Laura Gibson - Goners - VINYL LP

Laura Jean - Laura Jean [VINYL LP] date 08/22/2014

Hole Erth, Chaz Bear's eighth full-length studio record as Toro y Moi, is the genre shapeshifter's most unexpected and bold move to date, with Bear diving headlong into rap-rock, Soundcloud rap and Y2K emo. The album blitzes anthemic pop-punk next to autotuned, melancholic rap - two genres that inform one another now more than ever before - and packs in the most features ever on a Toro y Moi album. A sense of nostalgia sneaks it's way into almost every Toro y Moi , but angst is an emotion that Bear has never intentionally explored the way he does here. Tracks like InchTuesday' channel a specific, yet forever-relatable sense of adolescent unease. A distorted guitar riff leads into a repeating chorus that conjures misunderstood teenagers singing aloud, maybe too loud, while riding bikes through American suburbs. This foreboding can also be heard on InchHOV, Inch though not without poking some fun with lines like InchRomance is so cold / My advice? To bring a coat.InchBear has the energy, but is acutely aware that his energy isn't forever. At a time when the internet is blending multiple genres into one at an increasingly rapid pace, Bear accomplishes the rare feat of keeping up with the contemporary alternative listener. Constantly changing, evolving and experimenting is the heart of Toro y Moi, and on Hole Erth Bear challenges but also reclaims himself, embracing the myriad sounds and eras that formed him, while crashing new worlds together. Album Tracks 1. Walking in the Rain 2. CD-R 3. Hov 4. Tuesday 5. Hollywood 6. Reseda 7. Babydaddy 8. Madonna 9. Undercurrent 10. Off Road 11. Smoke 12. Heaven 13. Starlink

Vinyl LP pressing. 2016 , the third studio album by Liverpudlian singer/songwriter Laura J Martin. On The Never Never tells of the disconnect she felt when returning home to Liverpool to find that all individuality had been erased and replaced by gleaming empty flats. A chance conversation with Lambchop's Matt Swanson and Tony Crow proved fruitful and they planted the seeds of an idea in Martin's head that Inchrecording in Nashville and working with Mark Nevers was a real possibilityInch. Swanson and Crow join the all-star band for On The Never Never alongside Silver Jews' Brian Kotzur on drums and The Jesus Lizard's Duane Denison reviving Fame-era Jimmy Johnson on electric guitar. Shot through with wit and humor alongside the sociopolitical themes - one of the characters talks of bleaching toilets and taking trips to Lanzarote - On The Never Never skips through waltz timings, bears influences from Scott Walker to the Compass Point Allstars and picks up a guest vocal from Benjamin Zephaniah along the way. With On The Never Never, Martin has produced a hopeful record, full of joy, beauty and tongue in cheek looks at those in charge. Album Tracks 1. Everything You Know 2. Do It 3. I Can't Bear to Feel Myself Forgotten 4. A Deliberate Man 5. That's the Way 1. On the Never Never 2. Green Grey Grim 3. It's a Stumper 4. My Landing Place 5. Nowhere Else