Denmark’s Bear With Me is a master of the instruments, and after playing in a number of other bands now released his probably first solo track. After Me is pure and real, carried by his airy vocals and meandering synths, all beautifully layered, as light and elegant as ivy in a summer breeze.
The man is set to play Frichstival, a sleek one-day event in Aarhus, June 16th, alongside a carefully selected line-up. If you are in Aarhus, this is where you want to be.
Tiger Lion are a French trio based in London, deeply rooted in the French countryside and its lures and desires though. Their latest EP entitled Beyond The Mountains came out in April on L’Aurore & Republic Of Music, and inspired by painters like Turner the release seeks to “represent wilderness as a force overpowering humans, that we are only fragile creatures when on the edge of the precipice.”
The EP itself then is a sound and image-based project exploring the power of landscapes on human beings through personal experiences – love, presence & absence, childhood. And not only that, field recordings of waterfalls, bells and nature’s whistles and swishes collected during an Alpine trip were used in its production, too.
Beyond The Mountains then, is a delicately curated ode to human life and emotions, carried by singer Clementine’s crisp vocals and on-point drums and chords. For the single Prayers Against The Sun the group retreated to Exeter Cathedral, built 1112-1400, a momentous stage, visualizing the history the weight of the theme, all attached below at your convenience.
Now, if you think, I want that. You are in luck! The group is about to go on tour in the UK, playing Bristol tomorrow, May 27th, at Rough Trade, Manchester on Tuesday, 29th at the The Castle Hotel, then off to Brighton on Wednesday 30th at The Prince Albert, and finally Margate in the south east of England, June 1st.
The EP is out now and comes with a visual book, yours over at bandcamp.
Kentucky’s The Last Origin are no group to chicken around with. Twelve Thirtyfour is their latest single and if you are one for the folky vibes, poppy riffs and warm vocals, the team has you covered quite well. 12:34 is a dreamy soundtrack to being in the moment, of letting the fomo-angst fade for once, wrapped in jangly guitars and a unique feel for tempo and songwriting. The piece comes off their second album All We Have is Rock and Roll and then We Die which came out in March, and sounds great in the summer sun.
Swedish South African producer Julia Jonas just received her masters degree at Stockholm’s Royal College of Music, and to celebrate the occasion released a remix EP of her Spilling single from last year. On the ticket are illustrious names from JRSS and Marcus Sjöberg to old mate Summer Heart, whose dreamy take on her delicate, spheric, vocals driven track is attached below. Pure moods.
Mellow beats and soothing vocals coming in from UK’s own producer, singer and origami swan Tony Njoku, via up and coming power house Silent Kid Records. As We Danced is possibly his most romantic piece yet, as he says, “it’s a poem of love, passion, grandeur and on into manipulation and finally emancipation”. A dreamy 2:20 joyride through beats and layers, out now on Silent Kid Records.
Copenhagen producer and eye in the sky Abalone has just released his debut EP titled Beginnings, drawing on influences from “weather and British club culture”. At six tracks and a running time of 24 minutes, it is well positioned to serve as joyeux soundtrack to a range of activities, both weather related and not.
Attached below is Avery, a more forward track on the album slash EP. It gets dreamier, it gets dancier, too. Beginnings is a great listen from first to last, and out now.
Photo credits go to Jadzia Grzywacz.
