If you've somehow managed to escape the charms of Quebec's Josie Boivin aka MUNYA up to this point, her dreamy new session with BALCONY is now here to change all that. One youtube commenter says that "Hotel Delmano" reminds them of the music from Little Big Planet, which is not necessarily a comparison we would have drawn, but that game is sweet and MUNYA should definitely be featured in the next installment...
Malmö, Sweden indie pop luminaries Hater are gearing up for their first-ever U.S. tour, announced today with a moving new jam, taken from the group's forthcoming 7" single. "Four Tries Down" finds the band as dreamily bittersweet as ever, Caroline Landahl's effortlessly poignant voice hushed and reserved as she lulls us through choppy waters, her emotional plea only erupting into its full urgent, devastating force for the song's stormy coda...
You've already heard their shimmering lead single "Eye to Eye", and today, Montreal's Bodywash share the glorious, tone-setting opener from their resplendent debut LP Comforter, coming soon on Luminelle...
Men I Trust continue to get us psyched for their forthcoming LP Oncle Jazz with this dreamily warped and woozy new one, "Norton Commander (All We Need)". Watch the video, starring Emma and the group's friend Lawrence Dickerson as they cruise around southern California in a dope old LeBaron convertible, below:
Fresh off her triumphant SXSW debut last week in Austin, Saguenay's self-described "new synth folk" producer/songwriter/chanteuse MUNYA performs a selection of highlights from her enchanting EP trilogy -- North Hatley, Delmano, and the new Blue Pine EP -- for CBC's First Play Live...
Sevilla, Spain group Terry vs. Tori share the lovely first single from their forthcoming debut LP Heathers, coming soon. From the track's familiar opening sounds of someone flipping a cassette and sliding it back into the tape deck, you already know you're in for a wave of instant nostalgia, and Terry vs...
Dublin's Maria Somerville just dropped her beautifully hypnotic and spectral new album All My People, which we described earlier this month as "gorgeous, hazy, distant-but-intimate dream pop that at times recalls a more bucolic Grouper". Get lost in the record below, and pick up the limited white vinyl 12" here (1 copy left as of this posting!), or purchase the regular vinyl edition directly from Maria at one of her upcoming shows, or at your local (online) record store:
Malmö, Sweden group Death and Vanilla share the haunted opening track from their forthcoming LP Are You A Dreamer?, premiering here today with our highest recommendation for fans of Mazzy Star, Broadcast, and Twin Peaks...