Two Bicycles – Valerie EP

four, short
but beautiful ambient tracks.

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Ʌ - WOOD WITCH

in my opinion,
this devastatingly sad ep
is one of X's best to date,
truly beautiful.

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White Ring – Black Earth That Made Me

it's in the can.

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oOoOO - CDR

nothing compliments a cold like
an unseasonably warm night
and hazy witch house.

i still cant get enough of no summer4u.
that track is huge.

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Lowtide (ex-Three Month Sunset) - You Are My Good Light

oof.
fantastic.
gorgeous, chorus dripping shoegaze.
if you wanted a more upbeat Robin Guthrie
with the addition of similarly warm vocals, tada.
i am super into this.
and super sick.

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Horsefacegirl - Untitled Sleep Tape # 2

significantly more refined, cohesive and simply better
than the first of the series,
horsefacegirl releases another installment
to the untitled sleep tapes.

it is free, so give it a whirl for goodness sake.

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Plastic Flowers - beko 63

just too lovely.

sorry for the return to laziness.
hopefully, this lofi dream pop single
makes up for it, even if only a little.

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Hunting Hat - Vampire Xmas

thursday.
heart wrenching lofi bedroom pop.
i am so thirsty.

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memoryhouse - the years ep

so.
huge.
lately
is literally
breathtaking.

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advantage lucy - 飛び立った7頭の蝶たち

someday,
will i be happy?

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Altar Eagle - Mechanical Gardens

lofi, fizzing electronic pop
with gorgeous female vocals.

and my room is a sweaty mess.


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Zola Jesus - Stridulum II

this re-release contains new additions,
and oh my goodness,
the whole collection is amazing.
she is allegedly playing a number of shows in europe
with Fever Ray.
huge.
huuuuuge.
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Ali Love - Love Harder

unabashedly poppy. and undeniably infectious.
love harder is pretty hot.
i guess it's time to dance or something.

i actually have to go to work. whatever.

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The Organ - Grab That Gun

i bet most of the people who would arrive at this blog
have heard the organ already,
but periodically, i go through phases in which
i cannot get enough of them and am currently
in one of these phases.
grab that gun is awesome.

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Effi Briest - Rhizomes

effi briest may not have the most unique sound,
but they pull it off wonderfully.
the lp is fantastic.
i listened to it a great deal this summer,
but my laziness prevented me from posting about it.
girls, girls, girls.

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Apple Orchard - Leafy Lanes

with the exception of one song,
this ep is pretty perfect:
dreamy, jangling pop.

however, i almost hesitated to post the ep
because one of the gentlemen in the band
resembles someone i loathe.

next time i listen, ill simply avoid going to their last.fm page.

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How To Dress Well – Love Remains

if michael jackson was a hermit
who lived in a cave, he would actually be
How To Dress Well.
this album is great; the ep is great too.
i never thought lofi rnb
could be so effective.

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Red House Painters - Retrospective

yes, i know i have posted rhp before.
yes, i know that the first disc of this collection
is a greatest hits of sorts.
it doesnt matter.
the second disc contains tracks you may not have yet.
and red house painters rule.

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Project X - Straight Edge Revenge

As much as i am intrigued by witch house,
i hate it when kids think that drugs are cool.
get a life.

for anyone that doesnt have this landmark straightedge lp yet,
try it.

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COSMETICS - 7"s

Personally, i think that these 7"s are huge.
however, essentially everyone that i have shared them with
up to this point has been unimpressed.
granted, one of these people was trying to decide
whether he preferred uffie or ke$ha,
which i suppose colors him absolutely devoid of any taste anyway.

he also recently posted a moronic open ended thank you note
regarding his appreciation
of alcohol, marijuana, and opiates, which he spelled opiets.
now, i know that my spelling and grammar are abysmal, but this is bum is a bum so harumph.
i will follow this post up with Project X.
classic.

Sleep Walking/The Cries 7"
Soft Skin/Black Leather 7"
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updates for a few favorites.

Anoraak's new video is freaking huge.
i would have died seeing it in 360'

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also,
Soul Whirling Somewhere has re-issued Hope Was
in limited edition and hand numbered.
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paper armies - st

i had to post this eventually as well.
heart wrenching, lush ambient shoegaze.

although, i actually cannot listen to this anymore,
and probably will never listen to it again
because of associated memories,
it is a fantastic work never the less
and ought to be listened to by people
who dont hate their memories.

i could write more about this,
but who cares.

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The Arctic Flow - Goodbye Oceana

obviously, i needed to post this at some point.
it was released a couple of weeks ago,
but seeing as i have not been updating this blog,
what do you expect.

anyway, i love the arctic flow.
the single is free,
thank you Holiday Records
(who by the way, have reuploaded
some of their back catalogue!)

the instrumental b-side
is particularly noteworthy.

