EDASI - Daytime (2011)

EDASI

9.5

/Noise, Black metal, Acousmatics, Dark ambient, Ambient noise, Psycho-acoustic, Psychedelic, DIY, Lo-fi, Experimentalism, Avant-garde, Non music/

Comment: did you know that noise music can be very sensitive in some cases? Especially if it is blended with restraint black metal (at the first sight), solemn psychedelic droning, and off-beat minimalistic yet obsessive incantations. Indeed, such sort of formula can be pulled out from within a 6-track release made by Mihkel Kleis, an Estonian noisenik previously known as the frontman of the retrodelic prog/fusion group Luarvik Luarvik (1998-2010). The outlet is consistent and steady by any means. A superb album which, in the first place, is thought for all of those melomans having been attracted to the ideas of underground black metal, extreme ambient, and lush noise music. (By the way, EDASI has been known due to its frenetic, improvised live shows since the first half of 00s where Kleis used to interplay with an ever-changing cast of musicians).

The Freak Fandango Orchestra - Tales Of A Dead Fish (2011)

Jamendo
The Freak Fandango Orchestra
Lastfm

9.1

/Folk punk, Balkan music, Ethnic punk, Brass pop, Alternative pop, World music/

Comment: TFFO is a 6-piece combo from Barcelona, Spain providing a frenetic, essentially cheerful mix of Balkan, and Gypsy music in the mist of punk-ish attitude being directly influenced by the music of Goran Bregovic, Emil Kusturica And No Smoking Orchestra, and Gogol Bordello. There are represented two versions of a song called Hitman`s Lovesong which is a restless bypass which should be repeated again and again.

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Brown Recluse - Panoptic Mirror Maze (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Indie pop, Alternative pop, Dream pop, Psychedelia, Brass pop, Experimental indie/

Comment: this is a buoyant and dashing indie pop album embellished with psychedelic keyboards and suggestive brass sections above and around the middle layers consisting of...keyboards and programmed beats. At times it is heavy...heavily easy getting close to cheerful bossa nova and ye-ye developments. On the other side, by its electronic keyboard-laden sound this 9-track issue reminds of White Candles, another combo from Philadelphia, sharing some co-members with each other. Furthermore, there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Belle & Sebastian, The Concretes, A Sunny Day In Glasgow. In a nutshell, Brown Recluse offers up a pop model, a kind of ideal pop music model. Cheers!

Possimiste - Star Caesar (2011)

Possimiste
Lastfm

9.7

/Avant-pop, Experimental indie, Musique concrète, Electronic pop, Bedroom pop/

Comment: Possimiste is one of the best pop prominencies popped out from the Estonian underground scene in 10s. Star Caesar is a song which is quite different from her other, highly dream-bruished, faery notches. More concretely, however, you can see how Ariel Pink-esque timeless bedroom pop meets the sensuality of Jane Birkin, and actually it involves much more you have no proper words to describe it for. Excellente. That`s all.

The Anarchist Pizza Society - No Gods, No Slices (2011)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.6

/Anti-folk, Alternative, Folk punk, Lo-fi, DIY/

Comment: it is pizza anarchy conjured up by Connor Griffin, and Kayla Bastos. Strumming guitars, accidental harmonica-relied forays, some snippets of banjos and tambourines are up there to create a catchy blend of folk-ish punk, anti-folk, and distinctive kind of lo-fi music. Two Ships sounds like a track produced by Radiohead. However, the heart throb of mine is Baby, O Baby (Slice Slice) sung by Bastos involving the best elements of the American roots music. Pizza anarchy?

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