Been quietly confident that Oxford's Solid Gold Dragons - aka Sam Scott - would come out with something quite special. It's took him a while since the heady days of debut track "Serious Lover", however, but new one "Sun's Not Big" sees that prediction come fully justified. continue reading >>
It is one of life’s great sources of excitement to find a band from obscurity, having had and interest sparked from the bedroom demos and first singles and EPs all brimming with a talent yearning for more ears to listen to their tracks. It is then a privilege to watch the fire kindle the interest [...] The post Trophy Wife/French Soul Party, sadly missed appeared first on Cougar Microbes .
I remember first coming across "Microlite" in it's early demo stage on an extremely sparse Myspace page back in early 2010, Trophy Wife have come a long way since then and new track, "Glue", fully demonstrates that. continue reading >>
Around 18 months, Birmingham soloist Joe Robinson, aka Motherhood sprang his debut track "Heat Within Mourning" upon us. He's been away writing some new material, with "Blood Rush" being his latest single. continue reading >>
Rhosyn is the solo recording moniker of Oxford native, London resident Rose Dagul, whose highly intricate, vocal- and cello-centred take on intimate chamber pop has turned quite a few heads already, not only among her peers at Oxford's acclaimed Blessing Force imprint and artist collective, of which she has been part for a while now. "Glass", the intriguing opening song of her debut EP Elbow of Capture , has now received an equally compelling if completely altering rework treatment by fellow London producer (and NFOP favourite) Daniel Woolhouse aka Deptford Goth , who has barely [...]
words by DENISE LU Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat [Kranky] Since 2005, Liz Harris has been consistently pushing out record after record. The Man Who Died in His Boat is another solid release full of rich harmonies and seas of sweeping ambient soundscapes. Harris' signature layered vocals are still as ethereal and hypnotizing, an enticing invitation to get lost within her world of a strange atmospheric folk with a touch of ominous dissonance. Recorded around the same [...]
É um EP conjunto que nos traz "Tell All Your Friends" de Chad Valley do Young Hunger , álbum que o artista lançou recentemente (que podem ouvir aqui ) e "Like No Other", uma faixa nova dos Trophy Wife , banda da qual já falámos várias vezes por aqui . Para dar um extra ao EP, ambos resolveram fazer uma cover da música contrária e como tal temos também uma versão de Chad Valley de "Like No Other" e uma versão de Trophy Wife de "Tell All Your Friends". Uma experiência interessante, [...]
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Jonquil came late to the world music meets indie rock party. Arriving after Vampire Weekend , after Local Natives , even after Lord Huron and so many others, the band's tropical pop could quite reasonably have been lost in the collective shuffle of post- Graceland bands. Unless, of course, the band wrote songs with barbed hooks and choruses that skittered around like a runaway piece of ice on your kitchen floor. "Mexico," a song described by at least one close friend of mine as, "so close to being terrible while [...]
Scuzzy DIY trio Sisterland - who we included in our '10 tracks You May Have Missed' feature, you may remember - are ready to follow up their impressive Blessing Force released Dirty White EP with two new tracks, "Certain Taste" & "Between Us". continue reading >>
Posted in Play-This-List Fixers (Jonquil's Blessing Force label mates) are set to release their debut album We'll Be The Moon on June 4. Can't wait until then to hear their brand of off-kilter psychedelic pop tunes? Then you're in luck, as the band have made the full album available to stream. Take a listen below and let us [...]
Our love for all things Jonquil and Blessing Force is no big secret, we need more of the joy their music encompasses, so enter the new video for Point of Go stand out track, "Run". continue reading >>
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Verträumter Folk-Pop von einer Band aus dem Herzen Englands, die in den letzten Jahren ihren Sound perfektioniert hat. Bereits vor ein paar Jahren waren Jonquil aus Oxford ein Thema dieses Blogs. Damals wurden sie noch als blosser Abklatsch einiger US-Bands gehandelt, die heute teilweise gar nicht mehr existieren. Mittlerweile haben sie allerdings eine eigene Stimme gefunden und diese präsentiert sich mit leisen Tönen, prägnant und äusserst einnehmend. Die neue Platte “Point Of [...]
On Thursday the 29 th of March 2012 I wake up with my alarm at six a.m. and swing my legs over the side of the bed. I tamp the roof of my mouth with my tongue, a sponge a few minutes off drying. There is the astringent cocktail of blood and medicated mouthwash. I jam my tongue as hard as the muscle will go into the bulging, fleshy, ragged space behind my back top left molar, and feel the new tooth’s shard up there, tasting the gum’s blood fresher now. Sometimes it seems to have grown, sometimes to [...]
Posted in General Clickable I've posted about Oxford band Jonquil already this year, when they released this beautiful video for their single 'It's My Part', since then I've been listening a lot to their album Point of Go. It's hard not to walk around with a giant smile on your face while listening to it. 'Swells' - the opening [...]
The irritating thing about most garage rock bands is that they fry the life out of their guitars and vocals because, well, they can't sing or play the guitar very well, so it disguises their lack of talent. The feedback and fuzz usually means any melody or flow to their songs is often lost in the mire. The sound originated in the late 60s, but through it's evolution, taking in 70s punk, 80s slacker indie and later on with grunge, the mostly-American sound has actually enjoyed some very good highlights. More recently we've noticed that it has continued its hit [...]
After coming to light in back in December , Sisterland's 'Dirty White' EP is showing now signs of disappearing from our playlists just yet. continue reading >>
I would try and explain what exactly is going on in the new video for 'It's My Part' from Oxford band Jonquil but I don't know myself. Right from the off pizza is used to spell out the band's name while spinning on a turntable. Other images include people wearing [Read more]
Posted in Play-This-List Soundbite Ok so there's two reasons I'm posting this video. 1. The designer in me freaked when I realized the visuals directly compliment the color scheme of our site & logo. Yes, that is a good enough reason to post. 2. The tune is catchy as fuck. Jonquil are part of Oxford music collective Blessing Force, [...]
If there's one thing I can call "my thing," it's probably photoshopping superimposed animal heads on human bodies. Jonquil's new video for their single It's My Part, produced and directed by Franklyn Banks (who also...
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs fait parti des artistes que je suis le plus en ce moment donc forcément, quand il sort un nouveau remix, je n'ai pas d'autres choix que de vous le partager. Le groupe remixé est un quatuor du nom de Jonquil avec à sa tête Hugo Manuel de Chad Valley . It's My Part est leur nouveau single et annonce la sortie de leur album Point of Go qui sortira le 21 Février sur Blessing Force . Quoiqu'il en soit, le remix est bon et c'est tout ce [...]
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