Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (2009)

I don't know if this has been officially released yet, but I've had it in its entirety for about two months now, I think. It's pretty dreamy, dark and excellent, a formidable opponent to Bat For Lashes' first release, which can be found by pushing back a few pages on this site. Also, dig this cover art, which is much better when viewed in a larger size. I'm finally getting to see this girl and her melodic, night-time pop in May, and I could not be more excited!



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A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal (2008)

This really lovely album is shoegaze (and/or dream pop) at its finest, and the fun part is that this band is two twins and their brother (or so I'm at least fairly sure).



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Two Asobi Seksu albums.

Asobi Seksu is this really interesting, pleasant dream-pop band from New York (not Japan) that's recently completed what I believe to be their third album. (I'm still looking for their first, so if you have it feel free to comment with a link.) It's upbeat and fresh, and I've had Citrus, which I highly recommend, on repeat for days now. I'm still getting into Hush, but that process may be expedited when I see them live in March- so excited!


Citrus (2006)


Hush (2009)

Slowdive: Live at Reading: 26 February 1991

Slowdive was an English dream pop band that formed in 1989 and lasted until 1995. Their music is really soft, slow and melodic in addition to being conducive to the perfect, hazy nostalgia of which I am so overly fond. They sound like 90's England, or so I would imagine.




1. Shine
2. Catch
3. Slowdive
4. Morning Rise
5. Colours In Spin
6. She Calls
7. Avalyn

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Amiina - Kurr (2007)

This group is an Icelandic string quartet, often appropriately likened to Sigur Rós. (From what I understand, they tour together, and I think they may have even been present when I saw Sigur Rós at Bonnaroo this past June.) The music is very pretty, like glass ornaments that sparkle and catch the last slice of daylight before dusk sets in all the way. I'm not stretching for poetic description here either; it actually does sound just like that. There are some faint vocals that function more as another instrumental layer than as direct human involvement, but for the most part this is just really impeccable, beautiful stringing.



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Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold (2007)

I know this has been posted all over the place, but I'm sorry: this girl, Natasha Khan, is something special, and for that I feel she deserves more plugging. Supposedly this record was inspired by a dream she had, which wouldn't surprise me as it has a really soft, lunar feel to it. The hand claps and the bare bass drumming, along with her very pretty, lullaby voice, do their part to create the half-spooky, half-dreamy atmosphere on this near-perfect album; while there are a few tracks that stand out from the others, mostly because they're catchy without being artistically faint, Fur And Gold is best absorbed in its entirety.



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