The Friday’s tune comes form Belgium band Great Mountain Fire. This past week I’ve given their album Canopy more plays than is good for one’s health, but it’s ok as the album is that good.
It’s got an indie folk vibe, with some group vocals thrown in for good measure. The album is so damm catchy I found it hard to choose just one song, so instead here’s two songs from the band to kick start your weekend. ‘Crooked Head’ and ‘Late Lights’
Dead Man’s Bones is the music project of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields, their debut album (of the same title) was released back in 2009. I was definitely intrigued by this project when I first heard about it, two handsome movie stars making a concept album about zombies and monsters falling in love.
Sounds crazy, but oh boy does it work. I revisited the album whilst traveling this Christmas, and Pa Pa Power is one song I haven’t been able to stop listening since then. It should help close out your weekend on a mellow note.
Check out the rest of the album if you can. Still not convinced? If more convincing is needed then simply watch this.
We’re taking on a slight change of pace with this Weekend’s Tunage, and a step back to 2006. An album that I’ve gone back to over the past few weeks is Midlake’s The Trials of Van Occupanther, a classic no frills indie/folk rock album. ‘Young Bride’ is my hands down favorite. Before there was Fleet Foxes, Midlake were top of the pile for me – turn this up, it’ll ease your weekend into goodness.
It’s hard to believe that ‘Family’ is The Cast of Cheers first proper debut single. The band have been on many an Irish fans radar since they released their debut EP Chariot as a free download on bandcamp back in 2010. They’re a band that all of us felt had an insane amount of potential, so it’s great to see them get a traditional label release. On the back of this news, I spent the evening delving back into Chariot, it’s still sounding just as good and exciting two years later.
‘Family’ is to be released on 20th February 2012 on School Boy Error/Cooperative Music.
Jape has also completed a remix of the track, which you can download for free below.
Pat Grossi, better know as Active Child, is having a pretty exciting summer. After a lot of build up, this August saw the release of his debut album You Are All I See (which I previously wrote about here). The same month he also kicked off his first headline tour in North America. Double Win. The tour saw Active Child make a stop off in Toronto to play The Garrison on September 14th, I popped over to the venue to have a chat with Pat before the show.
Settling down to a beer at The Lakeview, my favorite diner in Toronto, we got to talking about the process behind his album, life on tour, and getting Pat to visit Ireland!
