Cuteness factor of her voice and the easy-going positive music reminds me of Asteroids Galaxy Tour, but jazz.
Hailey Tuck – Junk
Lady Blackbird – Black Acid Soul (deluxe edition)
I don’t often post about jazz records because I rarely listen to new jazz music, which is not nu jazz. This one is soulful funk and jazz, and it was a surprisingly amazing listen; set my mood beautifully to positivity on an otherwise cloudy afternoon. I specifically mention the deluxe edition because of its second record with some extra nice stuff, remixes and some nu jazz sounds over there.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Challengers OST
I have another case of Moon on my hands when I listen to the soundtrack album a million times before seeing the movie. This is the best original score by Reznor and Ross since The Social Network, by far. The mixed version is also a blast.
Wojciech Golczewski – Inert
Beatless ambient from outer space, sounds like a sci-fi soundtrack. Just what I’d expect from Golczewski. Great album.
John Carpenter – Lost Themes IV: Noir
Carpenter just keeps going, I am in awe. I love these records.
Four Tet – Three +
It’s mellow, soulful, cute, cozy—all those Four Tet words in my mind. Full of those tracks that I’d put on a mixtape I make for someone I love.
Brutus – Unison Life
It’s a new find, the kind where it’s obvious from the first track I hear that it’s a match. Great metal sound with a grunge feel to it and strong female vocals. What makes it stick is how honest and human it is. It’s like friends from the neighbouring rehearsal room throwing a concert.
Zeal & Ardor – Zeal & Ardor
They do this soul-blues-metal whatever the third time, and it still works. I postponed playing this record for a long time because I thought two albums of this was probably enough, but here I am, finally listening to the third one, and it’s still great. It’s rawer and more metal-like than the previous ones perhaps, but I cannot even imagine repeating that smash-in-the-face-feeling of their first arrival when this whole style just blasted into the music scene.
Btw, it’s still hard to believe how ahead of the curve I was being on a Zeal & Ardor concert in a club in 2017, at the very moment when the first album dropped. And now, I cannot get a ticket to their stadium tour in town. But, they deserve all the fame and success, I just wish that they keep going.
I also feel like I don’t want to put them in a box and want them to stay there for ever. I can easily imagine this style to evolve and grow beyond what it is now. There’s already a process there that I see in their three-record span, and this is a band I wish won’t be afraid to reach further and innovate more.
My Dying Bride – The Ghost Of Orion
However much time passes, eventually that mood comes when I get back to thinking about My Dying Bride and the need to listen to their music as the soft and soothing pillow my soul needs. And I still haven’t heard all their records, so I always give a shot to something new. This one didn’t disappoint either; gives what I expect, serves what I need, does what they do.
Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
That rare indie record that I get hooked on.