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"It’s just the right amount of hallucinatory, which pairs well with its themes of opening the doors of perception." — Treble
The bass line on "Open Mind!" by Opal Eskar sends me. Listen at the link today and everywhere tomorrow.
Opal Eskar is Karl Blau, Chet & Heyward of Later Fortune with Charlie & Robbie of The War On Drugs.
Vinyl pre-order here.
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It is American Candy Monday in the USA and the official theme song is "American Candy" by The High Water Marks!
"It’s the gravitational pull of the group’s work," says Austin Town Hall. "They’re willing to blow your hair back."
Listen up!
"With a soulful psychedelic swell, we are greeted by ‘The Woodsman,’ the latest offering from Opal Eskar, a collaborative project from the prolifically diverse DIY icon Karl Blau."
cc: Heyward Howkins; Chet Delcampo
Thanks to Folk Radio UK for the love!
Milly Raccoons’s take on Nashville is all over the upcoming Frankincense and Myrrh, arriving July 7. The album exists in the Nashville of now where messages of spirituality and liberation are more vital than ever.
Milly delivers her songs with a gauzy, dream-like, and poignant touch that is so easy on the ears (think Nora Jones or Iris DeMent) that it is easy to forget that Milly is telling us something we need to hear.
Listen to “The Fine Art of Takin’ It Slow” below.
"A quirky blend of hypnotic indie pop and gently percussive low-fi soul... Opal Eskar may very well have captured laconic reflection better than anyone else in recent memory."
"The Woodsman" is the new video out today from Opal Eskar aka Karl Blau, Heyward & Chet from Later Fortune with Charlie & Robbie from The War On Drugs!
Check it out now via Stereo Embers and head over to your friendly local Bandcamp to buy yer vinyl copy!
"Leaving Brooklyn, coming back as visitors and discovering both familiarity and estrangement inspired The Chapin Sisters' new song."
Abigail and Lily chat with BK Reader today about "Bergen Street," their first new music in five years.
"Growing up, art and music permeated Lily and Abigail’s lives. With GRAMMY-winning singer Tom Chapin as a father and folk-rock musician Harry Chapin — of ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ fame — as an uncle, it’s no surprise that music accompanied the sisters’ artistic lives."
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"Dirty Jerzee" is what J Hacha De Zola calls the New Jersey of his youth, which still inhabits his mind and music to this day.
It's not Bruce Springsteen's Jersey, that's for sure!
Hear it on the new single "A Day In Secaucus, New Jersey," out now from the upcoming album 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦, arriving June 9 on Caballo Negro Records (distributed by Slow Start Records via The Orchard). Find the whole song via the link, and check out the album trailer below.
"Prepare to swoon. Their voices braid effortlessly together and rise and fall with heartbreaking immediacy. Their phrasing is precise, their delivery is heavenly and the way every syllable soars is nothing short of spellbinding."
Just released! Please tune into the always fine Stereo Embers podcast for Alex Green in conversation with Abigail and Lily Chapin of The Chapin Sisters! Click for your life!
"Bergen Street" is their first single and video in over five years.
The first thing that jumped out at me when I saw this video was what I call "the twirls." It gave me that mellow NYC on a sunny morning when not everyone is up yet feeling. If you know, you know.
See the twirls in the music video for "Bergen Street" by The Chapin Sisters! Many thanks to The Bluegrass Situation for the premiere. More news soon!
P.S. It's National Siblings Day!
"J Hacha De Zola's clashing sounds of punk, burlesque, and cabaret stylings just to name a few, instruments caterwaul while circling around like vultures awaiting dying meals… Horns, guitars, and wild-man vocals are all meshed together but are distinctive in delivery.”
The words of Ghettoblaster's Eddie Ugarte! Hear "A Day In Secaucus, New Jersey" now.
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 arrives June 9 via Caballo Negro, distributed by Slow Start Records! Photos by Adrian Buckmaster.
As tough and debilitating as it may be at times, especially when there are hard things to share, ‘The Woodsman’ is about how having an honest relationship makes for a deeper relationship.”
We have the next single from Opal Eskar (Karl Blau + Heyward & Chet of Later Fortune w/ Charlie & Robbie of The War On Drugs) out this Friday! Hear "The Woodsman" over at Ghettoblaster now!
"There is something magical going on in this song that’s impossible not to be moved by." Man, you said it, Alex.
Thanks so much to Folk Radio UK for posting the first new music in over half a decade by The Chapin Sisters.
"Bergen Street" is an ode to their former Brooklyn home, and when these two harmonize about these fond memories, it really does feel like magic.
Listen now… Streaming everywhere tomorrow!
"Movie Jail is a veritable who’s-who of Central Kentucky’s best musicians. The band recently released a critically acclaimed self titled EP, overflowing with subtle complexity, delicious hooks, and quirky but relatable themes."
Many thanks out to Thomas from Proglodytes for speaking with Dave Cobb from Movie Jail!
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It's Another-High Water Marks-Single Day for all who celebrate! I declare: You will be singing this chorus with a quickness, so make your Friday a bit better. Find “Let’s Hang Out Forever” on all the great streaming platform, including YouTube, where High Water Marks member Per Ole’s characters come to life in a new lyric video.
In its premiere of the song yesterday, Austin Town Hall hailed the band for creating “The best brand of power pop you’re going to find today.” Follow the bio link to watch and sing and listen wherever you choose to do it! "This time forever, so let's hang out every day, It's now or never, can't see another way."
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧 is out June 9 on Minty Fresh!
Julie Casper Roth (director of gorgeous videos for Low) says "And Yet Love Rules" by Opal Eskar is "a rumination on nostalgia or memory – its imperfection, its fragments, and its shifting prominence in our lives."
Julie's video is a perfect accompaniment to the song, which For The Rabbits says is "a suitably dreamy affair, combining widescreen Americana with the smooth luxury of The The or Matthew E. White."
Click to watch! Opal Eskar is Karl Blau, Heyward Howkins, and Chet Delcampo with Charlie Hall and Robbie Bennett of The War on Drugs. Debut EP out May 19.