Sorry for all the technical troubles here this past week. It's unfortunate (and unusual). We're still trying to get all our troubles hammered out and apologize for any hiccups. Fingers crossed that everything will be better soon.
Moderat - "Rusty Nails". The dark treacle of these vocals is at first too sweet, but Sascha Ring's singing resolves itself into something that recalls Elbow's Guy Garvey. (This is good.) There's nothing else here to remind you of Elbow, however: it's dubstep skitter, looming synths, the wail of an empty city. It's not quite beautiful - and also not quite lost. [buy]
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Elsewhere:
I highly recommend the first MP3 from Shearwater's upcoming Golden Archipelago, "Castaways".
I'm also really smitten with Portishead's new song, "Chase the Tear". It's tense, upbeat and kraut - and I can't get enough of it. Alas, it's an Amnesty charity single, and Amnesty are wonderful, and so I won't post it here - but please don't hesitate to buy the song here.
Posted by Sean at December 17, 2009 6:11 PMyes yes yes. this track is awesome.
Posted by: humble pie at December 18, 2009 5:35 AMOh good. I loved that Portishead track, was surprised I didn't hear much response about it.
Posted by: Luke at January 28, 2010 9:54 PM