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The Falls are a two piece from Sydney that appear to have pretty equally portioned male and female vocals. While I have nothing negative to say of the female vocals I really like the dude’s voice and when the two come together it’s generally a good time. Anyway, that’s all beside the point. They are a fairly straight down the line folk outfit sans gimmicks and frills. It’s simply a pair of voices mingling over what is for the most part just an acoustic guitar, and as it has for hundreds, nay thousands of artists through the years, it just works. The highlight from their “four track demo”, which strangely only features three tracks is ‘Home’, a song that wouldn’t sound out of place on an Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes release. They may not be breaking down the door of musical ingenuity but there’s an authenticity residing in their simplicity that will speak to even the most folk-jaded soul.
They’re playing a whole swathe of shows over the next few months, including a residency at the Art Gallery of NSW’s Art After Hours, which I will be clearing my schedule to attend. If you live in Bathurst then you’d be a fool to miss their show with Packwood at the Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum which will be both a fun night out and a geological adventure.
The Falls – Home [DOWNLOAD]
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[EDIT: I’ve had this one in the bank for a little while now and since the time of writing, the shows mentioned, Fossil based or otherwise, have already taken place. AND there were no strings in the version I was listening to at the time.]
Your already great day is about to get even better with the introduction to a song you’ll be hearing time and time again on Triple J over the next few months. This song is called ‘This Song Is Called Ragged’. See what I did there? It’s far less abrasive than Trounce (which, to make clear, I loved). I like that you can hear the rumbling guitar underneath it all still, which makes me think this will be a guitar driven record in a way that his first was not. His self-titled debut was all about those big, big drum sounds. The base level tribalism that also characterised the first record is still here but the undertone is stonier. You might even say… rockier? I’ve close friends that hated the production on Boulet’s debut but I’m going to stand strong here and say I’m all about this. The weight garnered when those gang vocals come in is undeniable. Let the public rejoice.
Don’t forget to hit the download button over there to get a copy for keepsies. We Keep the Beat, Found the Sound, See the Need, Start the Heart, will be out on June 11 through Modular.
Glory me, it’s a new song from The Tallest Man on Earth. Nope, not a song from the Once A Year soundtrack (which is infuriating – it’s been out for months now, where are those songs? I can’t even get a hold of the movie to hear them in scene) it’s the first single from the new record titled There’s No Leaving Now (Out June 11). My gut feeling is that I don’t think it’s going to be a favourite of mine. I’m hoping that it’s only in this one song that Mattson’s glorious fingerpicking is absent, replaced by a slide guitar that goes a ways to remove the slash from country/folk. I’m sure it’ll grow on me as all Tallest Man has.
[EDIT: REMOVED BY LABEL REQUEST - Apparently this was leaked rather than released - Also, perhaps it's not going to be a lead single. Likely we'll find out soon.]
2009 saw Isbells release their self-titled record and it was a slice of Belgian folk heaven. It came with a cliched, Bon Iver-esque, pastoral fairytale behind it which I take no stock in, but more importantly it was earnest, simple European folk. Sometime in the last few months they released their sophomore offering and it is, again, very pretty. It’s called Stoalin’ and you can stream the whole thing below though I’m not sure where you’ll purchase it.
I’m having moments where I’m all like “yo head, settle down guy” as my dome keeps bopping to the cruising sounds of Young Magic. You’ll understand fully when you hear these tunes though and that’s why I declare this record from Young Magic the Sound Doctrine ALBUM OF THE DAY. Of all the albums in existance I chose this as the best album there is [today], sort of. Arguably a high honour.
I wouldn’t call the 11 tracks of Melt bangers and I wouldn’t call them chill but somehow they manage to be both at the same time. Don’t mistake this for background beat, it’s much much more. The vocals are at the top of the pile, though not by much. They’re underpinned by some of the juiciest beats I’ve had the pleasure of listening to [today] and the whole lush package is drowned in reverb. It makes me think Hooray For Earth or maybe Django Django. Apparently they’re a multinational group made up of Australians and an Indonesian, the three of them now living in the US. No more from me, listen up. Really pump this out if you have the benefit of decent headphones/speakers.
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