During the last couple of years, White Flowers have established themselves as one of the most enigmatic and exciting new groups, and each of their new releases adds to their reputation.
Are You is not an exception, it is a brilliant mixture of intuitive home recordings and refined studio production (aided by producer Ali Chant) of dark, endlessly beautiful and haunting songs. It absorbs you immediately and does not let you go long after the EP stops — the 4 quietly disturbing numbers will get stuck in your head for quite some time.
The Last Thing Left from South Korea’s Say Sue Me is an entertaining and excellent lesson in charming, breezy and textured indie rock — a stellar new album from the young band.
Self-recorded and self-produced during lockdown at the band’s own Busan studio, the LP features 10 hits with catchy melodies and melancholic lyrics. Altogether it will be a perfect musical accompaniment during the upcoming Summer months.
Ukrainian artist Viktor Konstantinov, who is releasing music under the moniker Polje, is today sharing his new album Kombinezon (“jumpsuit” in English) through Odesa record label система | system.
Despite the ongoing war in the country started by Russia, the Ukrainian independent music scene is alive and phenomenal albums like this are being released. Read a part of the statement from Viktor below and support Ukraine now, if you can.
“My name is Viktor, I am a self-taught musician from Odesa, Ukraine. I started recording and posting my first songs on the Internet somewhere around 2013. Polje is my main alias, under which I release music and perform in the format of electronic live or as a DJ since 2017. “
Kombinezon” (“jumpsuit” in English) is the first LP under this name. This album is a soup that took time to gather ingredients: traveling, sitting at home, trying to experience life in the capital, the opportunity to look at the context of the hometown from the outside, catching influences from art, literature, and more. It turns out that I belong to the type of musicians who find it difficult to work in one style. I rarely manage to do something whole and at the same time relatively large in volume. But this time I solved this problem for myself: gradually I identified the basic set of sounds, instruments, and ways to use them. Then the sound produced easily absorbed the rest of the colorful community – as a comfortable jumpsuit. Kyiv / Odesa 2021-2022″.
Just two months ago we were enjoying a brand new LP from Ramesh Srivastava and remembering his old band Voxtrot, and now they have reformed. What wonderful news!
The group released a remastered compilation titled Early Music, which includes the band’s EPs Raised By Wolves and Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives. They have also announced another archival collection Cut From The Stone: Rarities & B-Sides which will be available digitally in July and physically in September. If that is not enough — the guys will also play some shows in the USA later this year.
Stream/buy the release below and find the tour dates here.
The debut album from London trio Honeyglaze sounds just beautiful. The record, produced by Dan Carey, and released on his Speedy Wunderground label is full of poetic and inventive songs that get stuck in your head immediately.
There are no fillers here — every track is distinctive and instantly appealing with its smart arrangements, that are brilliantly complemented by the group’s Anouska Sokolow’s gentle and delicate vocals.
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