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Silverbell. Robin Guthrie
Sometimes music is given away for free. Do not ask me why but the artist Robin Guthrie is giving away or better "name your price" a few songs over the coming weeks. Songs that did not find a place on his albums and were lying around, orphaned as it were. Not any more. But, be aware, the songs will disappear from his Bandcamp page as sudden as they appeared.
Silverbell is an instrumental track, that can be listened to with ease. It's soft, free flowing with light sounds all over. It's central melody is simply pleasant. The kind of music to meditate to, it holds nothing shocking, nothing obtrusive. Music that just is. Mind, this is different from the music sometimes played in elevators to ease the mind. Silverbell is of a soft and delicate beauty.
A new song that is an old song? Yes, Little Bird was released as Lizzy's new single but started out as a song eleven years ago. Only now it has found it's true form with some help from her brother Simon. Lizzy or Lise Reyners, has featured on this blog several times by now. First with her band FELIZ, then as a solo artist and with Little Bird she returns. It is a serious song, bare and mostly electronic. A keyboard playing a bare chord is the basis, over which synths and electronic drums are mixed. Lizzy sings Little Bird seriously as well. She is dreaming of somewhere far away, something new carried towards on the wings of this little bird, high up in the sky. Dreaming is the right description for Little Bird. The music matches the mind wandering away. Lizzy surprises me a little, as this song, once again, is so different from the previous one.
Little Bird is a part of a project. one song a day in the whole month of September. You can listen to more, #amonthasongaday here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyTIQGzE6MH2zXgR7GfRQZhnTSFh39miW
Accompanied by a video that certainly is worthwhile watching, Pip Blom releases a new single that shows exactly where the band is at this point in its career. It doesn't surprise but certainly shows how good the band is. You Don't Want This is alternative pop gem. The song undeniably holds this pop element within it that makes it quite irresistible. It combines this pop feel with Nirvana-style guitar playing and a strong rhythm keeping it away from the grunge Nirvana was known for. Within the song there are a few strong melodies. The lead guitar has one all through the verses, the chorus is glorious all by itself. Like I said, Pip Blom shows where it is at and how!
Let's make some noise here. With Crawl In Pieces Beachdog presents itself to the world. The new band and latest Snowstar Records signed band leaves no doubts about its intentions. All new Beachdog is not as it has the singer in its ranks who went viral after catching a plastic cup filled with and drinking that beer in mid-air while crowdsurfing during a festival. David Achter de Molen was part of John Coffey until the band, out of the blue stopped on the brink of what might have been a breakthrough to a larger audience than just metal fans.
Crawl In Pieces is a rock song that sounds familiar in many ways but also a song that I notice is so good. There's nothing not to like about it. It has a great inner dynamics. Starting softer but already containing the release within the softer parts. Predictable? Yes, of course, but so right and so well done. It has a great melody, not to speak of that voice, befitting this music. It has a pop element that makes it easy to memorise and to sing along to and it has a touch of mystery, inviting to want to hear more in the future. With an EP coming up in November that more will be shared soon. If I'm to drop some names, I'd say this song is the ideal mix between Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Live. Yes, all bands from the 90s.
On 11 November Lionlimb releases its new album, 'Spiral Groove'. In the meantime we are allowed to listen to a new single taken from the album. Ultraviolet is to be the final song on 'Spiral Groove' and I can imagine why that is. The ultra soft pop song slowly builds up to a more present song, to end in a cooldown like after working out in the gym. In the bio it is mentioned that Stewart Bronaugh, who is Lionlimb, had to recover from a stroke. I can only try to imagine how life-changing this experience must be for someone so young. In Ultraviolet it has led to a song that is more open than the songs on Lionlimb's previous album 'Tape Recorder'. Ultraviolet is the kind of song that does not offend and may be enjoyed by most people in the world. 'Tape Recorder' was, in all its delicacy, far more confrontational for that. I have not heard the album yet, but Ultraviolet certainly is a great taster.
Wout de Natris
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