Autumn is here and in full effect. The music is getting darker, the vibezzz are getting colder and it’s getting this little bit more difficult to get out of bed in the morning. However, here comes the kicker, Ambrose provide an icy-warm synth-soundtrack for this time of the year: Hourglass Sands is their first single and they just found shelter under Montreal avant garde label Visage Musique. Stay tuned for more.
Woof – this voice. How Team Poule missed this voice. Sway Clarke II finally comes out of the woods with some fresh new tunes. You might recall his other project, Freedom Or Death, but it was a while ago. Totally worth revisiting though. So here he comes, solo and more witty and stronger than ever. [tweetable alt=”Sway Clarke II totally syrup’ed Kendrick on this one” hashtag=”#pouledor #swayclarkeii”]He totally syrup’ed Kendrick on this one.[/tweetable] As in, un-chopped and un-screwed. After listening to Sway’s version, the original track sounds like the remix. Wait for the banging end of this one. Super good, more, please.
It’s Tuesday, and Poule HQ is totally vibing to this [tweetable hashtag=”#mercedes #pouledor”]80s-fused piece of happiness by Mercedes.[/tweetable] Who is neither a car nor German – although she is rocking some ace adidas flip flops and white tennis socks in that photo above. That precious hair of hers is based in London but was raised in Copenhagen’s autonomous Christiania. So this one isn’t just another Shoreditch hipster. Mercedes is Full Tilt.
Los Angeles duo Boardwalk dropped another hot one off their debut album, to be released tomorrow. And if you are anything like Team Poule – which I really hope you’re not – you read that name and immediately associate 1920s Atlantic City and Steve Buscemi’s smirky little face with it. However, once you hit play, Boardwalk drop the Empire and at once take their business all the way across the States to the West Coast until all that’s left is the image of a dreamy promenade. Orange skies, palmy air.
Crying is their latest single and stay put, because their (great) self-titled LP will be out tomorrow October 15th on the amazing Stones Throw Records. And then there are the two minds behind the masks: Mike Edge and Amber Quintero, as pictured above. Now, I don’t know if these are made-up names to sound extra-cool but those are some stellar names. Right?
Meanwhile, Breton are off supporting those little projects Foals and Local Natives on a range of dates across Europe.
You know that moment when you are at home with a mate, and you hit play on a song, and on the first riff look at each other, silently, talking with your eyes for literally a second, still, and then just start dancing out of control, jumping up and down? Neither do I. But I figure this EP Everything You Want Destroys What Others Have by Dead Young Friends might just do the trick. Dead Young Friends, that’s Brooklyn’s Jorge Strofer, originally from the Dominican Republic, offering a neat mix of classic rock and 90s shoegaze into a very enjoyable modern almost indie pop sound. The band actually dates back to 2009 but only released their debut album last year. This now, is their fantastic follow-up release.
Attached is the very catchy opening track, Inside Your Head. Snag the entire EP over at the bandcamp.
