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Post-rock, but not of the pretty, melodic, polished variety; rather, it's visceral, raw and dark. Gigantically fuzzed out & heavy-hitting, with jazz influences in the piano and the free style of playing.
Good but not quite as great as their classic albums, this is effectively one 40-minute track with a long droning section in the middle, no field recordings here. If you like GY!BE you won't be disappointed.
Yes, it's a best-selling hip-hop album, it's really is as good as people say it is. Prog fans might like that it's effectively a concept album with deep themes, tied together by a monologue revealed in stages; lots of jazz influences in both the compositions & production; and he employs an even wider palette of voices for different characters than Peter Gabriel.
These guys wore prog influences openly on their first album, but they're now more like weird indie pop darlings. This is a great melodic, fun album with lots of creativity hiding in & around the big choruses.
The hipster jazz fusion ensemble joins an orchestra here, and they're impeccable as always; I don't think the compositions are quite as strong as the previous album, but they can't really put a foot wrong.
Woman plays harp, sings, and writes beautiful songs to suit. This is a double album, the first (Sun) consists of regular songs, the second (Moon) consists of classical compositions for massed choir, chamber groups and otherwise.
Plain-talking Australian indie singer-songwriter, writes simple but punchy songs that are really just background to the clever, down to earth, stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Breath of fresh air.
Definitely looking forward to the new Dungen as well as the new Agusa. The latter is an album with only two track on it. I predict some improv psych of the highest quality.
I still think Pond has made the best album up until now. Memorable, easy on the ears, rocking, danceable, funky and last but not least psychedelic. It's not often you come across modern psych records that you can dance to.
Other new acquisitions of mine from the year of our dog 2015 include the new Ghost Rhythms, Godspeed, Jaga, Zs and Tame Impala. They're all very new to me, so I'll wait a bit before I start dissecting them. On first listen though the new Tame Impala seems like a cool take on 80s synth pop....even if the drums and vocals still sound exactly like the first two albums. Again, I feel far more seduced by their sister act Pond.
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Upcoming releases that I bet will end up in my AOTY list:
elephant9 - Silver Mountain (This one is a double album featuring Swedish guitarist extraordinnaire Reine Fiske. Release date 21. August)
Zombi - Shape Shift (A return to a more space rocking sound for these two electronic critters. Releases 16th of October)
Steve Moore - Cub (One half of Zombi, Steve has recorded the soundtrack to this upcoming horrormovie. This should be very interesting methinks. Releases on the same date as Shape Shift)
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Posted: July 31 2015 at 17:55
Both Elephant9 and Zombi attract interest from me.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
I just to remind people to listen to the new Jaga Jazzist. Somehow these guys made another essential contemporary album. Starfire (the track) is just a top notch opener.
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