#folk wave

Conner Youngblood is no stranger to shimmering, star-dusted folk beauties, and “Stockholm” is no exception. The first single from his forthcoming EP, The Generation of Lift, is a gossamer day dream, warped and looped into a ghostly lullaby. The young artist’s mastery of melody and the his ability to find one in repeated loops and samples is on full display here, and it’s a wonder to hear. A twinkling, ethereal harp and Youngblood’s beautiful, airy vocals are most of what is heard on “Stockholm”, and he imbues them with all of the majesty of a full orchestra. *Highest recommendation.

The St. Paul based project, Nomenclatures has been quietly dropping haunting bedroom pop beauties on Bandcamp for a little over a year now. It's a short but sweet catalog to spend some time getting lost in, but sometimes the real gems take a little while to port over from the artist's Soundcloud page, and his recent (and one of his best songs yet) gem, "Sleepy Kisser" is just such a track. A melancholic folk beauty filtered through a ghostly dream pop filter, "Sleepy Kisser" is the kind of track that can cause obsessions. It's been Soundcloud for all of half a day and I feel like I've listened to it 30 times myself (i suppose Soundcloud doesn't count a listen until the track hits its end spot, because that track has been hear more than it says). At any rate, it's an ominous beauty that you should be listening to right now, so please give it a shot and be sure to follow the artist's Bandcamp & Soundcloud pages. They're all golden. 

I wrote a new song! That's right. Just finished it just now. And because you subscribe to my tumblr congratulations you get to hear the never before never again released shit version which will hopefully be a little edited and actually rehearsed if I ever find time to play a show again.(I will though just you wait (till the end of this quarter that is)!