How about a seriously feel good tune for this Friday’s Weekend Tunage? ‘Little Talks’ seems to be the perfect song for today. I’ve been whistling this all week long, it’s the first song I’ve been playing when I wake up every morning and I can’t help but leave the house with a giant grin on my face.
‘Little Talks’ is the latest single from Of Monsters and Men’s debut album My Head Is An Animal. Powerful folk pop with the emotion and shouty group vocals to content with the likes of Arcade Fire. The band made their American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel last week, check out their performance below.
My Head Is An Animal is out now. [iTunes]
1904 is the newest track from The Tallest Man On Earth.
I’ve been a fan of Sweden’s Kristian Matsson ever since The King Of Spain. This track is more of the same folksy goodness from the solo artist, which is not a bad thing in my opinion and I enjoyed listening to it.
This new release is the first track from the forthcoming album, There’s No Leaving Now, to be released on 11 June. The Tallest Man On Earth is also playing in Vicar St on 24th October, 2012.
The new HBO show Girls brought me to the discovery of this honest and melancholy song by The Echo Friendly. Jake Rabinbach and Shannon Esper make up the Brooklyn duo, and ‘Same Mistakes’ seems to be the only single that’s been released by them thus far.
If you’re in depression mode as tomorrow is Monday and the weekend is over already, crank this up and wallow in your sadness, at least there’ll be some decent music sountracking it.
At the start of the month I posted about Ms Mr – a NY boy/girl duo whose music I’ve been crushing on. I’ve been wearing out their debut 4-track EP, wondering when some new tunes were on the horizion. Well the wait is over, as today they premiered their new single ‘Hurricane’ over on Disco Naïveté.
Take a listen to the track below…you can download it for free for the price of your email here: msmrsounds.com. It’s a more slicker affair this time around, with the song shining above their previous four tunes. And that voice. Sold.
Ms Mr are set to support Marina & The Diamonds on her upcoming US tour, so keep an eye out.
Passion Pit are back! Today they debut a new song – “Take a Walk”. The track is taken from Gossamer, the band’s follow up album to Manners & Chunk of Change EP. Gossamer will be released on July 24.
Stanigold’s debut album Santogold was the soundtrack to my summer in ’08, and I’ve been a massive fan of the lady since. This week saw the release of her follow up album Master Of My Make Believe, if you haven’t had the chance to check it out – I recommend you get on it, your ears will thank you later. ‘Disparate Youth’, on of the lead tracks from the album is a tune that has been floating around for a while, a blissful slow burning track with attitude in the lyrics to match. The perfect kick start for your weekend.
Check out the video after the jump.
This post serves as a bit of a reminder of sorts. Reptar are a band that we’ve been listening to a lot over the last year, and today they finally released their debut album Body Faucet. 2011 saw the band produce one of my favorite EP’s of the year, Oblangle Fizz Y’all, and I’ve been waiting paitently for their album since then.
Hexes & Ohs are an electro pop duo from Montreal who got in touch with us recently about their album Thank You which is being released on May 22. ‘The Colors’ is the first track to be shared from the album, and it’s available to listen & download for free below.
Their sound is something that’s right up our alley, ‘The Colors’ is a laid back tune that will have you bobbing your head in approval. There’s something almost twee-like with their sound, but I like it. I’ve had a sneak peek of the album, and it’s definitely worth checking out – if you’re a fan of The Whitest Boy Alive, Death Cab for Cutie, or even the super poppy Hellogoodbye (remember them?!), you’ll like Hexes & Ohs.
The album is available to pre-order here. Let us know what you think. Accompanying video for the track is below the jump.
