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video premiere: Best Fern – I Know You Know
Montreal ambient dream-pop duo Alexia Avina + Nick Schofield -- aka Best Fern -- gently ease us into the weekend with the video for their exquisite new single. If you enjoyed the duo's soothing a-ha cover or Avina's beautiful recent solo record, you'll definitely want to take a moment to bask in the cozy, soft-lit warmth of "I Know You Know" and its dreamily gauzy accompanying visuals, which were filmed, directed, and edited by Miriam Brellenthin...
premiere: Austin’s Sun June share the self-directed video for their new single “Young”
premiere: Tea Leigh & Luke Reed – Underwater
Psyched to premiere this warm and fuzzy soft-focus collab from renowned tattoo artist / musician Tea Leigh & the man responsible for one our favorite records of 2017, Luke Reed. The achingly pretty "Underwater" is part of a series of stand-alone singles from Reed that the Native Sound is putting out this year and next, and it's a wistful, gently woozy love song that will almost certainly elicit a dreamlike state of longing that you won't be in any hurry to shake...
Anna of the North shares the beautiful title track from her new album Lovers
Norwegian dream-pop duo Anna of the North shares the balmy, glowing title track from their beautiful forthcoming LP Lovers, coming this September:
luke reed – won’t be there
Thanks to Jamie on twitter for the heads up on Luke Reed's excellent debut LP Won't Be There, a record that was originally self-released last summer on bandcamp, and was just given a proper re-issue last month (complete with three lovely newer tracks tacked onto the end) by NYC label The Native Sound...
video premiere: Ohyeahsumi – Snowflakes
Thanks to our friend Tyler for the heads up on LA "velvet bedroom pop" twin sis duo Lena + Rena Vernon, aka Ohyeahsumi. The group released their gorgeous single "Daisy" about a month back, and today they share the video for another vaporous and dream-like track from their enchanting new 6-song EP Your Friends Are Looking For You, out this week on Austin's Sports Day Records...
You’ll Never Get To Heaven – Beyond the Clouds
You've already heard the lovely title track and the heartbreaking follow-up single, and today London, Ontario duo You'll Never Get To Heaven share yet another gem from their stellar new Images LP. "Beyond the Clouds" is one of the album's dreamiest highs, floating above the haze like a mystical, soft-focus Canadian version of Dear Tommy...
premiere: listen to You’ll Never Get To Heaven’s heartbreaking “To Be Fair”
Images, the haunting forthcoming LP from Canadians Chuck Blazevic + Alice Hansen aka You'll Never Get To Heaven, is officially our favorite record of 2017 so far (apologies to Julie Byrne, Migos, Hater, Talaboman, RAMZi, Hand Habits, Sampha, etc)...
You’ll Never Get To Heaven – Images
Canadian duo You'll Never Get To Heaven shares the intoxicating title track from the long-awaited follow up to their haunting 2014 EP Adorn. The group's new LP Images is out March 31st. Listen to the dreamy "Images" below + pre-order the record here.