Velvet Davenport - Warmy Girls (2010)

Supposedly built around the stories of twelve separate characters, Warmy Girls is an upbeat and unabashed homage to 1960s guitar pop. The opening track ‘Mystery Michael’ shimmers with lo-fi Kinks-esque charm, while ‘Triangle Pear’ is more akin to The Beach Boys, with its intelligent melodies and gentle harmonies. This surf-pop vibe is continued by tracks such as the naive ‘Run Faster Lady’ (one of the album’s highlights) and ‘Bonny Brooks’. The latter sees Parker Sprout singing “Blonde hair, blue eyes, Bonny Brooks oo-ooh”, a line that could have come straight from Brian Wilson’s mouth. Parker’s knack for penning wryly unassuming lyrics is evident throughout the album, from the Andy Partridge-like “Michael, won’t you sing another of your clever rhymes?” (‘Mystery Michael’) to “Oh please would you squeeze me a grapefruit, I would like to drink some more juice // Today I listened to Abbey Road and thought that it was so great, the whole way through” (‘John Errand Hair’).

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Pocahaunted - Make It Real (2010)

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Caribou - Swim (2010)

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Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport (2009)

A follow-up to what I thought was the most amazing album I had ever heard at the time.

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Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (2009)

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Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want (2009)

Highly anticipated third album from Jason Quever's cosmic dream-pop project fully delivers. Quever is a guest member of numerous bands (including Vetiver, Beach House, and Skygreen Leopards), and the living room/recording studio wizard behind numerous others (Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Cass McCombs, Donkeys, and more) .


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Psychic Ills - Mirror Eye (2009)

If you grab anything from this blog, make sure you grab this. The Middle Eastern themes are present throughout this release, weaving in and out the carefully placed samples and loops. Psychic Ills leave nothing, yet everything, to the imagination with Mirror Eye.

Sit back, relax, enjoy.

Mirror Eye:

Mantis
Meta
Sub Synth
Eyes Closed
I Take You as My Wife Again
Fingernail Tea
The Way Of
Go to the Radio

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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum (2007)

"Deep in the woods of western Pennsylvania vocoders hum amongst the flowers and synths bubble under the leaf-strewn ground while flutes whistle in the wind and beats bounce to the soft drizzle of a warm acid rain. As the sun peeks out from between the clouds, the organic aural concoction of Black Moth Super Rainbow starts to glisten above the trees."

1. "Forever Heavy" – 4:16
2. "Jump into My Mouth and Breathe the Stardust" – 2:33
3. "Melt Me" – 2:22
4. "Lollipopsichord" – 1:32
5. "They Live in the Meadow" – 2:33
6. "Sun Lips" – 3:16
7. "Rollerdisco" – 2:34
8. "Neon Syrup for the Cemetery Sisters" – 2:52
9. "The Afternoon Turns Pink" – 2:37
10. "When the Sun Grows on Your Tongue" – 2:40
11. "Spinning Cotton Candy in a Shack Made of Shingles" – 3:11
12. "Drippy Eye" – 3:13
13. "Lost, Picking Flowers in the Woods" – 3:22
14. "Caterpillar House" – 1:58
15. "Wall of Gum" – 0:59
16. "Untitled Roadside Demo" – 3:34
17. "(Hidden Song)" – 3:10

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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Do You Want To Be In A Cult? (2009)

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