We did a post on Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk back in October and since then they’ve been working on two upcoming full lengths titled Skeletor & Me and Know Yr Molars. They’ve also re-released their Puppycat EP as a 3″ CD, available on the CD-R only label Edition 59. Here’s the video by George Demoura for the instrumental “Fort Porkchop” off of Puppycat. Enjoy!
Great Vimeo find from The Faux Noise for the song “Save Me”. The band hails from Sweden and has a shoegaze-pop sound that is great for those rainy days and/or break up mixtapes. Also checkout their Soundcloud page for tons of free downloads and remixes.
Norway’s own Serena-Maneesh provides us with some dark, dirty rock that’s a bit experimental. This track is short, but is packed with so much; while not being too complex. It may come of no surprise that the likes of musical genius’ such as Sufjan Stevens contributed to their debut album. I really enjoy the lead singer’s voice and am glad to hear vocals such as these emerging into the scene.
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I’ve been eye-balling this album at Boomkat for awhile now. Oddly enough we had the exact same artwork used for this album hanging up in the den of the house I grew up in (it’s your typical print of Lassie doing what Lassie does best of course – save lives). So I had to give it a listen. All in all this has been an excellent addition to my ambient-shoegaze collection. Each track is comprised of layer upon layer of both warm and dark textures that create a truly unique atmosphere, and the saturated vocal work of both Honey Owens (Valet) and Brian Foote provide the quintessential cherry on top. This is definitely an album to lounge around with, so crank it up and let As Good As Gone cradle you in its unforgiving embrace.
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Artist: Nudge Song: Harmo.mp3 Album: As Good As Gone
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Here’s a great track from the Lawrence, Kansas shoegazers Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk from their Real Good Food EP. Self-proclaimed ‘dinosaur bedroom rock,’ BBDDM produce fuzzy tunes that at times can be extremely ambient and other times be upbeat & folky. Listen to the songs on their myspace to really appreciate all that BBDDM has to offer in a genre that is in desperate need of some frontmen.
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Artist: Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk Song: Train Fuzz.mp3 Album:Real Good Food EP
Deerhunter’s guitarist Lockett Pundt released his first full-length album The Floodlight Collective back in March on Kranky records and I’m just now getting around to it. Floodlight is masterfully saturated with layers upon layers of sounds and atmospheres, topped off with Pundt’s light vocal work to create a pretty impressive collection of shoegaze greatness. I should have snagged this five months ago when it came out. The entire album is streaming on Myspace, so check it out. Here’s the last track, “A Threaded Needle”.
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Often The Thinker is the ever-evolving studio project of Drew Lundberg, and their first release, History, is an extremely engaging collection of instrumental-shoegaze euphoria.
It has taken me close to 30 minutes to start typing this post out, because every time I start to listen to “The Midwestern” (go ahead and hit play while you’re reading this, it’s streaming below), I get so drawn into the music that I have to stop and listen so that I can truly enjoy and appreciate everything that my ears are hearing. The best way to describe this song (and it’s extremely fitting by the way), is that it’s like a tumbleweed, constantly taking shape and expanding as it picks up speed for the final payoff around 6:26. And a good majority of this album gives off that same vibe, sort of a finely-tuned jam-session type thing, while other songs have a more defined shape to them. This album reminds me a lot of Mercury Program’s A Data Learn The Language, only less guitar-heavy with more depth and overall musicianship. Definitely devote some time out of your day to give this album a good listen, it will certainly grow on you. There are multiple ways to obtain it mentioned in the “About” section of the group’s Myspace page. Be on the lookout for more to come from Often The Thinker, as Lundberg and Co. are currently working on new material with aspirations of an early 2010 release date.
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Joe Corrales Jr., aka Yppah, delivers a charming electronic/shoegaze sophomore release on Ninja Tune records.
Ninja Tune is home to a couple of my favorite electronic/downtempo artists, Amon Tobin and Jaga Jazzist. I honestly can’t remember how or where I stumbled across Yppah, but his work is like nothing else on Ninja Tunes, or any similar record label. His music has a very warm, earthy feel to it. He combines electronic elements with live guitar and drums, with sort of a spaghetti-western-meets-My-Bloody-Valentine sound. Every song has a slightly different sound to it, but the album as a whole fits together quite nicely. Also check out his first release “You Are Beautiful At All Times,” it’s just as equally satisfying….Woah…I just realized Yppah is “happy” backwards. Joe, you sly dog.
Check out this great video for “Gumball Machine Weekend,” directed/animated by Ein (aka Ian McGuire) and Jakob.
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Artist: Yppah
Song: Shutter Speed
Album: They Know What Ghost Know
New details on The Mecury Program’s latest full-length, Chez Viking, have been released on their Myspace.
Alt-rock group-turned-instrumental-shoegazers The Mercury Program have released album artwork (which looks great) for their upcoming full-length Chez Viking, and details on their plans for a limited edition colored vinyl pressing. There is no official release date yet, but we’re hoping it’s sooner than later. If it’s anything like their previous release, A Data Learn the Language (2002), expect to hear complex bass and drum arrangements, and hypnotic guitar and keyboard melodies.
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Artist: The Mercury Program
Song: Sultans of El Sur
Album: A Data Learn the Language
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