Discovery is not dead, it just smells funny
There is no way that i am going to reveal the source of much of the music on exposure, but yet again, said source have demonstrated an amazing ability to present a diverse selection of consistently amazing music, picking this weeks track wasnt easy...
Say hello to Discovery, a collaboration between Rostam Batmanglij (vampire weekend) and Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot), they are based in the US and have just signed a deal with XL to release their first album from which this track, Its not my fault (its my fault) is taken.
This is interesting and fresh, and the two musicians who have been so successful in their own indie genre have branched out into a sound thats new and will no doubt feature pretty regularly on bloggers yearlys and summer playlists.
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No video yet so here is a completely unrelated video, an education in how not to interview, the protagonists are Busy P (daft punk manager/ed banger records boss) and a budget presenter.
Say hello to Discovery, a collaboration between Rostam Batmanglij (vampire weekend) and Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot), they are based in the US and have just signed a deal with XL to release their first album from which this track, Its not my fault (its my fault) is taken.
This is interesting and fresh, and the two musicians who have been so successful in their own indie genre have branched out into a sound thats new and will no doubt feature pretty regularly on bloggers yearlys and summer playlists.
ps
No video yet so here is a completely unrelated video, an education in how not to interview, the protagonists are Busy P (daft punk manager/ed banger records boss) and a budget presenter.
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Peddler of original gear...
Last week the wonderful Stoke Newington International Airport was the lucky host to Sam Carter’s rather excellent folk songs. Sam goes to great lengths to keep his music current, and he sings tales about the here and now. They are not always happy tales, for example his second track of the evening, ‘Yellow Sign’, is about domestic violence. But that’s what makes him a folk singer, after all.
It’s a busy year for Sam, with an album tour coming up in September which will see him all over the country, with plenty of regular gigs in the meantime. It is a promising start to a career, and with a knack for song-writing and flair for performance, he’s on the way up, no doubt about it.
There’s no obvious winners among the tracks from his latest EP ‘Here in the Ground’, but ‘Bones’ does the trick for showcasing Sam’s authentic folk music. Originality whilst following the traditional forms is not easy, but (not surprisingly, since we’ve chosen him for this week’s Exposure) it is evident here in abundance. ‘Bones’ is a sea-faring fantasy ballad. There is a hint of roughness in the vocals; just right - any more would be overdoing it for the sake of it. The track is all about a ship in all kinds of trouble, and revolves around the theme of perishing at sea, lightly delivered with pretty male/female vocal harmonies adding a powerful depth.
No surprise whatsoever to find that this peddler of competently original gear is also a guitar teacher (the teacher of none other than some bloke that used to live with my flatmate in Sheffield who approached us at last week’s gig. Extraordinary!) All the same, Sam’s technical finger-style guitar playing is exemplary, a proper treat to those of us trying to get our heads around it ourselves or for those who just like the noise it makes.
It’s a busy year for Sam, with an album tour coming up in September which will see him all over the country, with plenty of regular gigs in the meantime. It is a promising start to a career, and with a knack for song-writing and flair for performance, he’s on the way up, no doubt about it.
There’s no obvious winners among the tracks from his latest EP ‘Here in the Ground’, but ‘Bones’ does the trick for showcasing Sam’s authentic folk music. Originality whilst following the traditional forms is not easy, but (not surprisingly, since we’ve chosen him for this week’s Exposure) it is evident here in abundance. ‘Bones’ is a sea-faring fantasy ballad. There is a hint of roughness in the vocals; just right - any more would be overdoing it for the sake of it. The track is all about a ship in all kinds of trouble, and revolves around the theme of perishing at sea, lightly delivered with pretty male/female vocal harmonies adding a powerful depth.
No surprise whatsoever to find that this peddler of competently original gear is also a guitar teacher (the teacher of none other than some bloke that used to live with my flatmate in Sheffield who approached us at last week’s gig. Extraordinary!) All the same, Sam’s technical finger-style guitar playing is exemplary, a proper treat to those of us trying to get our heads around it ourselves or for those who just like the noise it makes.
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