Artist: The Blessed Isles

Check out the new video for the track Caroline by The Blessed Isles . Just brilliant!

Great track from Dallas natives The Blessed Isles, "Give", taken off their latest EP, Caroline. I've only heard two tracks from the EP, set to release this fall, and it's already shaping up to be another solid example of the continuously evolving dream-pop genre. Can't wait to hear the rest of it! We'll keep you [...]

• The Blessed Isles - Give » the-blessed-isles_give.mp3
• The Blessed Isles - Give

Ich hänge mich einfach mal kackdreist an Mortens Posting von vor einigen Tagen – denn er wies auf The Blessed Isles hin, eine, wenn man so will, Shoegaze-inspirierte Band, die aus den Trümmern der texanischen The Hourly Radio entstand (eine Band, die ich vor vielen Jahren schon mal in meinem Blog lobhudelte ). Die urbane Melancholie der Vorgängerband schimmert immer noch durch, aber die Gitarren werden hier eher durch Hall und Verzerrer veredelt. Die ersten beiden Songs der Blessed Isles sind jedenfalls ausgesprochen gut! Like I Am Dreaming [...]

• The Blessed Isles - Give
• The Blessed Isles - Like I Am Dreaming

Here's a truly fabulous recommendation from J.A. . The Blessed Isles hails from Texas and originally started out as a solo project of former The Hourly Radio frontman Aaron Closson . But the line-up has since expanded and the band is currently a trio. The music roams around somewhere in the shoegaze (somewhat noisy, slightly dreamy and quite catchy) genre influenced by "the usual suspects" (everyone from MBV to The Verve ). A debut EP is expected [...]

• The Blessed Isles - Give
• The Blessed Isles - Like I Am Dreaming