Frankie Rose - Cage Tropicale - VINYL LP

Mark Deutrom - Value Of Decay [VINYL LP] date 04/06/2018

Croak Dream is a document of rebirth for Puma Blue, and a full realization of the project's musical and emotional potential. The third full-length from Jacob Allen feels nocturnal and ruminative - spanning the low-slung iridescence of trip-hop, the xx's moody rhythmic pop, and the stark intimacy of artists like Benjamin Booker and mark william lewis. The proper follow-up to 2023's Holy Waters, Croak Dream arrives after a period of reset and renewal. Written in the aftermath of a difficult tour and time spent focusing on mental health, the album reflects Allen's rediscovery of joy and experimentation. Recorded straight to tape at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios with Sam Petts-Davies (The Smile, Warpaint), the result is a living, breathing organism of sound that's both raw and beautifully intricate. Lyrically, Croak Dream explores sensuality, connection, and - from the toxic aftermath of the title track to the foggy IDM of InchMister LostInch and the spectral ache of InchSilently.Inch It's Puma Blue in his most intimate and unguarded form bold, liberated, and fully alive.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2016 . Greta Kline's musical output as Frankie Cosmos exemplifies the generation of musicians born out of online self-releasing. Kline initially built a reputation with her prolific catalog of bedroom recordings and as a performer and advocate of New York's All Ages DIY scene. The beauty in Kline's writing does not lie within immense statements and large gestures, but instead can be found in her ability to examine situations and relationships with heartbreaking sincerity. In 2014 Kline released her first studio album, Zentropy. Within months of its , Zentropy became one of the most critically acclaimed independent albums of the year and was named New York Magazine's #1 Pop album of 2014. In 2015 Kline signed to Bayonet Records, immediately releasing an EP where she experimented with writing in an electronic setting. The EP Fit Me In was well received and garnered a Best New Track from Pitchfork. Kline then began recording her next album appropriately titled, Next Thing. Like Zentropy, Kline approached Next Thing by fleshing out several old home recordings, and by writing half of the album from scratch. Next Thing explores new emotional and instrumental territory for Kline.