Taken from their upcoming EP Young, Summer Camp share with us brand new material tinged with the blissful effortlessness we’ve come to know so well in such a short amount of time from the elusive duo.
‘Jake Ryan’ is perhaps one of the best produced tracks I’ve heard so far from Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey, taking the light melodies from the likes of ‘Ghost Train’ and giving them more depth without losing the warmth and passion which can be heard in earlier material.
If you so wish you can also download the track here thanks to NME.
Young is due out September 6th with the single ‘Round the Moon’ available the following week, September 13th.
2009′s Psychic Chasms still sounds as fresh as ever thanks to the crest of the chillwave Neon Indian managed to surf; a wave many have since jumped on.
’6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know)’ now has a rather creepy stopmotion video to accompany it. The video, created by João Machado, shows the becoming of a spider-like creature.
So, as I’m sure many of you have already heard, this years Mercury Prize nominees have now been announced.
After the shock win by Speech Debelle last year it’ll be interesting to see who the panel of critics decide upon from this years collection of albums, which are;
Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N’ Cheek
Foals – Total Life Forever
I Am Kloot – Sky at Night
Kit Downes Trio – Golden
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
The xx – xx
Villagers – Becoming a Jackal
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
The general consensus seems to be swinging towards The xx with Dizzee Rascal a close second, personally I’m backing either Laura Marling or Wild Beasts to scoop the illustrious prize. Who are you backing?
The Mercury Prize winner will be announced September 7th.
There’s something really surreal about this video and something really surreal about Gayngs in general.
Best described as a collective, Gayngs features 23 musicians in all, including Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce of Bon Iver. Their sound, as I recently read, is based entirely upon 10cc’s beautiful ‘I’m Not In Love’.
Taking a listen to ‘The Gaudy Side Of Town’ it’s obvious Gayngs have succeeded in what they set out to achieve, both the track and the acts stage presence have a real 70′s feel about them. I’ve yet to take a listen to debut album ‘Relayted’ but look forward to the opportunity to hear more of the same.
I previewed ‘All Summer’ over on Faux last week, the track released by Converse featuring three amazing artists now has a video to suit.
Remember the big head mode on Goldeneye (and plenty of other games to be fair)? Well Converse have recreated that effect for the video to accompany ‘All Summer’. Although rather uneventful, the video sees the trio hanging out together, presumably ‘all summer’.
The track itself combines the vocals of Bethany from Best Coast and Kid Cudi with the pristine production of Vampire Weekend’s Rostam so elegantly that perhaps these three should start a side project!
You can download the track from Converse for free now.
