community Music Forum 'Weekly Recommendation' Thread

Came back for another spin of the posted tracks. They're soothing to me. They're the kind of thing that I would leave to hear in a cool bar where I'm sat chilling, rather than at a club. But I feel like that's just an older tired man in me speaking

quote EricF

Richard D. James-esque (except less nightmare-ish)

Ha, I love that!

I appreciate its a kind of middle of the road between rock and hardcore, particularly in terms of the vocals but at the time the album came out (Red In Tooth And Claw), it just blew me away compared to a lot of dross that I'd been listening to.

BATS Spelled... is probably my favourite song by them.

Considering his recent thread about Tubelord, Lazzara might like these too.

Jaysus, i didn't think anyone would have heard of Shank outside of Ireland. They're awesome though, fair play Lazz. I would have made them my recommended artist, but I distinctly remember trying to recommend them here before, and them not going down. But they're all Richter Collective, really shows a lot of strength in the label, to reiterate.

That's good! Fair dues to Shattered Silence, this idea has kicked off well. I'm still spinning Blawan as awesome study music

and BATS are pretty cool as well

Blawan should get a thread tbh

I'll be honest, all I've gotten out of this week's recommended artist is going and listening to Boards of Canada. Which I'm pretty pleased with by the way, so thanks for that!

Well then PM a mod with a post layout like the first post says

Crustation is really nice. I really like the contrast between some of the sung songs and then the spoken word songs, and then the no vocal songs. It breaks it up a bit, and lets you focus on different aspects of the band.

I thought I would like them, being a fan of trip-hop, particularly Portishead, but I'm pleasantly surprised in the depth of this music. I almost like the 1 album nature of them too. So many times, i get discouraged by a new recommended artist just by the sheer amount of music to go and listen to to get a feel for them. But Bloom can definitely go down as a new album to my top list. A short concentrated piece of brilliance.

I knew there was a 2011 album I had missed out on! I'd never seen such a quietly released album get such wide ranging acclaim as Diamond Mine did, but I always forgot to have a listen, partly because of the difficult to remember/spell artist name

The whole album is definitely a must for anyone looking at this artist. It all fits together so perfectly, listening in fits and starts loses some of the magic.

And it is magic. This album was set with the unenviable task of keeping me calm as I worked on my thesis and performed admirably. Very soothing and tranquil. My only call-it-a-gripe-if-you-like was that it did zip along, and was over before I even noticed. I was interested and actively taking it in for the first 10 minutes, but then melted away for the next 20, without any time to kinda reel myself back in. But that sets me up for being able to come back and find new nuances at later listens. Great shout EricF!


People looking for comparisons, it reminded me of times of Villagers and of Mountain Goats in terms of style and emotion, as well as Danielle Luppi and Danger Mouse's Rome, in the whole kinda setup and approach.

I currently am giving them another spin. Listening to Feel.Love.Thinking.Of at the moment, I haven't had much time to listen recently!

Title track is good although ends very abruptly, Das Malefitz is another song that's been used on the Mass Effect soundtrack, I'm led to believe. it sounds quite similar to M4, although a bit less interesting. Not too impressed so far. M4 seems to me like a lot more of a effective and enjoyable release.

quote EricF

Haven't listened to this crowd in a while but More Skin With Milk Mouth is really good. Much better than anything I've heard from This Town Needs Guns as well, while we're on the topic.

Ha, agreed tbh! Solid addition to my musics anyway, glad I came here to have a listen, although originally it was only because of the name... Which I love!!

Cheers EvilTediz597 !!

I'm still on More Skin With Milk Mouth, but I'm digging it a lot so far. Can't get over the progressions on Catholic Girls! (<- Sentence probably never uttered in history before this)