Sept 1 BCF recommendations

 

Quick and dirty BCF recs for yr cute ears

Twin Coasts - Single & Self Titled EP

Young Chicago band that makes great noisy pop tunes with some ambient/ drone mixed in. Fuck these phreaks for being so good at such a young age. I'm blown away by the songwriting on "Scratch On You". If you dig the gazey side of Dummy or Astrobrite you will love this.

https://twincoast.bandcamp.com

Forever ☆ - 3 Series

Another young/new shoegaze band that is doing very interesting stuff with blown out guitars, frantic electronic beats and haunting melodies. This 3 song tape is a must buy esp if you dig Curve, Guitar and Garbage at their more noisy 

https://foreverstar.bandcamp.com/album/3-series

Greg Foat &  Gigi Mason - Dolphin

Stunningly gorgeous album, the opening track "Lee" is worth the price alone. Gigi Mason of Gaussian Curve fame join Greg Foat for a collection of kosmiche, jazz, new age and ambient fusion. It's achely beautiful smooth music that is perfect for laying down, stoned in bed shutting out the horrible ass world

https://gregfoat.bandcamp.com/album/dolphin

Fantastic Palace - Ringlets and Gaskets

Homespun psychedelic patch work collection that has an extremely weird sense of production (meaning following zero rules). Loving how odd this massive releases it, it's like 60s pysch guitar work stripped down to its barest bones. It's reminiscent of R Stevie Moore, Woo, the most far out parts of elepahnt 6and idk 2000s outsider tape artists. It's really cool.

https://fantasticpalace.bandcamp.com/album/ringlets-gaskets-the-catskills-tape-expanded-edition

Sprain - The Lamb As Effigy

Sprain is one of the best live bands in the world right now, I'm not being hyperbolic cuz I hate everything. One they do here is far more ambitious than most bands ever do across a whole career. This isn't "easy" music, but it is beautiful, has integrity and pure catharsis. It'd heavy, it's dramatic, has subtle hooks and blasts yr ears and soul. This has so much care, spirrit and effort......Anyone who digs Swans, Black Midi, This Heat or Faust.

https://sprain.bandcamp.com/album/the-lamb-as-effigy

August BCF recs

 

Tomorrow is the holy day of BCF, here's some recommendations for yr ears holes.

Present Electric - Self Titled 

Present Electric is the experimental side project of Kevin Linn, who runs the great label Paisley Shirt and Sad Eyed Beatniks. His previous release under P E was a favorite of mine couple years ago with its ramshackled VU / Lewsberg vibes. Here with the new cassette it evokes some new sounds with some dub. It somewhat reminds me of Flaming Tunes and Solid Space. It honestly rules, even Alex likes it. Immersive lofi weirdo shit that still feels fun/essy to listen to, and I just love the exploratory nature of it. P

https://paisleyshirtrecords.bandcamp.com/album/present-electric

Friends Below Zero - End Of Tunes

Brian from Botch posted this on IG, and when he posts something I tend to check it cuz he has damn good taste. FBZ makes blown out noise pop of the bedroom variety. The recordings fate back to the 90s but were recently finished for whatever reason. It's a sick collection of pop tunes with weird production choices, fucked up guitar sounds and catchy lil hooks. I've been listening to this a ton cuz stuff like this just isn't really happening rn. If you dig Black Tambourine, Henry's Dress and stuff happening in Philadelphia. 

https://friendsbelowzero.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-tunes-2

Forever ☆ - Your Angel Speaks

Likely one of the best "shoegaze" Singles you'll hear this year with layers of noise, breakbeats and beautiful vocals....this just HITS. Kinda similar to what MBV was doing on the last 3 tracks of their self titled record. 

https://foreverstar.bandcamp.com/album/your-angel-speaks

Bulbils - Map

Not sure how I came across this record, and it's a MONSTER in terms of its length, so I can imagine anyone listening in one sitting but it is a really dense collection of koshmiche in the vein of Cluster, Woo and Faust. It's got a ton of sick sound play, aromopsheres and beats. Really cool stuff to just let play while you record or work.

https://torpress.bandcamp.com/album/map

Dissolve  - That That Is

My current obsession with Roy Montgomery is all incompassing. Pin Group, Dadamah, solo stuff and this gem by duo Dissolve. I love how the guitar is utilized in a few different ways from melodies, with sounds and drones. It's stripped to it bare parts and creates such an amazing feel and atmosphere. The vocals complement the tracks, in a weird way this stuff reminds me of gonggongong or the offsets. Just primitive guitar stuff that rules. It's also on Kranky so u know it's gonna hit.

https://roymontgomery.bandcamp.com/album/that-that-is-is-not

Jonny Nash - Point of Entry

Gorgeous collection of ambient folk from the founder of the dope label Melody as Truth. I love this sorta guitar centered atmosphereic music that reminds me of Steve Hiett and Durutti Column.  It's almost the other side of the coin for stuff like Dissolve, this is the "chill" version of that. It's hard to make this stuff sick, and not just feel like guitar loop wanking but Jonny really hurdles any hints of that. Great music to hike too or chill am work.

https://jonnynash.bandcamp.com/album/point-of-entry