ROOM8
Doe-eyes pointing at you on this big infectious piece of electronic pop. ROOM8 have a number of remixes under there belt and this new one of Just Kiddin' track Thinking About You has Balearic disco vibes all over it.
This new single from Vancouver producer Pat Lok sees him partner with label Love & Other and vocalist Desirée Dawson to create a lush new summer-inspired deep house joint. Desirée secured a spot on this track following a random encounter where Pat happened to hear her singing on a street corner in their home city. The resulting track is full of exactly the kind of warm summer house vibes that the UK feels a million miles right now, so stick it on, close your eyes and dream of summer.
Look out for the single from 9 Feb, complete with remixes from Howson's Groove, Gold Fields, Cyclist and SYRE.
Following on from recent debut EP Invisible Lines, Pink Feather's has shared the Eau Claire remix of The Feeling's Gone, which gives it a slightly more electronic feel and is definitely pushing my buttons. Check out the original version below.
Gorgeous track from London duo AZEDIA that combines layered loops to beautiful effect. I love the way the vocals form such a fundamental part of this track, to the point you forget they are even there. Kin is taken from AZEDIA's second album, due for release next month.
Pre-order the album now to receive Kin immediately and the rest of the album on 2 February.
Also check out earlier track Thunder and Lightening, which features some complimentary intricate female vocals. Love.
Following on from yesterday's part one post, here is the concluding part of my albums of the year list. Don't forget to check out my list of the of 2014 best songs, which starts with Part One.
5. What Is This Heart? - How To Dress Well
Listening to Sun Kil Moon's Benji felt less like playing an album and more like sitting next to a bruised old school friend as he pours out his guts over a beer and a guitar. I'm a sucker for honesty, and they didn't get much more honest than this.
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3. Our Love - Caribou
Caribou's most 2014 album was the first to not change the formula - instead it fleshed out the style introduced on Swim. What we have is a little more refined and a whole lot more personal, and nothing else in recent memory has sounded quite as much like what I feel inside.
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2. Built on Glass - Chet Faker
Effortlessly funky and irresistibly sexy, Faker's beardy R&B does something wonderful to me. There is a variety through Built On Glass that betrays the talent that exists here, whether it is on the slinky, clipped beats and wandering sax of Talk Is Cheap, the sharp bumping synths of 1998 or the circular bluesy vocals of Cigarettes & Loneliness.
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1. Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs
Compared to Slave Ambient, Lost In The Dream felt a little restrained - the mix more balanced, the krautrock influence softened, the electronics turned down. Yet surprisingly all this gloss made it feel all the more real. It's dad rock, but it's fucking dad rock for listening to whilst you ride a rainbow comet through the clouds of the Milky Way.
Lost In The Dream asks for a moment of patience: a listen to hear, one to notice and one more to know. Every time I play Red Eyes or Burning or An Ocean Between Waves I feel like I hear them better, like a fuzzy AM signal that gradually gets polished to an original studio recording. These songs give you back every moment you give them and not a second poured into Lost In The Dream's hour duration feels wasted.
