Wake In June – Crush These Bars & More

It’s been a busy few days on Bandcamp for Wake In June who are currently in lockdown in their native Padua. First up is the new single Crush These Bars which jangles around the confused words. You can get this one from here. Next up is their contribution to the Z Tapes compilation Hope For European Bedrooms which is a fundraiser for, as the name suggests European based bedroom pop artists. The track is called Same Fear and I like the programming and the shimmering sounds on this one especially as the song reaches it’s conclusion. Hope For European Bedrooms … Continue reading Wake In June – Crush These Bars & More

Loners – Phantom/Stay

Two fine slabs of excellent instrumental dreampop/indiepop for you today courtesy of, new to me, Loners. This is blissful stuff with both tracks quickly grabbing my attention and I soon wane to everything else around me. Stay reminds me of a hundred different things yet maintains it’s originality whilst Phantom sounds like the perfect start and/or end to every mixtape (erm sorry playlist) you have ever made. Available, as ever, on bandcamp. I have been investigating further and Honey, taken from the recent album Happy People II, is as beautiful a track as you are likely to hear in 2017. … Continue reading Loners – Phantom/Stay