The sultry, goth-pop of One Eleven is given an occult, VHS looking treatment from visual artist Ivar Wilgan. Taking cues from Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Dracula, the UK duo take their Witch House revival focus on ethereal vocals, heavy, syrupy synths, skittering drum pads and engaging, elastic guitar work deep into the woods and …
A psychedelic journey through 16-bit landscape paintings of every Sega RPG game you dreamed of beating, “Moonstruck’s” decidedly bedroom pop aesthetic is blown up with large screen lushness. Bending lo-fi warbled synth and guitar melodies around Yann Le Razavet’s hushed vocal delivery, the track breaks wide-open in several places with uncanny tonal control that belies …
Sarah Pagé has full control over her technique and the harp’s potential for modulation. Bending notes before sending them through a bevy of pedals, Pagé’s harp takes on a multitude of musical voices – from Robbie Basho style exploratory rambles just teetering on the edge of distortion, to tightly wound viola strings threading the needle …
Drawing on some particularly striking Midsommar vibes, the video for Rob simonsen’s beautifully transcendent Neo-Classical pop album is lush with symbolism and feeling. Transposing chosen isolation against a high desert backdrop the costumes and choreography set a spark to the contemplative, piano-led composition by Simonsen. “Coeur” explores the limits of how grand and sweeping simple …
ALICE HUBBLE – “RUBY FALLS” Inspired by Ruby Falls in Chatanooga, Tennessee, the UK based synth-artist displays an impressive sense of grandeur and composition on her latest single. Hubble’s work is indebted to early synth pioneers with her locked in groove of Kraftwerk, ever-ascending melodies of Silver Apples and otherworldly tones reminiscent of Pauline Oliveros, …
Milly is the slowcore / shoegaze project from CT-btw-LA artist Brendan Dyer. This young musician somehow manages to nail the chugging, languid glory of 90’s slowcore referencing Codeine by name but bands like Seam and Chapterhouse by spirit, with the pulverizing shoegaze choruses of bands like Nothing or Title Fight’s recent work. A crushingly honest …
The Swiss producer has created a near perfect summer track full of sun-warped analog synths, hard-snapping percussion and organic, complex rhythmic patterns that find their way in and out of the song’s superstructure. The song is paired with vintage vacation footage that finds its climax with an impromptu beach dance party and several well oiled …
“Sunglasses” is a towering, spiraling composition teetering just on the edge of madness. Black Country, New Road is a blender set to puree – No Wave sax stabs, jittery start-stop guitar riffs build into an never-ending escalator of anxiety after a triumphant intro. Released on the Thurston Moore affiliate Blank Recordings, BC, NR pull from …
TREE BOSIER – “SOLSTICE” The St. Petersburg Russia based artist has created a deeply felt and haunting ambient track under the moniker Tree Bosier. Gentle surges of tones that retain a heavily metallic timbre are met with droning overtones until they coalesce under wide-open organic percussion. The track comes together in the way various air …
JOSEPH FUTAK – “EYE FOR AN EYE” Anchored on a repeating minimalist piano line buried in analog hiss and fuzz, the carnal horror of “Eye for an Eye” is sublimated through the downcast melody and Futak’s whispered vocals. Aesthetically, Futak pulls from the subtle and sturdy grace of Grouper’s “Ruins” with the creeping, dark folk …