So whilst I was away The Hush Sound got back together. Whoop!
Check out their new(ish) EP Forty Five on iTunes or via their brand spanking new website!
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Sunday, 5 May 2013
Friday, 28 December 2012
Friday Feature 2012 Round-Up
1) Silver Zephyrs - Haley Bonar
2) Been Better - Kyla La Grange
3) Muddy Hands - Chutes
4) Echo - The Hush Sound
5) Cold Shoulders - Gold Motel
6) Things You Do To Me - Stamps
7) Static Waves (featuring Katie Herzig) - Andrew Belle
8) Marsh King's Daughter - Eisley
9) Cameras - Matt & Kim
10) That's the Trouble with Love - Frank Gorshin
11) Now a Quick Haunt - The King Left
12) Sleeping Limbs - ohnomoon
13) Angelo - EMA
14) Blue Light - Mazzy Star
Unfortunately I couldn't include every artist / band who has appeared as a Friday Feature this year as 8tracks doesn't support .wav or .m4a files (boo to them). Please enjoy anyway, check out all the other Friday Features and support these guys! If you don't buy their music they can't make it and I can't feature it for you.
See you in 2013 for more Friday Features!
Friday, 14 September 2012
Friday Feature - Stamps
Haha! I was so busy playing Silent Hill 3 I almost forgot to do this! Big apologies!
This week's Friday Feature is Stamps, Bob Morris' current band from Los Angeles, United States. Stamps continues the duet aspect of The Hush Sound with fantastic vocals from Ren and Bob as well as great instrumentals from third member Adam. Their first two EPs Tramps and Stamps Ventures of a Lifetime are really quite joyous examples of indie pop. The majority of both EPs is light-heart and playful - honestly fun to listen to again and again - then nicely rounded off with a gentler, more meaningful ballad such as the beautiful 'Things You Do To Me'. The band has now drifted from its chamber style to experiment with an electronic / dance sound.
Where will I have heard them before?
Apart from the obvious (Bob being from The Hush Sound) Stamps has been touring with various bands and hitting various festivals. You may have also have confused them with various other stamp-named bands and musiciansyou were looking for (iTunes and amazon really don't help there, lumping them all together like one uber stamp music thing)!
Featured Song: Over Again
Where can I hear more?
Stamps offer many of their singles for free when they are new so follow them on twitter / facebook / tumblr for each new release. Of course they also have their lovely first two EPs Tramps and Stamps Ventures of a Lifetime which are easily available for download. You can also download their new dance style singles from iTunes and amazon. They don't have a full album out yet but it will be really interesting to see when they do how much of it will be chamber style and how much of it will be dance style. I hope they haven't dropped the chamber style for good - I think if they find a good balance of both the album would be sensational!
What is their website?
They have an official website but I found it really buggy so here is their tumblr.
Next week: Andrew Belle
This week's Friday Feature is Stamps, Bob Morris' current band from Los Angeles, United States. Stamps continues the duet aspect of The Hush Sound with fantastic vocals from Ren and Bob as well as great instrumentals from third member Adam. Their first two EPs Tramps and Stamps Ventures of a Lifetime are really quite joyous examples of indie pop. The majority of both EPs is light-heart and playful - honestly fun to listen to again and again - then nicely rounded off with a gentler, more meaningful ballad such as the beautiful 'Things You Do To Me'. The band has now drifted from its chamber style to experiment with an electronic / dance sound.
Where will I have heard them before?
Apart from the obvious (Bob being from The Hush Sound) Stamps has been touring with various bands and hitting various festivals. You may have also have confused them with various other stamp-named bands and musiciansyou were looking for (iTunes and amazon really don't help there, lumping them all together like one uber stamp music thing)!
Featured Song: Over Again
Where can I hear more?
Stamps offer many of their singles for free when they are new so follow them on twitter / facebook / tumblr for each new release. Of course they also have their lovely first two EPs Tramps and Stamps Ventures of a Lifetime which are easily available for download. You can also download their new dance style singles from iTunes and amazon. They don't have a full album out yet but it will be really interesting to see when they do how much of it will be chamber style and how much of it will be dance style. I hope they haven't dropped the chamber style for good - I think if they find a good balance of both the album would be sensational!
What is their website?
They have an official website but I found it really buggy so here is their tumblr.
