Posts Tagged ‘Indie’

Among the crop of new UK bands Circa Waves are from Leeds and have a collection of great songs with wonderful melodies and ringing guitar tones…….

First time I heard this band I thought they were American mid west but then I found out they come from Hampshire South Coast UK.. Check out the EP “Devils Pope” recorded at the famous RAK studios

the Shout Out Louds were a band from sweden now residents in Seattle

via SHOUT OUT LOUDS – “Howl Howl Gaff Gaff.

Electric Eye psych-rock band from Norway

songs include Catherine 1956, Tongues, Lets All go and the wonderful titled Owls Clenching Talons My Heart. Their second album “YOUTH CULTURE FOREVER” is due very soon catch them at the DEER SHED festival in May

 

Paul Thomas Saunders, an acoustic version of “Under Atacama Skies” from the mahogany sessions, Paul has a new album out very soon

“Beautiful Desolation”

taken from the Weekender Sessions this just amazing sound using his guitar and possibily an Earthquake devices “Organiser” pedal they are the songs of Timothy Showalter. Every songs is true story from his personal experiences. If you saw him live on his last tour of the UK in 2013 and his appearance at the “End of the Road” festival just stunning

SUPERFOOD are a foursome from Birmingham they supported we Are Scientists at Rock City last night the third time I’ve seen them and I just love their guitars, this was one of the best tunes from last year played it to death along with “Shelter Song” from Temples

the WAR ON DRUGS have just released their new album “Lost in the Dream” and already it is one of the great albums of 2014….there is some great guitar from Adam Granducie on this album

and a nice new album out as well

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Quilt – Held In Splendor (Mexican Summer)
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QuiltWith Held In Splendor, Boston trio Quilt modernize their early-seventies psych-pop sound with contemporary production. The influence of Revolver-era Beatles and Rumours/Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac are still readily apparent throughout but with layer upon layer of vocal effects, guitar pedals and droning loops, it is impossible to mistake Held In Splendor as anything but a thoroughly modern creation.

Across 13 tracks and 40-plus minutes there is not a down moment. “Arctic Sharks” opens the record with Anna Rochinski’s breathy vocal riding a middle-easternized, country-tinged rhythm. “Tied Up In Tides” sounds like a tripped out Abba tune with the cheese-pop trimmed off by Hammond-sounding organs. “Mary Mountain” and “Tired & Buttered” crank up the psych-rock with their fuzzed out girl/guy harmonies and tinny, distorted, clanging guitars. “I Sleep In Nature” is a 5-plus minute mind-journey that comes in waves. Warbling affected…

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