So, on the back of breathtaking photos coming in from former-planet Pluto a couple weeks ago, here comes Brooklyn ensemble Sun Cut Flat – lending their name from a Bob Dylan reference. That’s as far as similarities go though. The duo plays one of the finest pop sounds you will hear all year: a bit of indie vibes, a lot of almost funk like grooves and a distinct tropical stream to it as well. It is with great honour than that Team Poule plays host to the premiere of their new single Lil’ Yamaha. A perfectly smooth soundtrack to the dreamy days of early August: roofs top swimming pools, orange air and Negroni cocktails. Take it away.
Copenhagen has to be one of the completest cities in Europe, and the world even. The air has this clear and clean feel to it, bike lanes are wider than the streets, people are the nicest you could imagine and everything just looks really aesthetic. Nicely set in this piece of paradise is Trailerpark Festival which happened last weekend over the course of three days and nights. Among the great sort of head liners in an almost exclusively Danish line-up were Kwamie Liv, Oh Land, Silvana Imam, Den Sorte Skole and Rangleklods who all delivered brilliant performances on the stages which were all set in the Copenhagen Skatepark. Especially Rangleklods’ live show is an absolute standout, pictured above. The current single Schoolgirls is attached below and off their great album Straitjacket which came out in spring. Beyond.
Uuuh – Trailerpark Festival is so close you can almost feel its breath up your neck. Another absolutely stellar gem in the great line-up is yet another Danish native: Emil Germ. Denmark is producing one hit at a time, it must be something in the drinking water up there or how they know their ways around a bicycle. Emil Germ’s disco-infused dream pop is among the most catchy sounds you will hear all year. Attached is the phenomenal track Tease And Burn off his debut album Adult Party which came out earlier this year. Get your hand on that.
Emil Germ is playing the Royal Stage, Thursday 18h15.
Trailerpark Festival is going down hard in Copenhagen this week, opening doors on Thursday July 30 for three days and nights on Danish extravaganzas. A band you should check no matter if you are on scene or not is local Danish hero Shadow Age. He is releasing his debut EP today of all days, just in time for you to get hooked up before getting in line for his show. It really is a great piece of work, four tracks that are nicely set somewhere in the lighter ambient soundscape. Attached below is his latest single Vexed featuring a slow piano start and absolutely banging drums unfolding. Ice cold.
Shadow Age is playing Soundvenue on Thursday, 17h30.
Based in New Orleans, folk singer Daniel Amedee usually spends his days on tour playing little towns and big cities across the United States and Canada. For Team Poule, folk music often feels very pretentious and dominated by false, pseudo-depressive crooning. But Daniel Amedee’s music has a certain “real” feel to it. The way his voice and music blend into each other is genuinely beautiful and it gives you a very reflective yet positive and warm feeling. Like you can hear the Mississippi, this great uniting river of the States, right through.
Attached below is Everything Will Change, the first single on his brand new EP of the same name. A thoughtful, yet forward looking and energetic track. Daniel Amedee is currently on tour, playing just about everywhere from Arkansas to Colorado, from Idaho to Washington. Find all dates, nicely listed, here.
Hot new summer waves coming in from Brighton producers Bob and Ian. After having played in several bands together they decided to join forces in Oslo Parks. It is unclear whether this decision was made on Norwegian meadows. Nevertheless on Slipping Away, they produce a spheric pop track that, having tried to watch David Duchovny’s new show Aquarius, takes you right back into the California communities of the 1970s. Hit play, if you feel like it.
