Episode 45: Moving House!
MYAMI – Soldier With a slight cheeky and yet determined feel, Melbourne based MYAMI issues this release ahead of an EP due imminently. With slamming percussion notes and her wonderfully textured voice this is a tune which feels far bigger than 25,000 plays on Soundcloud. Considering she’s been operating from a bedroom studio for the last 12 months.. It puts me in my place as I stagger around in my pants with sleep in my eyes.
Axel Flovent – Forest Fires Beginning as quietly as a library creeping into life after an evening left dormant, Forest Fires is the musical version of a sunrise. It slowly starts to cast its light over your ears and presents an overall delicate and tender sounding record. Axel has been producing music for many years with the same poetic beauty as Forest Fires. This marks the release of a 4 track EP, available for full download in May… And will make a beautiful addition to any lonely Ipod.
Bop English – Dani’s Kitchen What a lovely organ Bop English must have! Here’s a track that wouldn’t be out of place amongst the likes of Mungo Jerry with kitsch foot tapping joy. Bop English is the solo work of White Denim’s James Petralli and has released an album which seems to dominating many a record store’s shelf. ‘Constant Bop’ has already been awarded 5 stars by The Guardian and Independent. Stick us on that list too.
The Magic Lantern – Harvest Moon I was meant to interview Jamie Doe from The Magic Lantern when he recently played a gig near me but ended up being so late I couldn’t do it! I did catch his set though and other than the audience clapping out of time, he’s just as soulful up close as on and MP3.. More so really. Oh and listen to the show to find out how his record label decided to open a record store.. After a drunken pub conversation!
AMETHYSTS – Alone What a perfectly laid back on chilled song AMETHYSTS have produced and one which needs more than 500 plays on Soundcloud. Come on, this is they ultimate bathing record… Bubble-bath beard on the go.. Cheeky glass of wine and AMETHYSYS soaking into every part of you. Not bad a demo for the Cambridge band to pop out! SOCIAL: https://www.facebook.com/amethystsmusic
RECORD OF THE WEEK mAsis – Salt If you’ve not heard of this Cali group before then where have you been? We first featured ‘Make Me Higher’ way way back (I can’t be arsed to look up when) Anyway they sent me an email which said ‘We’ve been feverishly working in the studio on our new EP, Kennesaw… We hope that you like it and that it’s more chocolate for you to feast on.’ And it is. So here you go. The Record of the Week
Musical Chain Game Meet Mists.. Where have we been then? Lanks, Luka, Bad America, Rivers, and now…. Mists! Its a chain of new music support! Each artists recommends who we should speak to next.. Here’s how we got on..
Be To Get Her – Cure There’s really not too much I can tell you about the creator of ‘Cure’ apart from she loves Border Collies and empathises with herons as ‘Their elusive nature and solitude is something that speaks to me on a profound level’. With use of the English language to rival that of a GCSE exam, there’s no more I can add. What happens when you combine a love of animals with fancy words? You have Cure by Be To Get Her. Bit School of Severn Bells?