If you didn’t hear Jensen Sportag’s last full-length release, Stealth of Days, you may not realize they’ve been moving into a territory that feels like it cops some very distinct 80’s production values. This new track, “One Lane Lover”, continues that trend of vaguely familiar bass tropes and forelorn vocals but emerges from the more ethereal styles and feels more in your face (for lack of a better turn of phrase). It’s more up front and more confident. It’s slow groove danceable but still continues to be the solid backdrop for a sexy evening in front of a fireplace with some rare cheese and wine
PUJOL – Youniverse (Preview)
Saddle Creek is previewing bits of the new PUJOL album, Kludge. Check them all out over on their Youtube channel.
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Makith – Rare Meat
Describing minimalist electronic soundscapes is rarely enticing – both in text or speech – but with a good set of headphones I was quite pleased by this collection of sounds from Makith. Most of them are short little journeys but sometimes those are the best trips to make.
Knightmare – Darkness, You Can Not Have Me
Knightmare is a new outfit that rose from the ashes of Mom & Dad – a band that met its demise before its time. Fortunately, this new video and track is hitting on many of the same elements. It totally pleases both the earholes and the eyeballs. Looking forward to hearing more.
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Ascent of Everest – Devil’s Damned to Try OST
Yesterday, I mentioned the new short film Devil’s Damned to Try and then immediately dove into the original soundtrack from Ascent of Everest. It’s a haunting piece of work and works on all the levels that a solid soundtrack should work on – as a standalone work and as a charging backdrop to the onscreen action. All involved should be quite proud of this, it is dramatic in all the right cinematic ways.
Devil’s Damned to Try Trailer
It’s not music per se but the folks behind Critter’s Galaxy recently informed me of their next project  – and it’s a far cry from what they were doing before.  Maybe it’s not an amusing absurdist, intentionally awkward, interview show but it does appear to be a well crafted bit of film. There’s also the official soundtrack from Ascent of Everest but I’m still digesting that, so no official word quite yet.
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Service Unicorn – A Single Thread of Silver
What’s this? A completely earnest electro-pop song with a dark undertone referencing a handful of fantasy undertones? No joke, I can not wait to hear more of this.
Thank you Dave Paulson
for sharing.Â
Well I’ll be damned – here’s the whole album in streaming form. Looks like I spoke without doing enough research. Enjoy Jordan Sings.
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It’s tough to buy an album these days – with all the free streaming options and preview widgets floating around the Internets, who would buy an album, amirite? I implore you to make an exception for Jordan Lehning’s Jordan Sings. If you like harmonies, pop music heavily drenched in Beatles influence, a dash of melancholy and an obvious understanding of the craft of songwriting, you can do no wrong.Â
Long story short, I’m loving this record and it only further confirms my belief that Jordan Lehning is one unbelievable talent.
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Idle Bloom last night at their first show in Nashville. Stoked to see what these good humans do next. It was too much fun traveling with Olivia and Katie in their band before this, Fancytramp, so much respect to those ladies.
Denney and The Jets – “Mama’s Got the Blues”
PASTE premiered the newest track from Denney and the Jets forthcoming full-length, Mexican Coke. Album available April 8th.Â