waskerley way

Newcastle's Waskerley Way just released a free new EP called Holly, and like his previously blogged Cat Alert EP -- now available on cassette -- the record showcases his wistful, fuzzily melodic sample-based bedroom jams. This one, though, is draped in a welcome autumnal haze that makes it quite a bit more melancholy than WW's last effort...

Thanks to our dudes at Rose Quartz for the heads up on Waskerley Way's excellent new EP Cat Music, which is definitely one of the top 3 concept albums about cats of 2010. Influenced by Ariel Pink, Kate Bush, Washed Out, and "the laughable insecurities of the typical male" among other things, here's the blurry, surprisingly affecting opening track, "Cat Alert...