Fresh Track: The Spyrals “Lonely Eyes”
If you listen to music every day, you start reaching for different flavors on different occasions. Each album and band serves a purpose. Sometimes, I’m looking to be challenged by the music that I’m listening to. More often, though, I listen to music as a release, preferring it wash over me – erasing the serious thoughts of the day.
Garage rock, of the psychedelic San Francisco variety, has remained a reliable friend on the days that I’m looking to zone out. The songs have a tendency to blend together without ever growing dull or sluggish. It proves easy to lose yourself in the distortion. The songs are generally short and lacking in surprises, as if your mind can write the next note without ever having heard the record before. There’s a certain beauty and satisfaction in that dependability.
The latest San Fran outfit to fill this void comes in the form of The Spyrals. The band released their debut, self-titled album on New Year’s Day. However, they kept busy in 2011 releasing a five-track EP entitled Clouds and a 7”. Below you will find a stream for the song “Lonely Eyes.” It is the opening track from the new album. Give it a whirl.
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Written by Rob Peoni
Video: Tumbleweed Wanderers “Quiver in My Bones”
A while back, we featured the Bay Area’s Tumbleweed Wanderer’s in a Band to Watch post. Their track “Take it Back” from their debut, self-titled EP was immediately relatable and addictive. I thought I had listened to enough new grass bands to last a lifetime in college, but these guys were just too much fun to pass up. Great vocals, solid guitar play and downright danceable tunes. The boys from the Bay are back with more terrific material, albeit in a less foot-stomping fashion than their initial single. The latest bit of goodness comes in the form of a video for the song “Quiver in My Bones” featured below.
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Written by Rob Peoni
Fresh Track: CSLSX “Aeromancer” (feat. Mountain Man)
You may remember Mountain Man from such posts as yesterday’s. The ladies have been a weekly listen for me since coming late to the party for their album Made the Harbor. This week, Philadelphia electronic collective CSLSX released a new song called “Aeromancer.” The ladies of Mountain Man are featured in a mash-up of their songs “Buffalo” and “Mouthwings.” I would argue that the originals remain stronger, but I tend to like songs that sound like they were made in the woods. “Aeromancer” is the polar opposite of the originals, which is part of what makes the track so interesting. Compare and contrast below.
“Aeromancer”
Written by Rob Peoni
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