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Brilliant at Breakfast - Almost Verbose

i am sorry for not having updated the blog
in so very long.

this ep is fantastic.
sweet, soft and catchy
indonesian bedroom pop.
a must see.

and this concludes yet another must not use grammar post.

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Vision Éternel - An anthology of past misfortunes

dont call me.
i dont want to think about you.

this album is beautiful.
most of Virkelix's
work has been generously made available for free.
please do look into all of them if you
enjoy this somber ambient shoegaze compilation.

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horsefacegirl - untitled sleep tape #1

a beautiful gift by a beautiful boy.
i highly recommend this soft, yet strong
initial release from the Massachusetts based
Horsefacegirl.

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Autumn's Grey Solace - Riverine

this album is perfect,
absolutely gorgeous.

sorry i have been so lazy.
it is very hot
and who cares anyway.

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MICKEY MICKEY ROURKE - M M R

fantastic.
free.
give it a try.

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My Dad Is Dead - Peace, Love & Murder

who cares.

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The Young Friends - Make Out Point

this ep is huge.
please buy it.
the single is available for free.
in the future, id imagine that
Holiday Records will reupload the free ep
comprised of south end and north end.
until then, enjoy this small slice of summer.

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Anoraak - Above Your Head

Anoraak is going to be releasing a new album in august.
here is a track off it.
get stoked.

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Acres. - Silos

this is huge.

acres. generously made this ep available for free.
and it rules: fantastic midwest emo.
tyler, download this.
you will smile.

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The Long Lost - ST

couples. ungh.
coastal is full of couples,
lullatone are married to each other
and the arctic flow is married.
the long lost is comprised of the happily wedded
Daedelus and Laura Darlington.

ps.
that lullatone link directs to their recently released free album.

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Trasvorder - La tristeza se destruye

what lovely little dreamy indie pop songs.

and what a terribly confusing day.
Liberada perfectly captures how i feel,
granted i have literally no idea what the song
is actually about, but it sounds like it probably is
about whatever my day is about.

anyway,
this free ep is great.
i love the singers voice.
it is soft and gentle and true.

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i trusted you.

Absent Without Leave - Bon Voyage

gorgeous.
god. i am so tired.
and so terribly apathetic.

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Ef - Mourning Golden Morning

i have been meaning to post this for some time now.
it is gorgeous in a way similar to that of early immanu el.
although i have been listening to it alot lately, i currently
am just more swayed by the gentle dream that is the post below.
that coastal album is killing me.

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Coastal - Halfway To You

this is the soft side of sleep.
it is perfect.

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Throats - Throats

i am going to do it;
i wont be used.

this is huge.

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Rockets Burst From The Streetlamps - Above A Moving Train

refreshingly unconcerned with gloss,
this shoegaze album is as raw as it as dreamy.
i cant believe they are from boston.
1998, where have you gone?

i am sick again.
how can i complain.

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HALCYON HIGH - To Be Infinite

isnt that to be dead?

anyway, it's a beautiful lp
even it does at times tread a little too closely
something i wont mention.

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Rraaiillss - Demos

free fridays.
these noisey pop demos are great,
and generously made available for free.
jesus and mary chain at the beach rightttt?

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Tears Run Rings - Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never

their new album is coming out soon.
i think i am sick.

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Nervous Systems - Needs Medicines

i am so tired,
but quite taken by the last.fm bio
for this band:
"Four thirty-somethings making a noisy racket in a spare bedroom.
Spare-bedroomcore?"

i hope i will still be writing bedroom pop in my thirties.

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dné – Talking With Crayons

gorgeous.
gentle and alive in its beautiful fragility.

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Red House Painters - Katy Song (live)

i want to die.
this is one of my favorite songs of all time,
beautifully performed in san francisco, 1996.

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Morrissey - Vauxhall and I

morrissey mondays.
i think that this is my favorite moz album.
incidentally, it is also his first album that i ever listened to.
my local library carried it.

my apologies to tyler of course, because i am sure
that you already have this.

*removed*
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Canoe - River Trails

enjoy the warm weather
with lofi washed out melancholic pop.
this ep seriously rules.

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Sean Micheal - So Romantic (single)

get it while you can,
the new single from a truly
inspirational friend.

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Delorean - Subiza

arguably not as grotesquely huge as their ep,
but i am still pretty stoked.
it is just in time for the warm weather.
lets dance again!

ps. it scares me how much
i adore a fine little bird 300 miles away.

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The Motifs - ep

in lieu of my recent
"cease and assist" notice,
i will share some free twee.
lofi and concise, Holiday Records
never disappoint.

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Dads - Invisible Blouse 7"

Tyler,
i think you will enjoy this.
i know i do.

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