activity to place this up here for your listening pleasure but I’ve no regrets for as the old saying goes, ‘When there’s a new Sufjan Stevens Christmas track online, cease all business’. I know it sounds like a cliche but those old sayings are popular for a reason.
It’s classic Sufjan (inasmuch as it’s totally ridiculous and an extension of his constantly expanding structural experimentation) but it’s also nothing like the Christmas songs of past. It features a Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” refrain that you’ll find yourself singing along to over the weeks leading up to Christmas and obviously it’s thirteen minutes long. The best news is that he’s releasing a second batch of Christmas records called Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas, Volumes 6 – 10 and they’ll be out November 13. You know what to get me. Judging by this trailer that he posted online last week there will some more traditional Christmas numbers in the mix.
Two minutes and nine seconds of split and spliced, feet on both pedals, synth vacuumed triptronica. That’s probably the best way to describe this joint that I’ve lifted from Thomas William’s Deccan Technicolour. Even if it’s an absolute mess of a sentence, you’re on my blog so you’ll ingest my opinions and afterwards you’ll ask for seconds because that’s just the polite thing to do damnit. Even more so since Life Aquatic Blog closed its doors today, so your sources of quality Australian curation have just decreased by one, and what a one it was.
Now, it’s probably about time you hit play on this so up and at ‘em folks. The lovechild of a drunken threeway between Seekae, Fishing and Brothers Hand Mirror, these tunes are worth investing your bandwidth in, especially since they won’t touch your coin purse. He’s been a stalwart of the Sydney experimental electronic scene for as long as anyone can remember and is only just recently back in the game so we’d all do well to give him a warm welcome given the strength of sound on which he returns. Ignoring all ill-informed comparisons, this record is pretty spectacular.
You’ll find that he’s also a finalist in FBi’s Northern Lights competition so if you dig this enough to cast a vote then cast a vote.
Earlier I cut the literary bonds that held back my unequivocal love for Wickerbird’s debut record. He’s since released the video for the first track off the release, a hallowed folk stapled replete with choral harmonies and finger picking that eventually strums itself to conclusion. It’s exactly what it sounds like and it’s a ripping good joint. Friends and family, partake in this now, this is a good thing. The record is a mere five dollars via the Wickerbird bandcamp and will not disappoint, unless you’re hoping for uninspired garbage. Then it may.
Artists you need to know rn
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| 2. Voidhood | |
259 | 3. jamesjamesjames | |
186 | 4. Zan | |
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| 5. Sesame Girl | |
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