DVP being Discovery Via Podcast.
The mildly Enya-esque loveliness of Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel:
Her new album, of which this is the title track, is well worth a listen.
Category: music
Voyage Voyage
Belated thanks to J.M. Rivat and D. Dubois for this absolute gem from 1987.
Glisse tes ailes sous le tapis du vent. I know I will be.
Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop (the singer) is 61 years old and has just released an album “Noun”, described thus:
An album of electronic music, experimental and uncompromising, 11 songs buttressed with ancient poetry and ethnic melodies.
Quite. And as some sort of demonstration of her renaissance, here’s L’or du Rhin, with mixed shawm and light sabers from 1:30:
…and unless I’m very much mistaken, that’s Antoine Aureche on the lute.
Do I Wanna Know? cover
In response to this from fellow Sheffield expat @YesWeCrann:
Sheffield folk really are a special breed, mate. We’re so lucky to be from there.
I went looking for some Arctic Monkeys this morning. And I found this wonderful cover version by Chvrches:
Beautifully understated. Lauren Mayberry’s innocent voice was made for this sort of song. The only bit missing was the colloquialism “summat”, which she replaces with the more disappointingly mainstream “something”.
Original here.
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)
I downloaded several (if not more) albums this week, because on reflection my iPod needed an injection of perfection.
I’m not convinced that it got it, but there’s some decent stuff there anyway.
Some of it is this:
Which is growing on me, as 80’s revival synthpop is wont to do.
Rodeo-themed videos less so, but you can’t have everything.
The album is confusingly called Singles and – by first impressions anyway – gives you much more of the same.
Add some Cleveland indie rock, some Finnish power metal (yes, really), some dodgy English pub punk and a bit of Elbow, and you’ve got some kind of view into my twisted musical mind.
Get out while you still can.
Stone Wife
I’ve recently been enjoying some vintage Black Hotels in the form of their 2009 album Films For The Next Century. Here’s Stone Wife with a rather sad video and a very catchy chorus:
Highly underrated, these Joburg alternative rockers are due to release a new album – Holidays – next month. Hopefully, there will be a few gigs to go with it.
Find them on Facebook here.