One newest collaboration is Bell Horses, comprising of singer/songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs and electronica/producer extraordinaire Xian Hawkins (aka Sybarite). If we fans get lucky, they might even record a song or two, maybe even an EP or an entire album! Collaborations can result in amazing work – (give me one person who dislikes The Postal Service or Broken Social Scene) – which is usually a recipe incorporating styles and abilities from all parties involved.
They tweet each other, hang out together, go to each other’s gigs, plug each other’s latest albums… and sometimes even get together for a jam. One of the perks of an established musician is the social networking. MP3 ♫ Laura Veirs – I Can See Your Tracks It almost seems as if she’s gone back to the original genre she started with but showing a much more experienced, matured sound, which she might have lacked back then, but excels in now. Choosing a more delicate sound with heavy harmonies and lots of string backing, these first two songs have a slightly more country-folk feel. Thankfully for us, she’s made two peachy tracks available as a free download, called the July Flame Overture.īoth songs have a gentler, more subtle tone to them than some of her more recent work. Glad to see she’s sticking to her successful ‘theme’ formula. This time, the album is based on the five senses and emotions of summer, with the title’s name inspired by delicious peaches she bought during a blazing summer’s day from a market stall called July Flame. Now she’s set to unleash her eighth studio release July Flame in early 2010, on her own shiny new label, ‘Raven Marching Band Records’ and once again Tucker Martine is at the helm in production. Her approach is dreamy and quixotic, with simple yet endearing vocals and beautiful lyrics, laid against an ever-melodic soundtrack. Laura doesn’t write your regular over cooked love songs. She also found the time to collaborate with The Decemberists on their track ‘Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)’. Working closely with producer Tucker Martine through the rest of her career, Laura began writing alternative-folk ‘theme’ albums, based on elements – Troubled By The Fire, Carbon Glacier, Year Of Meteors and Saltbreakers – fire, ice, air and water respectively. When she finally did, she created a self-titled, country-folk, acoustic debut which she would later retract from sales, considering it “not the sound” she was going for. Originally from Colorado, longstanding folk favourite Laura Veirs apparently didn’t start listening to, or playing music until into her 20’s. (right click > save/download link target) MP3 ♫ The Leaves Fell, Like I Did For You Mixed with love by Nat 3-D, October 2009 (66.6 mb)
Mike Dunn & The Kings Of New England – Princeton The Jealous Girlfriends – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Smiths Cover) The Voluntary Butler Scheme – Trading Things In The Feelies – The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness To commemorate this magical change in scenery, I’ve whipped up an Autumn 2009 mixtape The Leaves Fell, Like I Did For You.
The summery electro-pop gets pushed aside to make room for some belly warming indie/folk, more in keeping with the weather and our increasingly reflective moods. As the leaves change colour, so does our music habits.
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