Next week: Andrew Belle
Friday, 7 September 2012
Friday Feature - Gold Motel
This week's Friday Feature is Gold Motel, Greta Morgan's current band from Chicago, United States. Gold Motel continues the more dreamy, melodious side of The Hush Sound with music perfect for a hot summer night by the beach. Retro, playful and wistful by turn, Gold Motel create the kind of music perfect to appear on the soundtrack to your life or a super cool indie film.
Where will I have heard them before?
Apart from the obvious (Greta being from The Hush Sound) songs from Gold Motel's first album Summer House have appeared on various adverts. The band have been very busy touring, supporting such acts as Family of the Year, Skybox, Mark Rose, Steel Train and hellogoodbye, creating a very swanky cover of 'Here in Your Arms'.
Featured Song: Perfect in My Mind
Where can I hear more?
Gold Motel appear on the odd sampler but very rarely (and usually for a limited time). They enjoy touring so that would be a good way to catch them but of course you can also buy their albums Summer House and Gold Motel. I recommend going for Summer House first as it is a more complete album with a unifying theme of summer in California. If you like that then you can be daring and try the more varied offerings from Gold Motel the album.
What is their website?
http://www.goldmotel.com/
Next week: The final instalment of the Hush Sound journey: Stamps
Where will I have heard them before?
Apart from the obvious (Greta being from The Hush Sound) songs from Gold Motel's first album Summer House have appeared on various adverts. The band have been very busy touring, supporting such acts as Family of the Year, Skybox, Mark Rose, Steel Train and hellogoodbye, creating a very swanky cover of 'Here in Your Arms'.
Featured Song: Perfect in My Mind
Where can I hear more?
Gold Motel appear on the odd sampler but very rarely (and usually for a limited time). They enjoy touring so that would be a good way to catch them but of course you can also buy their albums Summer House and Gold Motel. I recommend going for Summer House first as it is a more complete album with a unifying theme of summer in California. If you like that then you can be daring and try the more varied offerings from Gold Motel the album.
What is their website?
http://www.goldmotel.com/
Next week: The final instalment of the Hush Sound journey: Stamps
Friday, 17 August 2012
Friday Feature - The Hush Sound
This week's Friday feature is The Hush Sound, a four piece (three guys one girl) indie jangle band from Illinois, United States. I'm not going to lie - I love these guys - their music is both elegant and eloquent. Their deep, dark lyrics counterpoint their bright, joyful (and extremely skilled) instrumental melodies only exemplified by their tight vocals harmonies courtesy of Bob Morris (now of Stamps) and dreamy voiced Greta Salpeter (now of Gold Motel). To put it simply: their music is catchy as hell.
Where will I have heard them before?
Their single 'Honey' appears in the 'All About Appearances' episode of Privileged whilst Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch of 'Wine Red' appears in the film Snakes on a Plane along with many other Decaydance / Fueled by Ramen bands, whose label they are on. They are currently on hiatus (boo) however are considering an Autumn 2012 tour (yay)...though probably only in America (boo again).
Featured Song: Wine Red
Where can I hear more?
The Hush Sound released three albums. Like Vines (2) and Goodbye Blues (3) are easily available for download or as a hard copy in America however So Sudden (1) is only available as a hard copy in the USA / as an American import (which makes it much more expensive). Due to its price I would recommend buying Like Vines and Goodbye Blues before investing in So Sudden. It is just as good an album as the other two but is definitely less polished so for fans of the indie jangle genre / Hush Sound-Gold Motel-Stamps triangle only.
What is their website?
http://thehushsound.org/
Next week: I'll be on holiday. When I return we will continue our Hush Sound journey with Greta's new band Gold Motel.
Where will I have heard them before?
Their single 'Honey' appears in the 'All About Appearances' episode of Privileged whilst Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch of 'Wine Red' appears in the film Snakes on a Plane along with many other Decaydance / Fueled by Ramen bands, whose label they are on. They are currently on hiatus (boo) however are considering an Autumn 2012 tour (yay)...though probably only in America (boo again).
Featured Song: Wine Red
Where can I hear more?
The Hush Sound released three albums. Like Vines (2) and Goodbye Blues (3) are easily available for download or as a hard copy in America however So Sudden (1) is only available as a hard copy in the USA / as an American import (which makes it much more expensive). Due to its price I would recommend buying Like Vines and Goodbye Blues before investing in So Sudden. It is just as good an album as the other two but is definitely less polished so for fans of the indie jangle genre / Hush Sound-Gold Motel-Stamps triangle only.
What is their website?
http://thehushsound.org/
Next week: I'll be on holiday. When I return we will continue our Hush Sound journey with Greta's new band Gold Motel.
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