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Spaced Out Track from The Dan Ryan

May 16, 2016 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Nathan Dixey has done his time, playing with Hospital Ships and Your Friend, but he’s now going it on his own as The Dan Ryan…and it’s nice to hear what he’s creating. Trickling in, the track allows for some tension and psychedelic notes, but I don’t feel like this could be characterized as psych rock. If anything, it’s a re-imagining of folk music, a la Devendra Barnhart, though imagine that being recorded inside a bubble or beneath water; the vocals seem to struggle for air, whilst a tribal percussive element works beneath. You’ll definitely get an other-worldly vibe from this tune; it’s one of the tracks that will appear on his self-titled LP, coming out May 27th via Cosmic Dreamer Music. The Dan Ryan will celebrate the album release with a show at Cheer Up Charlies on May 24th; be sure to check the event page HERE.

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SXSW Interviews: Your Friend

March 4, 2016 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Taryn Miller crafts soaring pop masterpieces under the name of Your Friend. Her debut album, Gumption, puts her in the same vein of similar artists like Beach House, though she’s mostly working on her own up in Lawrence, Kansas; I note that because she sounds nothing like what one would associate with the Lawrence scene from a decade ago. We briefly caught her via email to ask her a few questions about her journey to SXSW this year. Read more

Your Friend Sounds Pretty Special

November 12, 2015 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

This brand new single from Your Friend sounds really striking. It soars in the way you remember the early Beach House tracks sounding…full of a pristine vocal resting atop some very carefully crafted sonic landscapes. It sounds like Taryn Miller (the lady behind the project) has gotten some other layering tricks up here sleeve too, rounding out the empty space with touches of electronic atmospherics to build the track up in the listener’s ears. She’s just announced a new record for her Domino titled Gumption, aiming to have it out on January 29th of next year.

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