On this album Astrid Swan abandonded rock ‘n roll stylings for a more soulful expression, and her characteristic experimentation for a more minimal and straightforward musical backdrop dominated by piano, horns and drums. The result is her best work yet.
♪♫ Listen: “Four Months To Kill”
Astrid Swan on Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Blogspot, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr.
If you’re into 1960s psychedelic pop and the repetitive joy of krautrock, there’s no good reason you shouldn’t check out Black Twig’s second full length, “Heliogram”.
♪♫ Listen: “Summer Slow Down”
Black Twig on www, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter.
Delay Trees’ third full-length album “Readymade” is their best so far, striking gold in the middle of krautrock repetition, post-rock grandeur and indiepop sensibility. Meet Delay Trees.
♪♫ Listen: “Perfect Heartache”
Delay Trees on www, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Facebook.
Grandiose rock with intensified use of electronics and the knobs more than once tweaked to “industrial” is the essence of Nancy’s great second album, “Seas Surrounding”.
♪♫ Listen: “Moonchild”
Nancy on Soundcloud, YouTube, Facebook,
Claiming a supermarket as inspiration for anything more than a spontaneous killing spree is a courageous move, but somehow Finnish prog-rock quartet Siinai pull it off on their excellent second album.
♪♫ Listen: “Shopping Trance” + album stream
Siinai on YouTube, Soundcloud, Tumblr, Facebook.
A concept album telling the story of the 52 year old Michael Burana, who leaves a failed marriage and a dead-end job behind for a career as a drug courier between South America and the United States synthpop duo Sin Cos Tan’s third album is a pretty remarkable experience.
♪♫ Listen: “Love Sees No Colour”