Interactive Poll: Whats New Wit' Chu?

George:  Boud Deun “Waterford”  This begins with some dissonance, and then jumps right into some more, and more raucous dissonance.  Violin and regular full band, going through some pretty technical shifts and turns.  Drops to just guitar and violin, then back again, full force, ending abruptly.  Spooky Cool “Black Wine”  Here is a heavy sort of band, crunch, crunch, crunch, yet not overly simple.  Kind of psych-y as well, by turns.  Harmonizing on vocals throughout.  They go through several changeups on this song, ends in sustained feedback.  KUUNATIC  “Tītián”  Synths, making a sort of horn sound, almost.  The vocals are echoed and dreamy, very psychedelic feel here, these people have a certainty of what they are doing, that the previous band hasn’t quite hit on yet (at least for me).  A bit of whimsy, and even a little bit of a blues feel during the organ part just under 3 mins in.  Infectious. Definitely like this the best of the three.

tigerfeet:  VIRTA “On the Run”  Like the metal things on the drum head there.  Really compelling soundscape, keys repeating, drums and guitar, then lovely trumpet and soft non-word vocals.  Goes into a heavy part for a bit, then back again to the initial flowiness.  This is very intriguing!  😊  Jam portion with all of them wailing away.  2002 “Sacred Mountain”  Now here is something completely different from the first one.  Very orchestral and soundtrack-like music, from the start.  Melt music for me.  Just lovely, flutes and violins repeating the melody.  Choral vocals, in a washy mix, soft percussive elements, enchanting musically.  I looked them up, they even have a harpist.  Another plus.  😊 Paper Dolls “Pray For Rain”  And very diversely again, here is a bluegrass band.  Very nice, not so much twang that I find it hard to listen to.  Excellent musicianship, I see they are from Nashville.  Well produced, could also be a singer/songwriter sort of song, if one wanted to pull it out of the country market.  All excellent listening for me, if I have to choose a favourite, though, have to go with the 2002 track as my very favourite. 

Samuel:  Nice to see you back!  Susanne Sundfør “Walls”  Pretty piano and a folky, singer/songwriter type of female vocalist.  Introspective lyrics, everyone who’s been through periods of isolation can relate to a song like this (and we’ve all been through isolation in one way or another, especially lately, as you’ve indicated, as well).  Beautiful, emotive voice and fine musicianship.  Also, the production is very crisp and clear.  Fausto “Como Um Sonho Acordado”  This has a very dark sound to it, also, very beautiful, with strings and lush production. I can relate to the lyrics, having almost drowned twice (!) in my life.  Strange things go through your mind.  Sonically, it captures also the feeling of being wave-tossed, in the dark.  The pace picks up a bit, as the feeling of desperation grows and horns join in, to dramatic affect.  Well done.  Bruno Pernadas “Theme Vision”  This has a 60’s pop sound to me, except a bit ominous with the masks (which are not musical, for that matter).  Makes me think of David Lynch films/tv, so overtly light and airy, but underneath, watch out.   Bits of Beach Boys meet Beatles (of the Yellow Submarine era).  Goes off into a bad acid trip, which ends up again in PopLand.  I actually like this 3^rd one the best, even though it contends with Fausto a bit.