I am not 100 % certain what an ambient person is, but I am 100 % sure this is ambient music in the same vein as Stars of the Lid or William Basinski – arcing, elegant tonal passages streaking through the sky or breaking over one another with the consistency of waves. It’s the kind …
On his debut single from the new album, Dream Weather is Electric Song, Portland’s Jesse Carsten contemplates the relationship of gravity as an affecting force in our life from the molecular level to the inertia in our relationships pushing from the edges to the center. Delivered in a half-spoken / half-sung treatise with minimal acoustic …
Carly Paradis leaps from the world of soundtracks and stately neo-classical work into a collection of compositions that marry her inherently huge and vibrant classical work with electronic beats, synth arpeggios and a cast of vocalists who give words to some of the big themes in her work. For the pulsating “The Crushing Weight of …
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On this remix of the post-punk anthem “Calm” by Ashville band Secret Shame, xOR pushes the darkwave tendencies of the band well into the red – or black. Secret Shame’s debut Dark Synthetics pushed into the critical eye this year with it’s Darkwave aesthetic and icy cold bass lines and percussion along with Lena’s impassioned …
Snarling, finger-pointing post-punk in the same vein of Rolling Blackouts, Fontaine DC and Idles, the Australian four-piece swing for the fences on this six minute opus of self-doubt, bad decisions and hometown malaise. “Weightless” features a driving rhythm section and a fist-in-the-air, smiling-through-kicked-in-teeth sing-along chorus. 100’s are a band to get excited about.
Spectral shoegaze from Galveston, TX that floats between impassioned vocal delivery and shimmering guitar lines that explore the softer side of bands like Blackenberge or SMUT. The bridge is full of pressured sing-speak that pulls the track back down to the terrestrial realm a bit before another shining wall of softened distortion takes us right …
Backed by a brass and woodwind ensemble, Lou Rogai’s meditations on death and acceptance are expressed through a medieval and Gregorian dirge that sound as they are forever caught echoing through the halls of some monastic stronghold – a bastion of stillness in the heart of New York City. “Cathedral” processes Rogai’s memory of chance …
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Coming from the monastic depths of this deconstructed shoegaze track, vocals and guitar on “EZ/RA” are beautifully buried under a shit ton of reverb and exhausted pain. The result is a truly beautiful and contemplative dive into lost chances and choices. The listener is ferried to the other side of longing by droning overtones of …
A ramshackle, high-tempo scorcher of an early 00’s indie rock ballad that takes usstraight into the startling realization following the come down from a one night stand. It’s one of those heart-in-your throat sing along choruses that come across my inbox every once and awhile that doesn’t sound like it has a marketing team writing …
This collaboration between the U.S. based v e n n and the Hong Kong based Norvik is a stirring and tranquil slice of ambient lushness that folds in buried piano lines, shifting tonal landscapes and a tension between sweet melancholy and joyful mourning. It’s a beautiful and compelling listen. Enough depth to lose yourself in …