Author: nathan.lankford

Dance Into the Weekend with Orbita

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I know that B.Gray typically runs our IT Department, but when I caught this Orbita tune, I just felt like we could open up our Friday with a little bit of a punching groove to slide into the weekend. While lacking vocals, the song’s got plenty of movement, driving you forward with this rhythmic pulse and synthetic keyboard stabs that would work perfectly if you were scoring the Upside Down. I love the drop into the track around the 40 second mark, turning it into something altogether more propulsive and pumping. There are moments when the song settles, only to swing back in and hit you all over again with its synthetic power. Why not feel the future on Friday?

Chronophage Drops Musical Attack

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A new release by Chronophage always warrants a celebration; they’re one of the gems of the Austin scene, and just last week they dropped Musical Attack: Communist + Anarchist Friendship. It’s four brief songs, all which seem to explore their various influences in different ways. When the album opens, it almost feels like they’re taking a Dead Kennedy’s approach with that pummeling drum opening, but they waste little time rushing into this fervent guitar jam that just shreds right through your speakers. The dancing guitar line that opens “We Must Be Evil,” embraces the absolute playfulness of the tune, letting the vocals sort of encircle and prance about the musical element. You can even find a nice little video HERE of the closing “Anti-Miracle,” which features this stuttering guitar wiggle that borders on moving into post jam band territory; it’s got this falling little chorus that’s perfect too. If you want a 7″ copy of the EP, grab it from Post Present Medium.

Another New Bats Track

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One of the last values of social media is that if you tie yourself to good humans, they share good music with you, which is how I was alerted to this new track from the Bats that seems to have popped up since the announcement of Corner Coming Up. I don’t know how this band isn’t constantly on the tips of our tongues, so to speak, as they seem to have grown and aged with perfection since their inception in 1982. The huge emotional pull when the drums drop in on the single below just sucked me right in while the guitars began to swirl around my head. Hard to turn away from the sweetness of the vocals either, especially with the ever so slight touch of backing hanging in the distance. Their new LP will be out on October 17th.

Runo Plum Signs to Winspear

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Winspear is on a roll label-wise, riding fresh on their signing of the new Winter album, they’ve now announced that they’ll be working with Runo Plum. Along with the excellent news, there’s a brand new single, with a track that dwells on the concept of community and friendship, which seems ever more important in today’s landscape. Musically, it’s the sort of folk-adjacent brand that made hue stars out of Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten; I love the vocals here though, living in this more ethereal climate that encourages the sense of longing that courses through the track. There’s a slew of European tour dates coming up for the artist, but get ready to hear this name quite a bit in the next year.

Blood Orange Officially Announces Essex Honey

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I will own up to the fact that I generally straddle the fence when it comes to Blood Orange. I loved Dev Hynes as a young musician, particularly during his Lightspeed Champion, so some of the musical styles were a bit of an adjustment. That said, you can’t deny his songwriting, his greatest gift for layering hook atop hook in small spaces. For instance, the single below, fresh with the announcement of a new album, trickles then unfurls into this dense modern orchestral piece, filled with the touchstones of everything Hynes has done up until now. You can’t listen to this track and not just marvel at the gifts to arrange this piece and its accompanying parts; you’ll definitely want to keep an eye out for Essex Honey, dropping on August 29th via RCA.

Another New Nicamus Tune

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I tend to obsess over things I cannot explain to others, like Portland’s Nicamus. In a way, they sort of remind me of Red Pants, hitting on that sort of lo-fi approach, but built with these dense textures that reveal themselves upon repeat listens. But, I can also see how this just feels like the jangling indie rock we cover all the time, and yet not at all like that, kind of making its own quirky way into the indie rock sound. It’s bright and charming, but just a bit off-kilter, and their ethos seems to be built on channeling freedom into their DIY sound. They’ve got a record titled Trust Fall that should be out real soon, so keep an eye out there!

Mum Release Only Songbirds Have a Sweet Tooth

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While there is a lot of music that hits me with its immediacy and boldness, I’m also always inclined to delve into the spaces in-between, like the track that dropped yesterday from Iceland’s Mum. Musically, there’s a bubbling buoyancy burrowing beneath, but it never entirely rises to the top of the song, leaving tons of negative space for the song to weave the alternating vocals between the lines. Each space, while feeling light, also has this omnipresence that allows you just sink deep into the track, and for that I’m grateful. They release their new album, History of Silence, on September 19th.

The Telephone Numbers Announce Scarecrow II

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When this song popped up, RayRay insisted that this was possibly the most “Nathan” song to ever exist, and to be fair, he’s not entirely wrong about this single from The Telephone Numbers. You can immediately hear what I love about the San Francisco group, as those chiming jangles ring brightly upon pressing play. But, what I adore about the group, are the way they focus on the vocal delivery; they keep this fireside warmth, sort of sweeping the room with this broad melody that soothes. When the full band joins for backing harmonies too, you know you’re in for the perfect brand of stellar guitar pop. They’ll release Scarecrow II on the only place that makes sense; Slumberland Records will drop the LP on October 10th.

Living Hour Announce Internal Drone Infinity

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Several years have passed since we’ve heard from Winnipeg’s Living Hour, but a new single tells us we’re in for another great record. They brought their new batch of songs to Melina Duterte of Jay Som, and while I appreciate a good engineer, the magic doesn’t happen without the songwriting. I love how the first minute of this tune seems to kind of offer several stages, starting with a strum then moving to full band and finally exploding into the chorus with a soaring vocal change and ripping solo guitar line. If they can pull all that off in less than a minute what do you think they’ll accomplish on Internal Drone Infinity? The new record is out on October 17th via Keeled Scales/PaperBag/Beloved Records.

Dress Warm Release Divine Single

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First things first, the single is titled “Divine,” though I’ll admit that the performance is also similarly divine, in its own manner. We’ve covered Dress Warm for some time, trying to get the Austin bunch on your radar, and now that they’ve got a debut planned, we’ve got the album’s first single to share with you. Brandon Price seems to be the main player in the track’s first half, letting the gentleness of his voice work atop the light strums of guitar work; it’s a living room performance, the sort that brings you in with its natural intimacy. They work the song into a lather, letting it build up with this stomping tension before washing it clean by letting the full band sound sweep in and layer the track in emphatic texture. Their debut album, If I Could I’d Take You There is out on August 22nd.

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