Arthur Beatrice are back with the hypnotic rhythms and soft sounds which drip their way into your mind, making sure you don’t notice when they sing about the devastation of falling out of love and “becoming someone else’s tongue, coughing up blood”.
ungle announced themselves to the world with the eminently danceable groove that was Platoon, but on the reverse side of that debut single is the flirtatious slow-jam Drops.
Back in March she collaborated with Dev Hynes on the slow sensual groove of Unravel, and now she’s back with the subtle electronic delight of Cold Front. It’s going to be a big year.
Just a couple of days after I found my groove listening to Sydney-based producer Isaac Tichauer‘s Take Over You (thanks Jamila), the fine folks at French Express have decided to give away his whole Take Over You EP for the fine price of free. You can’t help but love a label like French Press, who so consistently release highly acclaimed records for free to the masses.
In my head, pop music heralding from Japan (J-Pop) has always sat somewhere near to K-Pop in cutesy, infantilising oddness. There are plenty of great Japanese bands and producers out there, but the pop scene has always been somewhat of a mystery to me. And then came Cuushe.