YES! The second song from the Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak) and Jon Ehrens (White Life) collaboration Dungeonnesse. “Shucks” is the opening track to the upcoming S/T LP out on May 14th (via Secretly Canadien). This is a straight up classic R&B jam. I’m in awe. I’m going out on a limb to say this might be one of my favorite albums of the year so far, eventhough I’ve only heard two tracks from it.
Awesome Porcelain Raft! As Nirvana covers go…this one is pretty damn good:
mp3: Porcelain Raft – Come As You Are (Nirvana Cover)
Way Yes are putting out a new album, Oranjudio, via Lefse on October 18th and this is the coastal jam that Stereogum just premiered:
mp3: Way Yes – Automail
Further proof that Bradford Cox can do no wrong – this dreamy track off Atlas Sound’s upcoming Parallax (out on 4AD on Novemeber 8th):
mp3: Atlas Sound – Te Amo
Mood Rings continue the dream sequence with something that has shades of The Smiths twisting through that forest of reverb and echo. Their new 7″ is out now via Double Phantom.
mp3: Mood Rings – Promise Me Eternity
Schwarz gets a handshake from me for taking a track (“Time Is Wasting“) from one of my favorite 2011 albums (White Life‘s S/T) and chilling it out even more. Sweetness.
This video has me reaching back and cranking up White Life’s S/T electronic pop ballad R&B throwback clasher from earlier this year. More on that here.
Get the LP from Ehse Records here.
Video via CRYBABY PRESENTS.
Baltimore’s White Life, the project of John Ehrens with the help of sister Emily Ehrens, has produced a debut album that completely hits my sweet spot. Growing up in the 80s, I hold that era of music in high regard – White Life drops electronic pop ballads that bleed the neon synth, but retain some real beauty – never getting to a kitschy aspect that many retro bands unfortunately do. I feel like I’m listening to Madonna’s True Blue re-mastered under the hot and humid Baltimore sun. Yeah, I went there. Its totally like that. At least the female vocal led numbers. When John’s sporting the mic, there’s still a similar flavor…like a Depeche Mode or Erasure type vibe, but bristled with that east coast funk sensibility (and a little old school hip-hop flavor on “Flirp”). Yeah, awesome. The duo also gets some allstars on board – Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak helps out on the vocal harmonies and production as well as Chris Freeland, Andrew Bernstein, Dave Fell, Mark Brown, and Grayson Brown. White Life’s S/T LP is out now via Ehse Records – go get it.
mp3: White Life – Time Is Wasting
mp3: White Life – Second Look
