5 Tewns Vol.2

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I try to do these weekly, but it’s summer holidays and, with the kids off, it’s more likely that there are weeks when my audio landscape consists less of musical excellence than it does skibidee toilet, crazy frog or the incessant scrolling of my eldest son’s social media feed. That said, it’s 30 degrees, there’s a light breeze and life is good. Here are five bits that I’ve been enjoying this week…

Panic Shack – Gok Wan

Wicked calorie count, critical punk stuff from Cardiff’s finest. This transports me back to the bottom of the Bay, Aberystwyth, late 90s and makes me feel young again, which I’m not, obviously.

Holden & Zimpel – Time Ring Rattles

Top-drawer, spiralling, ecstatic brilliance from the ever-wonderful James Holden and Wacław Zimpel. I’ve been on the veranda in the early morning sun, listening to this while watching the mist on the mountains dissipate… which is nice!

Cindy Lee – Demon Bitch

Another veranda anthem from Toronto’s Cindy Lee. This time, lo-fi, blissed-out, autumnal, countrified folk is the order of the day—phase-shifted, tape-noise textures all grimy and warm. It transports you.

R. D. Burman – Birth Of Shiva

Taken from Naya Beat’s excellent compilation Original Soundtrack Recordings From the Archives of CBS Gramophone & Tapes India. Another majestic mountain-viewing soundtrack—the greatest yet, as it goes. Spiralling strings and voices lift my chubby body skyward. Absolutely epic, as the birth of any god should be.

 Lord Of The Isles – Opalescent

As excitement grows for the new release from Lord of the Isles, Signals Aligned, this gorgeous little intro has dropped on Bandcamp, and I can’t get enough of it

That’s it for this week! diolch

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