HAUNTED TOURS

The First Loves - Sweet Cliche

She started coming home later than usual. When she was home she hid herself in the spare room. I knew she had lots of work to do so I didn’t mind. But, really, there was nothing I could say. If I said anything, she would give me that look. Then she stopped texting me when she got out of class, when she arrived at friends, etc. She went home to visit her parents one weekend, said she would call me after they had dinner. I expected the call around 9 or 10. I sat around, ate pizza, played a video game, all the while thinking about what was taking her so long. Soon it was midnight, I didn’t understand. I guess I could have called her but I didn’t. Now it was 1, I had work in the morning. I couldn’t wait up any longer. I fell asleep and in the morning there was a message on my phone. I’m sorry, she said, I’ll leave my key with Kevin (our landlord), I’m not coming back, goodbye. 

(btw pretty much every photo I’ve used for my original audio posts has been from this guy, I thank him very much.)

unholyrhythms:

I used ride the train frequently. On those voyages, I’d watch the smoke rise from the factories, the blurred faces, and the stagnant automobiles. As the scenery zoomed by, the music created a beautiful soundtrack in my headphones. They’re now permanent memories, my escaping soundtrack.

Dream Home creates mellow, reflective hazy pop - wonderful daytime retreat music. Handclaps, deep organ tones, and whispered vocals season “Faster Ghost” - creating a meditative, almost decisive song. His resolve is finally realized as the static rises, the organ now playfully carrying the melody, and sounds of guitars peppering the farewell. In that instant you’re ready to leave everything behind. 

Get it at bandcamp.

♪ File under: mellow, electronic, contemplative jamz

theroadgoeseveron:

Latest on Altered Zones | Coma Cinema :: Her Sinking Sun

Following up the release of his debut album, South Carolina’s Coma Cinema is poised to release his second full-length, Blue Suicide, this fall. “Her Sinking Sun” is one of the first cuts off the upcoming album, and it’s a slow-burning gem. Sole member Mat Cothran has blended the abrasive snare that’s featured so heavily on Stone Alone into a background of strings and static to create something that feels like it should be played at the day’s end, right when those last few beams of sunlight flicker above the horizon. While there’s still no official release date forBlue Suicide, it should be out sometime this fall on Wonder Beard Tapes.

mp3 // Coma Cinema - Her Sinking Sun

unholyrhythms:

And then we dreamt about the end of the world. We were the sole survivors of complete destruction. Instead of being devastated, we saw hope in this action. Why did we feel this way? There shouldn’t be solace in annihilation. Panic had not set in. Instead, we lie in the grass - searching the sky for answers.

After much contemplation, we decided to pack up and survey the carnage. Local Winds provided the apocalyptic soundtrack. As we bicycled across the street, sharing headphones, the thumping sounds filled our ears. They reminded me of the waves we used to listen to - how we would observe them frolicking from the distance. I could get lost in this soft noise. 

♪ File under: ambient, electronic, until the end of the world

smokedontsmoke:

Memory Screen = Chester

I’ve been totally washed away this morning by the soothing sounds of Canada’s Memory Screen. Tipped off by Neon Canyon’s twitter, I started listening to their new self titled EP, and have been surprised at how enjoyable it is. The six songs are like one long swim in an ocean of comfort and melody. Cold in only the way where it feels good, warm in all the rest. Complicated; and simply beautiful. Please go grab it.

Can’t suggest this more strongly. Also check out their label Silent Farm, out of Denver, for other great artists and releases. Looks like they have a pretty awesome thing going on.

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boyattractions:

School of Seven Bells: Heart is Strange (Active Child remix)

Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Lefse Records just sent over a stellar remix of SOSB’s “Heart is Strange” crafted by none other than Active Child (Pat Grossi). After brushing up on the clubby, 4AD-styled original (to be had here), I grabbed a pair of headphones and dove right in. With his starry-eyed synth/drum machine combo, Grossi slows the track to a gorgeous, fluttering crawl. The Dehezas’ vocals rise and fall as they sweep through the pulsing wind-tunnel. The track will appear on an Active Child/SOSB split alongside a cover of “I’m In Your Church at Night”. It won’t hit shelves till 10/26, but you can secure a copy here.

School of Seven Bells: Heart is Strange (Active Child remix)

thetechnicolorsleep:

Burning God Little - Cango
Genre: Dream pop/electronic 

I’ve already blagged about Burning God Little aka Martin Hartgen earlier this month (over at No Fear Of Pop); the first electronic “chillwaver” I’ve discovered within the borders of my own homeland. This track is a little more dream poppy than the stuff I’ve posted earlier, and also featured on our recent mixtape. 

