Sweden's Air France just posted up their long-awaited remix of St. Etienne's "Spring" here (thanks to Gorillan for the tip). Take a listen to the breezy/dreamy track below:
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Acephale Records is releasing the first two Air France EPs (On Trade Winds/No Way Down) on double 10" vinyl with gatefold cover. Only 500 499 copies available with no repress, which means these will likely be gone forever by the end of the week...
In a recent blog post from Sweden's Air France, the group mentioned their recently completed St. Etienne remix, an upcoming "epic dinosaur record called Before the cave people" which may or may not be coming out on Sincerely Yours, and big upped both jj and Best Coast's "Sun Was High" ("It is cracked, like life...
Sincerely Yours continues to dominate the summer of '09 by springing this debut full-length from the mysterious jj on us today out of nowhere. We just talked about the free single the other day, but I'd be remiss not to mention how essential the LP is, especially if you're in need of more summer jams of the dreamily wisftul, blood-spattered variety, or are just a fan of the label's other artists (
Another blissful, impossibly warm, St. Etienne-inspired gem from Sincerely Yours' (Air France, the Tough Alliance, Memory Cassette) newest artist, the mysterious jj:
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Free mp3 courtesy of Sincerely Yours; if you like it, buy the 320kbps version here...
Another sunny, "HI-NRG" (his words) Air France edit from London's Jesse Kanda, aka Friend. Check Air France's original version here.
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Look for Friend's debut EP, Shima, in the very near future.
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Here are a couple new(ish) videos in which (spoiler) nothing much ever actually happens, yet both clips manage to remain oddly transfixing throughout. Probably helps that both of these songs rule. First up, Air France's "Windmill Wedding," with a typically ambiguous message attached, courtesy of Sincerely Yours:"no fantasy, no stupid escape...
Sweden's Air France, architects of one of my favorite releases of 08, have reworked Taken By Trees' great new summer single "Sweetness." Not the first time an already beautiful song of Ms. Bergsman's has been enhanced by a Sincerely Yours band, as the Tough Alliance's version of "Too Young" was one of the best songs of last year...