This is taken from Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s 2011 album The Miner’s Hymns. Just like The Cause Of Labour Is The Hope Of The World which I posted and fell in love with a couple of years ago this is full of gravity and power.
Jóhann Jóhannsson:
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This is a first for the blog in that these guys submitted this track to me themselves. In case anyone else out there wants to do the same the email address is 365daysinmusic@gmail.com
Tape Waves are from Charleston, South Carolina and I really like their Lo-Fi, washed out sound. It reminds me a little of blog favourites Best Coast.
Tape Waves:
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*Artist #704
This track is taken from Montreal artist Black Atlass’ eponymous EP, which was released last summer but is now starting to make waves this side of the Atlantic.
Black Atlass:
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*Artist #702
I thought for a while about which band I wanted to post as the 700th (I can’t believe it’s been that many!) artist on my blogging journey. Then I realised what better a way to mark it than with a random band that stumbled across on YouTube a couple of days previously and pretty much know nothing about!
Kid Mountain are an un and coming band from Boston, MA. This track is taken from Happies, which was released late in 2012.
Kid Mountain:
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*Artist #700
I am still utterly infatuated with the beguiling Slow Machete who I posted a couple of weeks ago. This is taken from the 2012 album Evening Dust Choir.
Slow Machete:
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This is a little dark and brooding but I think rather beautiful and with a video to match. It is taken from Dean Blunt’s The Narcissist II which was released late last year.
Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland (AKA Hype Williams):
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My musical fads seem to come in three forms of late: Soul, Hip Hop or African. Recently I definitely seem to have been captivated by the latter and I haven’t felt so invigorated in a while. There is something really fresh and raw about world music.
Malawi Mouse Boys must be the best band name I have heard in a long time. This track is taken from their debut album He is #1, which was released last year. It is every bit as joyous as I could hope and with a great video to match.
Malawi Mouse Boys – He is #1:
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*Artist #697
I didn’t realise London singer Ed Harcourt was still making music. I loved his 2001 Mercury-nominated debut album Here Be Monsters but hadn’t heard of him since until discovering this on the radio a few days ago.
It is taken from Back Into The Woods which was released in February.
Ed Harcourt:
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*Artist #696
I love how fresh and alien this sounds. Slow Machete is a project recorded by Pittsburg native Joe Shaffer with the help of various Haitian musicians.
This track is taken from the recently released Evening Dust Choir.
Slow Machete – Evening Dust Choir:
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*Artist #694
A nice mellow track from London band Daughter to ease us into the week. It’s certainly what I need after a fun and busy weekend.
It is taken from their recently released debut album If you leave.
Daughter:
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*Artist #692