
Completely thrown to the ground by this devastatingly beautiful lovesick ballade by Swiss-born, NYC via Black Forest artist Birdie Hilltop , two and a half minutes of purest longing and hopeless affection, a slow dance for the lost ones, an early morning lament, a simple, perfect pop song. Birdie Hilltop - The Ready Dance
Birdie Hilltop - "The Sorrow" et "Rosalia" ( The Sorrow , 2009) Birdie Hilltop est un auteur-compositeur-interprète folk new-yorkais, son dernier album The Sorrow est sorti en novembre dernier, mais il a fallu que Said the Gramophone publie "Rosalia" pour que je le découvre. Les résonances, la manière dont le morceau a été enregistré, lui donnent une aura, une personnalité incroyable. Cela faisait un moment qu'un morceau folk ne m'avais pas fait un tel effet. "The Sorrow", qui ouvre l'album, est beaucoup plus pop, [...]
Jun 4, 2010, 9:59am
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emelabla.tumblr.com Connan Mockasin - "It's Choade My Dear" Like a slow jam for martians, tentacles carressing pustules, scarlet red and mint green. A Pink Floyd album rotates in another room, atop an off-balance record player. Vapours waft. The evening tastes of midnight, ice chips and tin. [ buy this amazing, spectral record - thanks steve ] Birdie Hilltop - "Rosalia" If you record a song and then play it back, and then record [...]

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Birdie Hilltop's album The Sorrow was a completely random download this week - but unlike most random downloads, this one was an awesome surprise. MP3: Birdie Hilltop - The Sorrow Birdie Hilltop's record is lo-fi acoustic pop that's as honest as they come. "The Sorrow" is just him, an acoustic guitar and some instrument so lightly [...]