Boston two-piece Sonnymoon create a strange and intriguing hybrid of R&B, intelligent electronica and ambient textures. As alumni of Berklee College of Music, their influences are rich and diverse, from jazz to dub reggae to avante-garde; and all are expertly executed, stirring these influences into something wholly new and exciting.

The duo balance Dane Orr’s tight, glitchy beats and Anna Wise’s delicate, whispered vocal with perfect poise throughout their eponymous album. The track featured above, Nothing Thought, is a perfect introduction to the album which is also accompanied by this psychedelic video:

Sonnymoon is out on September 17th through Plug Research.

Today we were sent an image of two people wearing a furry bunny head and a fox head. Of course, we took to the blog. Oh, and there’s a glorious, hazy lens flare. TRY AND STOP US WRITING ABOUT THIS.

Don’t get us wrong, we listened to the accompanying track too. It’s effortless and languid as it meanders through hushed vocals, laid back instrumentation and that hooky chorus. Little shimmers and tingles creep in and out as the track floats around you; testament to Dom Morley‘s light and airy production.

The lyrics are touching as well; “Write me boy, with the reasons that you like me“. It’s cute and charming, reminiscent of passing love letters across a classroom. So consider this our love-letter to INK, with a doodled heart and IDST written on it.

INK are a London two piece and Ink Goes On is the first glimpse into their world that we’ve been offered. We can’t wait to hear more. Be sure to grab this track free from the player above!

Maybe it’s because we were lost in a sea of terrible chillwave tracks but whilst making the rounds of our usual music discovery sites, we stumbled across Kandle and were immediately stopped in our tracks. Something about it struck us. The scraping ball and chain sample, the dark manner in which it lurches onwards and the obvious delta-blues influence all completely took us by surprise.

Musically it’s ominous, threatening and a little uncomfortable but Kandle Osbourne’s soothing and smooth drawl hangs above it all making for an incredibly interesting piece of music.

It sits outside of the usual hype-tracks and buzz-bands and feels like a breath of fresh air because of it. It’s authentic, organic and rustic.

Her six-track EP is available digitally and on CD now. Check out more from Kandle at her amazingtunes.com profile.

From the creative minds of producer Ash Gardner (Mumford and Sons, Noah & the Whale, Ash), Adam Betts (Three Trapped Tigers) and Hugo Shepherd, emerges this slice of dreamy, haphazard pop.

Fishes and Wasps, the two tracks we’ve been introduced to, are wonderfully sweet. They’re sugar coated, dipped in honey and instantly charming. It’s all tinged with nostalgia; there are a ton of analogue synths present and it’s all served up on a cassette this October. Oh, and Wasps comes with a retro, Japanese VHS-inspired video too.

The collaborative effort also extends beyond the music with Emperor Yes hosting a month-long exhibition showcasing works by graffitti artists and selling a bunch of limited edition screen prints.

Fishes // Wasps is out on Tape Club Records on October 8th. Watch out for more from the band at their amazingtunes.com profile.

When we start writing about a band or artist, we make a list of adjectives that describe their music whilst listening through their tracks. Here’s the list we made during the first listen of Embers‘ new track, Tunnel Vision:

Magnificent // Cinematic // Reckless // Grandiose // Monumental // Gigantic // Epic // Razor Sharp // Brash // Insolent // Shattering // Dramatic //

You get the idea…

This is a glorious mess of noise. A behemoth of an indie track. Imagine the loudest, darkest corner of post-rock, remove all of the subtlety and double the recklessness. This isn’t about changing dynamic or teasing you with quiet interludes, it’s about creating the most ambitious, noise fueled, earth-shattering sound possible. It’s about blowing you away.

Consider us completely blown away.

Tunnel Vision and Sins Unknown are available physically and digitally on the 24th September. Check out more from the band at their amazingtunes.com profile.

(via Breaking More Waves)

If you’re going to go the route of stripped back vocals and acoustic instrumentation, you damn well have to blow us away. You’ve got to stun us. Your compositions must be delicate and beautiful, they need to drip with emotion and leave us aghast with subtle climaxes. It’s got to stop us in our tracks and make us go… ‘WOW’.

This is, of course, true with all genres. But it’s all the more powerful when it comes from an acoustic place simply because it’s the genre saturated with – by far – the heaviest ratio of mediocre trash; making it incredibly special when something this stunning emerges.

This is what one listen to Farewell J.R. will do to you. This feeling right now, is the same feeling we had when we first heard Daughter, when we first heard Keaton Henson. We were right about those two. And we’ll be right about Farewell J.R.

Awash in reverb, the vocals drift in and out over a bed of hushed guitars. A Thought, A Mind climaxes with a rush of snare drums, strings and a choir of layered vocals. It’s all very Bon Iver and it’s all very beautiful. Join us in getting lost in it for a little while.

Watch out for more from Farewell J.R. at his amazingtunes.com profile.