I believe this is exactly what they meant when they started calling things chamber pop, though back then they couldn't throw it all together with some snazzy synths and one classically trained cellist. Sweetly enough the wikipedia on this genre corner prefers "baroque pop", which proves to be even more appropriate for The New Heaven And The New Earth, a band with an EP on Edible Onion that runs like an ornate, 21-minute mass performed in some side chapel of a grand, flowery cathedral... in ...
The New Heaven And The New Earth is the hauntingly beautiful chamber-pop project of Philadelphia songwriter Roger Alejandro Martinez and the production and assistance of classically trained cellist, Jeffrey Russ. Their debut EP All Saints' Day was released earlier this week on August 31. Throughout the EP, Martinez's vocals float ghost-like through an enchantingly mysterious field of hang-picked guitar, swirling arpeggios and distant strings. The result is a lush, otherworldly soundscape that is both unsettling and occasionally hopeful, which is mirrored perfectly by Martinez's eerie lyrics, such as on the track "Santa Muerte": "And I live in [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Arthur Nasson : "Summer Drops" [mp3] from Echo Garden other Arthur Nasson posts at Largehearted Boy Cheyenne Marie Mize : "Best" [mp3] from Before Lately [...]
In May Edible Onion , a Philadelphia based collective that releases small run, hand-packaged records, will be releasing a compilation called A Cure For The Broken-Hearted . Each copy of the compilation will come in its very own accordion style book, filled with watercolor illustrations and information about the songs. In anticipation of the release the collective are streaming a different song from the compilation each week until its official release in May. The latest song to be featured is by Philly Psychonauts The New Heaven And The New Earth... [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Blue Roses : "Doubtful Comforts" [mp3] from Blue Roses (out July 21st) other Blue Roses posts at Largehearted Boy Final Spins : "Down the Road" [mp3] from This Is Then/That Was Now Final Spins : "Let Me Fall" [mp3] from [...]
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