New Colors - The Sacred Trap

A few months ago I made a post about New Colors remixing our Collocational Time Systems. He has just released a new album titled "The Sacred Trap". The atmosphere is really nice on this. A lot of forest-suggesting sounds, delay on rhyhthms, reverb everywhere, and a nice flowing mood to the whole thing. There is some electronic characteristics to The Sacred Trap, but it is balanced with a good amount of acoustic organic sounds. If you're in the mood for some good ambience, or have liked our past posts about Forest Clay or Soft Circle, I would recommend getting this release.

New Colors - Subtle Changes

New Colors - Big Day (At The Parade) pt. 1

myspace/new colors

download/new colors

Sumsun

LAKE LIFE

Sumsun is Judson Rogers currently residing in Tuxedo, North Carolina. I downloaded a first run thru of a collection of songs called LAKE LIFE--a full-length release that is expected to be out early 2010. This stuff is really good almost modernizing 80s, glowing synths with big beats; the mix is very punchy and loud. There is definitly a House feel to this stuff too. I'm waiting to hear more about Sumsun when the album comes out you'll know.

Sumsun - Listen

Sumsun - Do You Drive?

myspace/sumsun

download/sumsun

Viernes

This is probably my new favorite band, it's too bad their album isn't out yet. Viernes is Alberto Hernandez & Sean Moore out of Winter Park, Florida. Their sound is heavy on ambience and feel good melodies, with carefully crafted noises used sparingly in waves of blissful timbre. On top of that, their videos are seriously amazing, I can't say enough good about this band, experience for yourself:



Viernes -- Swimmer's Ear

Viernes "Swimmer's Ear" from Nathan Schroeder on Vimeo.

Viernes "Liquid Tunnel" from Charles Bergquist on Vimeo.

they have more songs up on their page...
they say "SINISTER DEVICES will be the title of our upcoming debut LP slated to be released early 2010" , then an EP...once they find the right label. keep checking back.

birdfeeder

bleep bloop wavey synths glitch in harmony. birdfeeder // experimental idm project from this dude grant. he's doing his thing in gainesville, florida. real nice mix for the studio tracks and the live ones are really engaging, live electronics. i'd be interested in what an entire album would sound like // we'll stay tuned.

totally nebular and we are playing with birdfeeder december 28th in gainesville at the daacha gallery.

birdfeeder -cricket, spider, snake, hawk
birdfeeder - cloud chemistry (live)

myspace/birdfeeder
download/birdfeeder

railcars

Recently I downloaded "Cities Vs. Submarines" by railcars, the experimental project of Aria Jalali out San Fran/LA California. I had found railcars randomly one day when browsing through kria brekkan's friends on myspace. The music is all really bit-crushed lofi sounding, and all melodic indie melodies. At some points it reminds me of Sunset Rubdown with less rock and more noise, and all about electronics.

The two songs featured are from the release "Cities Vs. Submarines", I have linked to his newest release as well, titled "Cathedral With No Eyes". The live shows seem to be pretty amazing, with his friend Sam Farzin adding to the music and his friend Fez working the visuals. If you're in California you can catch some of railcars' last performances in November, a few in January, and then a whole European tour.

railcars - there is ice; it is blue

railcars - bohemia is without a sea

myspace/railcars

buy/railcars

download/railcars

Houston Davis Jones - Projected Living

Projected Living is the second release from Houston Davis Jones--a composer from West Palm Beach, Florida. The album is layered with intricate instrumentation and the lyrics are themed with the concept of well.."projected living". Each song on Projected Living has incredible arrangements. The two songs featured are probably my favorite on the album, both create such vivid moods; the way they flow from one to the next is soooo good.

1 Baktun Makanda
2 Projected Living
3 Everything, Forever
4 Song For The Sun
5 Time Heals All Wounds
6 Eyes Of A Dreamer
7 Course Of Conversation
8 We Are Who We Are
9 Together (As Friends Or As Lovers)
10 In Good Time
11 Living Projected
12 Breaking Waves, Passing Clouds...

Houston Davis Jones -- Living Projected
Houston Davis Jones -- Breaking Waves, Passing Clouds...

myspace/houstondavisjones
download/houstondavisjones

Summer Make Good

Múm - Summer Make Good

A satisfying and really themed follow-up to Finally We Are No One before Kría Brekkan left the band.

