Adam Balbo - The Jester (2012)

Bandcamp

Lastfm

8.9

/Singer-songwriter, Alt-folk, Folk indie, Punk folk/

Comment: Adam Balbo is a singer-songwriter from Indiana, USA whose recent, short-running album (less than a half hour in total) used to entice the listener with an entertaining set of 9 folk (and punk-influenced?)-tinged ditties. Indeed, it is a half hour of burbly key and tempo changes, cymbals-backed washes and Balbo`s jaunty vocal sprawling carelessly over all of it. And there is a  permanent rush for catchy harmonies and melodies throughout the course. On the other side, Do What You Do is a tad bit yearning composition which hooked me the most. By the way, if to follow Bandcamp-based logic The Jester is Balbo`s 10th album (the first album Nothing In Particular harks back to the year of 2001). In a word, he can be considered an expert singer-songwriter who does have his own individuality and touch.

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So I`m An Islander - Woodwork (2012)

Hidden Vibes

Bandcamp

Lastfm

9.1

/New Weird Denmark, Chamber folk, Folk indie, Experimental folk, Weird folk, Indie folk, Dream folk, Modern classical, Mood music, Neoclassical/

Comment: this one-man-project hails from Aarhus, Denmark being the nom de plume for Søren Nissen Jørgensen, who originally comes out of the small town of Augustenborg located on the island of Als, Denmark. A more curious fact is that Jørgensen`s some song titles are written in Southern Jutlandic, a dialect of Danish. Jørgensen`s debut album consists of 14 pieces which will ultimately be ended up at 51.50. Consequently it does mean there should be enough room to progress and extend through ghostly but thoughtful piano chords and either sparkly indie folk or halcyon orchestrations gliding across blissed-out,
gravitation-free meadows to slightly luminous points far away. More generally, the album can be considered an example of organic drift between chamber and dream (boreal) folk tendencies, (modern) classical templates and neoclassical ripples. Frequently his audible (and imaginable) aesthetics reminds of Oskar Hallbert, an eremite living in the woods of Sweden. The album contains an array of teasers. In a word, Jørgensen is a country boy being faithful yet slightly modifying and interpreting his roots.

Delaykliniken - Young (2012)

Camomille

Bandcamp

Lastfm

8.8

/New Wave, Synth pop, Electronic pop, Poptronica, Alternative, Dark pop/

Comment: this batch of 4 tracks is produced by the Swedish trio Delaykliniken comprising Johan Svenson (vocals, music), Mikael Fyrek (music), and Max Sokoleski (music). Their sound is heavily steeped in the syntheticness of the 80s (New Wave, synth pop, New Romanticism) and David Sylvian-esque tortured and gloomy reverie mixed vocal lines by Svensson. It might be a track , Failed, used to show up a more contemporary club dance-centered progression. Retrodelic? Indeed.

Lingua Lustra - Open Up