“It’s feeling I thought we’d lost, but that the band has once again found, just in time.” (via Bob Boilen, All Songs Considered)
♩ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Coming Down [from Only Run]
Fucking. Beautiful.
♩ Sharon Van Etten – Afraid of Nothing [from Are We There]
“From the first notes of opening track ‘Cult of Love,’ it is apparent Too True is not going to be like any of the previous Dum Dum Girls’ full lengths.” (via Adam Morgan, Surviving the Golden Age)
♩ Dum Dum Girls – Cult of Love [from Too True]
I had tickets to their show this year and I had to pass on it the day of. I don’t want to talk about it anymore.
♩ Interpol – All The Rage Back Home [from El Pintor]
One of my favorite discoveries of 2014. I love how this track continuously jumps around sections with a multitude of musical styles, influences, beats, and tempos.
Hands down one of the best debut albums and most catchy songs of 2014.
♩ Sylvan Esso – Coffee [from Slyvan Esso]
Right out of the gates, this song hooks me. It’s one of those songs i’ll never get tired of and the perfect addition to a road trip playlist. Roll down the windows and blast this gem.
♩ Eternal Summers – Gouge [from The Drop Beneath]
Lo-fi, fuzz pop, shoegaze, atmospheric, cinematic etc. All of these and more could be used to describe XO’s Heart. I highly recommend listening to this album beginning to end, but if your crunched for time, at least give “Coast” and whirl. And like Eternal Summers above, “Coast” is a must add to your road trip playlist.
“Eurydice’ sticks with the band’s early-’90s dream-pop aesthetic, but it’s got a big, glowing widescreen chorus, and it’s the sort of thing that some very smart director could use to soundtrack a romantic-comedy running-in-the-rain montage.” (via Tom Breihan, Stereogum)
♩ The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Eurydice [from Days of Abandon]
[thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com]
