nocturnal weeks: returning as the heron king in a flock of cranes...

Two essays down, one to go. My brain is fried.
So I figured its time to make another brief post
as a lot of new music has been leaked this week.
I'll take the time to make an actual mix again soon.

So the new St.Vicent album (Actor) leaked, and I've been quite enjoying it (and fantasize and muse over her).

St. Vincent - The Strangers
St. Vincent - Just The Same But Brand New
St. Vincent - Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood
St. Vincent - The Party

The enigmatic band The Shivers have a new album out. I can't really put my on their style, which in the past has been synth-dance and at other times springsteenish ballads. So here are two new songs and two old ones...

The Shivers - Cold In The Morning #2
The Shivers - Just Didnt Need To Know
The Shivers - Soho Party
The Shivers - Beauty

Also, two new live Beirut tracks surfaced and, continueing with my love for Balkan brass an Adrian Orange track whose lyrics I love.

Beirut - East Harlem
Beirut - La Javanaise (for some reason I think this is a serge gainsburg cover but im not sure)
Adrian Orange & Her Band - Fire Dream

I really need to make a trip out to Montreal soon for music and friends. Tune-Yards is the Merrill Garbus who is the ukulele player in Sister Suvi (who, unfortunately a has members in the train wrecks called Islands) who remind me of a less cock-rock Bad Company and at others they seems to channel the Velvet Underground and Yard Birds.

Tune-Yards - News
Tune-Yards - When You Tell Lions
Sister Suvi - Golden
Sister Suvi - The Lot
Sister Suvi - Lightning Train

Clues are also from Montreal and have a new self-titled album out. The band is Alden Penner (formerly of the Unicorns) and Brendan Reed (formerly of the Arcade Fire) and a host of other musicians who i'm sure have been in bands but I too lazy to google...

Clues - Perfect Fit
Clues - Cave Mouth
The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost
The Unicorns - Jellybones

Wooden Birds is the new project by American Analog Set frontman Andrew Kenny. Being a huge fan of AmAnSet I not sure if I'm sold on his new project yet, but in time I assume I will be.

Wooden Birds - Quit You Once
Wooden Birds - Never Know
Wooden Birds - Hailey
American Analog Set - Haily (demo0
American Analog Set - Hard To Find

Scottish folk balad singer Alasdair Roberts has a new album (Spoils) out. To be honest I had forgot all about his work, he puts music to old poems or re-works folk ballads, and was pleasantly surprised when he popped back into my memory (plus it reminds me a lot of bonnie prince billy, who Roberts has collaborated with). I actually emailed him once for an album many years ago and he sent me two albums with a very nice hand written note, quite the guy. Here's on track of the new album and two old ones I love.