I totally should have written a blog this week. I just spent the week in Malaysia, which means Monday and Tuesday after work I just sat at the apartment doing nothing. Well, not entirely nothing. I watched the entire first season of GLOW. That was fun. And I ate delicious food, because it was Malaysia and obviously that's what you do there. Everything is just so damn good. In fact, I'm taking my family for Malaysian food when I'm home. Which is one week from today. Exciting times!
In not so nice news, Spotify seems to have been blocked by our firewall. It's super annoying. I can still use the web app, which is ok. But it doesn't show you as much info about tracks and playlists and stuff. So I can't actually tell when playlists I follow have new songs on them. For a while I was actually listening to a lot of KCRW, and then I remembered the web app, which was good. Despite this, I still managed to find two new artists to share today, both of whom have new and what could probably be considered debut EPs.
Up first is Bernice. It seems like she had an album way back in 2011, but now she's signed to Arts & Crafts (same as Broken Social Scene and Stars, woohoo!) and recently put out her debut EP, Puff. She reminds me a bit of Tune-Yards actually. Especially on the track Talking About Her, which is what I'm sharing today. The rest of the EP is ok, the other good track being the opener St. Lucia. But doesn't even come close to Talking About Her.
And then we have RHAIN. This girl is kind of a weirdo, which you know I love. She's a Brit. And she sounds a lot like Joanna Newsom. Who I also love for her weirdness. RHAIN put out her debut EP, Oscar November Echo, and I love the first single and opening track, Humdrum Drivel.
But this wasn't even the first thing I heard from her. She actually came to my attention because of the Henry Green Remix of the song Tall Ships. I love the little clicky-clacky bits in the background right up front. And then the mellow bassline comes in. And there's some like echoey vocals or something in the back. Plus her weird voice. It's all very nice. I like it very much.
In not so nice news, Spotify seems to have been blocked by our firewall. It's super annoying. I can still use the web app, which is ok. But it doesn't show you as much info about tracks and playlists and stuff. So I can't actually tell when playlists I follow have new songs on them. For a while I was actually listening to a lot of KCRW, and then I remembered the web app, which was good. Despite this, I still managed to find two new artists to share today, both of whom have new and what could probably be considered debut EPs.
Up first is Bernice. It seems like she had an album way back in 2011, but now she's signed to Arts & Crafts (same as Broken Social Scene and Stars, woohoo!) and recently put out her debut EP, Puff. She reminds me a bit of Tune-Yards actually. Especially on the track Talking About Her, which is what I'm sharing today. The rest of the EP is ok, the other good track being the opener St. Lucia. But doesn't even come close to Talking About Her.
And then we have RHAIN. This girl is kind of a weirdo, which you know I love. She's a Brit. And she sounds a lot like Joanna Newsom. Who I also love for her weirdness. RHAIN put out her debut EP, Oscar November Echo, and I love the first single and opening track, Humdrum Drivel.
But this wasn't even the first thing I heard from her. She actually came to my attention because of the Henry Green Remix of the song Tall Ships. I love the little clicky-clacky bits in the background right up front. And then the mellow bassline comes in. And there's some like echoey vocals or something in the back. Plus her weird voice. It's all very nice. I like it very much.
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