Parisian musician Emma Broughton, a.k.a. Blumi, will be releasing her debut-solo EP I know about you in the Spring, and from it you can hear its “Blumi the darkness” — a hushed and tender revelation — above. The track is up on her Bandcamp page now. Via Les inRocks.
We know their names: Zappa, Beefheart, Barrett. Why not learn hers? “The Marionettes” dances deeply in a world dreamed in detailed creativity and it’s taken from Petunia-Liebling MacPumpkin’s I Left My Heart In Uncanny Valley. Wonderful, you can buy it now from her Bandcamp page.
The song is enchanting, the video divine and ceremonial, the album arrives next year. Natalie Bergman’s self-produced, self-titled LP will be released care of Third Man Records, but this can provide lots of joy in the meantime.
An expressive expanse, “Unknown” is the literate, idiosyncratic and touching new single from Leeds’ Josephine Sillars. You can download it now from her Bandcamp page, while Enemy, her new EP, will be released on January 15th.
L.A.’s wonderful Jennie Vee releases her Out For Blood b/w Wild Flower 7″ next week, and you can hear its charming, churning and brightly-beaming A-side above. Out from December 15th, you can pre-order a milky-clear-translucent-vinyl edition of it from her Bandcamp page now.
A smart and gentle Western-starlit chanson, “Cool Dry Place” is the rewarding title track to the new album Katy Kirby releases on February 19th of next year. You can pre-order Texas-smoke-vinyl, CD and cassette versions of that right now from Austin’s Keeled Scales.
Confidence and melody merge to breathe in swirls, its natural joys glitter with an easy energy. You can find download links for “The Art of Giving Up” by Manchester’s wildly-promising Maddy Storm right here. Via The Line of Best Fit.
A spiked, post-punk anthem that winks with a grin, “Desire” is the intelligent, strangely-celebratory new single from Brooklyn’s Gustaf. Just released, you can buy it on red-7″ vinyl from Royal Mountain Records, while the digital version is available from Bandcamp.
The song is spectacular, its history deep, the cause important. Written by foundational Armenian composer and musicologist Komitas, “Krunk” is a memory that takes flight, and this version by Zola Jesus rings with a longing understood, but just beyond reach. You can buy it from Bandcamp, and she will donate proceeds from it to The Armenia Fund, who in turn will provide humanitarian assistance to those in Artsakh who need it.
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