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Holm. Keeps On Making Stupid Music For Losers

@HolmBeats

Holm., aka J Thatcher, makes “slightly lonely music for slightly lonely people” and is a pioneer in the shouty boy downtempo electro pop genre along with swelo. and On Hold Since 1993.

Just dropped is I // V // Y, which he describes as 4 lame track 4 nothing.

Bless him.

Generally I’ll be the judge of that and in this case Jcontinues down the shouty/glitch route but adds in two tracks…

As with all of Holm.’s music, we’re never sure how to categorise it but if you imagine Herbie Hancock via Tom Waits you’ll be nowhere near

shouty boy downtempo pop: Holm. | there never was EP

  @HolmBeats

So look I love Holm., also known as J Thatcher from Boston who makes “slightly lonely music for slightly lonely people.”

Holm. is a pioneer in the shouty boy downtempo electro pop genre along with swelo. and On Hold Since 1993.

The EP there never was“is a collection of music i made in about 2 months while living in New York City. Its an EP built on a strong foundation of isolation,…

  @nightwindows

Night Windows is singer-songwriter Benjamin Hughes.

Hughes is a poster boy for the bursted-bubble millennial generation. He sings about being part of a downtrodden blue-collar work force, helping loved ones through hard times, and clinging desperately to his musician dreams which ebb to the margins of his days. With his acoustic guitar, a hand-me-down drum kit, and an array of…

Swelo - This Step (ft. Jose Cotto) Escalator Music | 2013

Just as a point of comparison to the previous post...

Swelo - Country Road Escalator Music | 2013

A friend recommended this guy to me and he's fucking awesome. By the end of the intro track, I was pretty hooked on his sound. It's like this New Orleans swing electro indie hiphop dance funk...thing. Think kinda like a southeast response to that "this could only have possibly happened in New York City" sound of TV On The Radio, almost.

The album kind of shifts around all over the place stylistically, but never once loses that thread in his sound that keeps it all together.

Basically just eclectic as fuck.