1. Hú Hviss - A Ship
2. Weeping Rock, Rock
3. Nightly Cares
4. The Ghosts You Draw On My Back
5. Stir
6. Sing Me Out The Window
7. The Island of Children's Children

8. Away

9. Oh, How the Boat Drifts

10. Small Deaths Are the Saddest

11. Will the Summer Make Good for All of Our Sins?

12. Abandonded Ship Bells

Múm - Weeping Rock, Rock
Múm - The Island of Childrens Children

Run DMT

Run DMT is an experimental project out of Baltimore, Maryland. I downloaded Run DMT's Bong Voyage a few weeks ago, it's a collection of songs a minute long on average; each is a pretty good idea and the short length keeps it from being a long drown. The mix is low quality, which works for Run DMT's style, but at times it's a little distracting. There is an interesting blend of euphoric ambience, psychedelic, and pop to these tracks, and the whole thing is pretty cohesive without everything sounding completely the same.

Run DMT - Wacky Delly

Run DMT - baby

Run DMT - ramona

myspace/rundmt

download/rundmt

tree hopping - how pragmatic EP

how pragmatic,
apples, listen plain: growing taller, standing thin, brown race horses

tree hopping is the solo effort of Gabriel Berrios from Totally Nebular; his newest release "how pragmatic..." is characterized by his melodic guitar riffs and home-studio-like rhythms and keyboards. This is worth checking out; if you like it, the rest of his catalog is for free download on his myspace.

tree hopping - tweet o' weet toot toot

tree hopping - it's not like you can have a real dream

myspace/treehopping
download/treehopping

Air France

Air France
No Way Down EP

1 Maundy Thursday
2 June Evenings
3 Collapsing at Your Doorstep
4 No Excuses
5 No Way Down
6 Windmill Wedding

Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep


myspace/airfrance
buy/airfrance

Fleet Foxes

1. Sun It Rises
2. White Winter Hynmal
3. Ragged Wood
4. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
5. Quiet Houses
6. He Doesn't Know Why
7. Heard Them Stirring
8. Your Protector
9. Meadowlarks
10. Blue Ridge Mountain
11. Oliver James

Fleet Foxes have blown up in this past year. They have a good variation to folk, mountain music for sure.





Fleet Foxes - Oliver James

Celebration

1. War
2. Diamonds
3. Holiday
4. Foxes
5. China
6. Lost Souls
7. Ancient Animals
8. Tonight
9. New Skin
10. Good Ship
11. Stars





Celebration - Diamonds

myspace/celebration
buy/celebration

Forest Clay - Vernal Pools

Forest Clay is the solo effort of Eddie Roqueta from Totally Nebular. He released Vernal Pools earlier this year on CD and Tape. The mixing and mastering on this release is impressive having done it all himself.

Forest Clay - Nook
Forest Clay - Dangled In, A Hawk

myspace/forestclay
download/forestclay

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

You guys may have heard this by now. Good stuff, similar tropicalness El Guincho brings but more organic, reportedly 10 to 12 musicians for one of their sets. They just got signed to IAMSOUND.

Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel

myspace/foolsgold

buy/foolsgold

Soft Circle

FULL BLOOM

Hisham Akira Bharoocha of Black Dice and Lightning Bolt. I like his solo project the best this is so good. Good imagination.

1. Ascend
2. Moon Oar Sunrise
3. Sundazed
4. Stones and Trees
5. Shimmer
6. Whirl
7. Earthed



Soft Circle - Ascend
Soft Cirlce - Sundazed


myspace/softcircle
buy/softcircle (sale price: $5!)
*note: 2 songs to preview, please support the artist buy the album or pay for a show or something if you can.

Dirty Projectors

Rise Above

1What I See
2No More
3Depression
4Six Pack
5Thirsty and Miserable
6Police Story
7Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
8Spray Paint (The Walls)
9Room 13
10Rise Above
11Untitled

The arrangements on each song are very original.
Dirty Projectors - Depression

myspace/dirtyprojectors
buy/dirtyprojectors

Collocational Time Systems Remix

New Colors is a sort of electronic, minimalist side project from Travis of Visions In Caves, an experimental band from Birmingham, Alabama. Travis made a remix of Hear Hums' Collocational Time Systems, splicing and rearranging some elements; refreshing for me to hear it a new way.


New Colors - Collocational Time Systems (Hear Hums Remix)


Read what New Colors wrote on his blog.

Apotropaíosong Armor

Apotropaíosong Armor

tracks

01. Skywinnowing

02. Girafeel

03. Kind Mighty Asylum

04. Giddy Walks Through Sand Without Skin On

05. Fondling

06. Biboni

07. Solush

08. Armor

Kría Brekkan - Armor



good sound to feel

Starting blog

Hey guys,
I really like blogs I use to do it a little back a year or so ago but couldn't keep up, the purpose of this blog is just to talk about or get the word out on news of bands I like and also post updates about Hear Hums.

--Mitch