The match factory...

Check out this new track published by Clint of Play People under his real name…Peter Hall. Inspired by a match factory fire in Hartlepool back in 1954 (this piece being the only info I've been able to find about the fire) and not really sounding anything like previous Play People recordings (supposedly the reason for not using the Play People alias). The voice is unmistakably the same, but the new track is less pop, more singer-songwriter like and one that grows for every listen!

Peter Hall - The match factory by playpeople

Extinctions...

Business as usual, I guess? Everyone’s going on about how the new Burning Hearts’s album is finally here and ignorant me has little clue about what’s happening. So of course my first reaction is: WHAT! Is this something we’ve been waiting for? Then I check the archives, wind back the clock three years and suddenly remember that I actually enjoyed  the debut album Aboa Sleeping immensely. And now that I’ve listened to Extinctions a few times, I fully understand the micro-hype and am cursing myself (just a little bit) for not having giving myself the opportunity to experience the thrill it is to be looking forward to what will hopefully be a brilliant album! And furthermore experience how all my expectations are met, when it turns out that the album is in fact brilliant. So once again Burning Hearts have been importing songs "directly from the indie pop heaven" and trust me; whenever the third album comes out, I'll be ready...

Burn burn burn by Burning Hearts

+ Into The Wilderness
+ Night Animal (from Night Animal 7")
+ I Lost My Colour Vision (from Aboa Sleeping)
+ Sea Birds (from Aboa Sleeping)

Rule the world...

Socio Peruvian pop musician Francois Peglau has gone all political (surprise, surprise) and has published a brand new track called Goldman Sachs rules the world...he's gone a little electronic as well and has invented (?) the genre Electronic Peruvian Folk. Don't think I've listened to every track recorded by Mr. Peglau, but of the ones have, this has to be his best one yet; both musically and lyrically!
+ Goldman Sachs rules the world

Golden ratio...

Just a quick note telling that the debut EP Kids Got Lost In Formalities from The Golden Ratio is out and available through iTunes. If you have no clue who this band is (shame on you), I strongly recommend that you check out a few of my older posts...
+ The Golden Ratio

There is a reason...

I’ve been nagging Andreas of Danish band It’s A Synth a few times recently asking for new tracks, as I’ve “grown tired” of listening to the same pair of tracks that’s been available for some time now. So far the band has been somewhat reluctant to share any new recordings, holding the cards close to the chest. But the other day he recalled that a third track had actually been uploaded a few months ago to the sangskriver (songwriter) page at DR, where it had received some pretty decent feedback from Tim Christensen (yup – that TC). The song has now been uploaded to SoundCloud as well, thus increasing the number of songs available by a staggering 50%! As always I’ll let the music speak for itself, but there is a reason (pun intended) for the band name…not sure if more songs are in the making, but they are definitely busy making plans...

Pen to Paper by It's a Synth

 Steps by It's a Synth

 Endless Endeavour by It's a Synth

My love...

As decided by the listeners of Danish P3...Spleen United covers Justin Timberlake...to be honest I feared the worst, but they've turned it into a really cool (using their own words here) "slow-eighties-tribal-house" kind of thing...

My Love (Justin Timberlake) by Spleen United

Centrum...

Check the new video from Jonathan Johansson. Centrum is the third single from the truly fabulous Klagomuren album...

Azure Blue news...

Of course they decided to post the new Azure Blue video right after I left work yesterday...so a little more than 12 hours late; here's the video for Seasons. I've mentioned before that Seasons was one of the best, if not the best, pop songs to be released last year, so of course it needs a video and a single (?) release. Perhaps the timing of the video release is a bit odd though, as the track seems far more suited for long, warm summer nights than this ice cold winter that has suddenly hit us!



A decent stream for the stunning Azure Blue remix of Jonathan Johansson's Stockholm was posted yesterday afternoon as well.

Jonathan Johansson - Stockholm (Azure Blue remix) by Azure Blue

Sense...

Check out the new video by Swedish teen sensation Amanda Mair for the track Sense. Her debut album will be out on Labrador (of course) on February 15 and judging from the three tracks I’ve heard so far, it should be a real treat!


Amanda Mair "Sense" from Labrador Records on Vimeo.

+ Doubt
+ House

Do you not feel loved...

This is so brilliant (though it clearly belongs to a genre that I'd normally avoid at any cost) and brought to my attention because I Am Noxious left a positive comment yesterday at New Build's SoundCloud page...has turned a cold (though sunny) day into a party...

B02 Do You Not Feel Loved? (Original Album Version) by newbuild