Posts Tagged ‘Folk’
Apparently I have new readers in Spain and Netherlands now (according to James Watson and Google Analytics) so I’ll be endeavoring to make my posts less Sydney specific and more accessible for our friends from across the seas. We’ll see.
Meanwhile, Leon Sommer is back with a pair of particularly chill tracks that are more comfortable than a pair of Amsterdam’s most finely crafted wooden clogs on your feminine, uncalloused feet. You may remember the absurd history I wrote for Leon Sommer back in November (which, having reread today, I feel inclined to apologise for). Honestly though, he’s more relaxing than an afternoon siesta in the Castilian sun.
He’s got a new mixtape coming out on February 22 so sit tight and you’ll soon have a mochila full of tracks to digest at your leisure.
Leon Sommer – Wonder If
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Here’s a lone song from Alberta Cross called Low Man. I have the containing record from which this song has come and it’s not much to write home about but this song is heartbreak riddled dynamite. Johnny Cash once sung, “Hard times, hard times, come again no more” but hard times, they never end. This tracks a little something something to push us through said times.
I really want to give you a free download but I don’t have it in me. Maybe you can buy it on iTunes or something? Is it too much to ask you to find your own link? (yes, it is)
Alberta Cross – Low Man
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Two things have hit me hard today: the sheer intensity of this Sydney heat and this brand new track from the ever glorious Fleet Foxes. While other artists have tried to outgun them with the sheer quantity of hamonising voices (Brisbane’s Inland Sea representing with a whopping five vocalists) it’s nice to see that they’re still on top of the game. Classic Pecknold vocals can’t be beat.
Helplessness Blues is like many of the tracks on their first full length in that it’s divided into two clear separate sections. I guess the difference between Fleet Foxes and most other bands is that they’ve effectively managed to write two outstanding songs and release them as one. Even as I write this I recognise that I’m talking nonsense but my eagerness for you to hear this track overrides my desire to be eloquent. Here’s the track. It’s a free download. The new records drops of May 3. Viva Fleet Foxes.
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
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Remember High Highs? Here’s another free track from… them. It’s not much in the way of structure but if you’re looking for something to set your nerves at ease then this could be your goldmine. Whoa. I almost wrote “you’re goldmine”. That would have frazzled all my grammar fans out there.
High Highs – Flowers Bloom
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When the Welcome Wagon released Welcome to the Welcome Wagon they received critical welcome. Pastor Thomas Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique make very accessible, particularly religious Sufjanesque folk music. Sufjan himself produced, arranged and performed on the record so it should be no suprise that it sounds as it sounds. Here’s my favourite track from the record
The Welcome Wagon – But For You Who Fear My Name
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This week the pair released four (semi) new songs for download over itunes with the proceeds going to Freeset, a fair-trade business in India that helps women escape the sex trade in Kolkata so that’s two reasons you should download these tracks.
The Welcome Wagon – I Am Not Skilled To Understand
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