This is the kind of record that makes you wonder why you hadn't been counting the days since she released the last one.ĪLBUM OF THE WEEK #2: The KVB - Unity (Invada)Ĭan coldwave also be warm and welcoming? Manchester duo The KVB say yes.
Great songs abound, including the gently rocking "Just When I Thought" and the dusty title track, but there's real magic on "Darkness to Light" where Doiron's voice dances with Michael Feuerstack's spectacular pedal steel playing. Inhabiting a similar space and feel is Doiron's voice which often spectacularly takes flight but is also vulnerable and always just on the edge of breaking. It's messy but as expressive as any virtuoso solo. The playing on "How Can We," is like someone searching for the right way to articulate their feelings, to decide to trust someone again. Made with Daniel Romano, Ian Romano and Dany Placard, there is a lived-in quality to these songs that leans toward the twangy. This is a fragile, wobbly kind of twang, though, where the guitars bend out of tune in beautiful ways. I Thought of You is an easygoing, charming, start-to-finish treat.
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"There was never a plan, no need to explain / and here I am, starting over again," Julie Doiron sings on "You Gave Me the Key," the opening track on her first solo album in nine years. It's a love song, but it also feels like a status update on her recording career. Doiron, who you may know from Canadian greats Eric's Trip, has stayed busy since 2012's So Many Days - including reuniting with Mount Eerie, making albums with Daniel Romano, and with members of Cancer Bats and Eamon McGrath as Julie and The Wrong Guys - but this is the first with her name front and center and she slides back in like no time has passed. The Eric's Trip singer and Mount Eerie collaborator's first solo album in nine years is a warm, wonderful welcome back This week's reviews are below.ĪLBUM OF THE WEEK #1: Julie Doiron - I Thought of You (You've Changed Records)
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The Indie Basement section of our store is also chock full of titles hand-picked by yours truly, including Beach House, Belle & Sebastian, Slowdive, Dinosaur Jr, Cocteau Twins, LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, Parquet Courts, The Weather Station, Jens Lekman, Protomartyr, Lilys, Broadcast, Spiritualized, Ty Segall, Oasis and more. It's $124 worth of records for $109, grab yours today! You get: My Bloody Valentine's 2013 album mbv, Spiritualized's Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, Jarvis Cocker's Chansons d'Ennui Tip Top (his French covers album companion to Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch), and our exclusive amber vinyl variant of A Certain Ratio's ACR:EPR (only 250 made worldwide). Speaking of record stores, BrookynVegan has one and we've got a special Indie Basement Vinyl Bundle featuring four great records at a discounted price.
Today is also Record Store Day Black Friday and the list of exclusive titles is here. Ferreira, The Filthy Radicals and more in Notable Releases. More Basement-related stuff from this week: I reviewed the first night of LCD Soundsystem's 20-show Brooklyn Steel residency The Bug and Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson are collaborating on music and former Goat Girl bassist Naima Bock releases her very promising debut solo single. Here's what's up: Julie Doiron (Eric's Trip, Mount Eerie) returns with her first solo album in nine years Manchester duo The KVB add a little warmth to their coldwave sound on Unity Jarvis Cocker hands the controls to Hot Chip, Pilooski, David Holmes, Dennis Bovell and more for a remixed version of Beyond the Pale The Soundcarriers announce their first album in eight years and landmark indie compilation C86 get another sequel, this one looking at 1991.įor more new album reviews, Andrew takes on R.A.P.
Happy Thanksgiving Day Weekend! Usually holiday weeks are pretty light on new releases, but this is a pretty good Indie Basement and includes at least one record that is likely to show up on my end-of-the-year list.