Usually when you meet people at parties and they tell you they "only really listen to old music" it's kind of a conversation-killer. That's because "old music" usually means Jimi Hendrix, or Led Zeppelin, or The 'Stones or whatever, and lord knows it's hard to find new ways to talk about the music those men made. But you sense it'd be different with Jonathan Jeremiah - listening to this Quiet Village remix of his "Happiness", lapped at by tides and bursting with elegantly swollen strings, I feel like I could maybe talk all night about "old music"; about Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Otis Redding. Graceful man music, not just rock'n'roll sounds for sexually buzzed-up boys. This song's as smooth as air and as great as those it loves. Maybe I should start going to better parties.
Sounds Like: Scott Walker, Martin Denny, Nick Drake
Jonathan Jeremiah - Happiness (Quiet Village Remix)
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Our Broken Garden was born when a group of people, most importantly angelically voiced Anna Brønsted, found themselves in a small farmers house in the stark Danish countryside. The beginnings of When Your Blackening Shows were born there and in the sprawling, delicate night-sky compositions you can feel the cool air, the rough wood floors and the grass crunching beneath your feet. Listening to Our Broken Garden is a journey, today's track "Watermark" weighs in at just over six minutes, but if you're willing to come along, the destination is well worth the wait.
Sounds like: Chan Marshall leading the most serene moments of Radiohead.
There is something utterly monumental about a band playing one note on one beat over and over again. Usually, this happens at the end of a tune, drawing out the energy to a tumultuous, unified climax. But Frances doesn’t roll like that. The recent Gigantic signees open their new single “All The While” with swelling blasts of together-sound, propped-up with some strings and dainty piano. It’s like that almost all the way through, lulling underneath when it’s not out there in the front, always falling back in line after breaking rank for a few pop inflections. Think the Arcade Fire if they let loose a little bit on those tempos and actually got some, you know, swing.
Sounds like: Aracde Fire, Annuals, Silverchair's Diorama Album
Download: Frances - All The While
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