Remember to snatch some sweet MP3-s for free here if you haven’t already.  

unouomedude:

This is a remix I did for NazcarNation of their song “Beeswax” off of their Dynazty EP.
This is my first remix so be gentle!

No need for gentleness UNO! Dude’s got the magical touch in 2010. 

unholyrhythms:

Fiveng returns with his second single on the Beachtapes label! The tracks on “Easy” are shimmering, bouncing dream pop accented with celebratory harmonics, glistening synths, and pulsating beats. They’re cheerful, soaring, and sunny with just the right touches of fuzz. As you glide amongst the swirling melodies and sweet hesitant pauses, you realize this is is the sound of your heart falling in love.

“Easy” is now available at bandcamp.

♪ File under: electronic, dream pop, crush pop

LAKE R▲DIO - Magic Eyes

I find an old book at Green Apple. I’ve been looking for this book for years and years. I take it home and begin reading. Turning the pages a long furry finger is stuck near the spine. No, it’s not a finger, it’s a tarantula leg, squirming and nerves still firing. I see that big spider in my mind, crawling naturally out of the forest, creeping up on a couple in the park, one of them leaving this book open. The tarantula makes a home in the book and gets taken back to the couple’s apartment. She becomes their pet even though they don’t know it, feeding on the ink and fibers of the stories. She gets so big from the abundance of food, finally the couple notices her and squashes her and kills her with the book. They are so disgusted by the mess that they throw the book outside and eventually it ends up in an old used bookstore. Furry, natural, bodyless, rhythmic, stretching tarantula leg, welcome to my home. 

Get their new EP Blair at their bandcamp for free by clicking on their name up there, you know how to do it.

unholyrhythms:

Blissed out, kaleidoscopic pop from Texas’ Botany. “Feeling Today” is 100% pure euphoria seasoned with glistening prismic synths. There are many gorgeously coy elements to the song - a richness that unfolds upon repeat listenings. Wind chimes sound, playfully, while a loop twist and winds, interlacing itself with ascending “oooh”s. It’s a bit anthropomorphic - nature manifests itself in the opulent sounds - aurally exposed and taking shape. Pure phantasmagorical intonations.

In a little over month, Western Vinyl will be releasing Feeling Today, a five song EP. Highly recommended.

♪ File under: electronic, chill, i know i’m floating

thetechnicolorsleep:

Anana - The Easy Path
Genre: indie, “underwater pop”

Singer-songwriter Anana aka Anniken from Norway describes her own music as“dypvannspop”; underwater pop, which I think is a pretty accurate description of her deep, echo-like music. In many ways she reminds me of our very own Susanne Sundfør, whom also have managed to take the pop genre up to a whole new level. Anana, however, brings her musicdown below the ocean level, under the crashing waves; only lighten up by the thick sun beams that are breaking through the surface. The sound is different down here.

Free download.

boyattractions:

Λ: Infinity Beach

Halloween’s come early, it seems. At least for Λ and Dream Boat, who just dropped their extra-chilly True Love split on AMDISCS. This is the second split they’ve shared, and sees them fully indulging their warped, ultra-weird tendencies. While Dream Boat’s half drifts through drugged up dirges and bits of quasi-witch-house (I can’t believe I just typed that), Λ continues to bust out heavily modded vocals and deep, dusky club beats. “Infinity Beach” plays less like a song and more like a passage through the depths of hell itself. But, you know, in a good way.

Λ- Infinity Beach

Dream Boat- White Want

deckchairsandcigarettes:

The Cure - Lullaby

I love this song so much

Yes.

Bellman - All That Is Beautiful

It’s difficult to concentrate after your mom calls you and tells you that your father is back in the hospital for another round of chemotherapy. You cancel your next month’s plans, you call in to work and tell them to not to expect you, you forget your friends and after you disappear from the city, they wonder where you’ve been. And when they get your email, which they read on their cell phones while eating breakfast after a night out of drinking, their hearts break for you. 

Bellman’s new album comes out in October. Get it. 

(via TheTechnicolorSleep)

unholyrhythms:

In typical SF fashion, the weather is now warm again. The autumnal equinox means nothing when constant Indian summers are in fashion. Instead of the leaves falling and changing colors, sweat pools and drips as you inch towards comfort. It is during this time that I ache for more buoyant tunes - music that makes me happily embrace the sun kissing my face.

With playful lyrics and hints of psychedelic undertones, Sleep Good*’s harmonies build and overlap to create whimsical melodies. Guitar’s jangle, voices soar, and hushed teases of bells (oh, yes, sleigh bells) ring out as you glide over effulgent, neon pop sounds. Sunny and genial, “Skyclimber” is music you can melt into - perfect for any season.

~ *Recently seen at my new BBF (blogger best friend) Headunderwater ~

♪ File under: dream pop, harmonic, let’s fall in love