The Blisks

Australian band The Blisks make a weird, dubby kind of post punk and groove.  The whole sound feels like walking through syrup, cobwebs in your brain, head in the clouds.  Check out "Do You Bless It?" below and pre-order the upcoming "Elixa" album here from Efficient Space.

Bélver Yin

Spanish shoegaze band Bélver Yin released a couple of albums in the '90s, and then like so many others, faded away into obscurity.  Recently, Australian label Efficient Space reissued the band's early work, stoking the fires of creativity within them and bringing about the upcoming reunion album "Para Me Madre."  Check out the album's dreamy opening track "Una Vida Por Delante (Candela's Song)" below and pre-order the album here.

Sky Girl

Here's some more music that i missed from earlier this year.  "Sky Girl" is a compilation of lost private press gems spanning from 1961 to 1991 from across the globe, lovingly discovered and curated by Julien Dechery and DJ Sundae.  I wont' be able to do it justice, so read this synopsis from the record label instead:

"Sky Girl is a mysteriously unshakeable companion, a deeply melancholic and sentimental journey through folk-pop, new wave and art music micro presses that span 1961-1991. A seemingly disparate suite of selections of forgotten fables by more or less neverknowns, Sky Girl forms a beautifully coherent and utterly sublime whole deftly compiled by French collectors DJ Sundae and Julien Dechery.

From Scott Seskind's adolescent musical road movie to Karen Marks' icy Oz-wave, the charming DIY storytelling of Italian-American go-getter Joe Tossini and the ethereal slow dance themes of Parisian artists Nini Raviolette and Hugo Weris, Sky Girl resonates on a wide spectrum historically, geographically and stylistically. It unites in a singular, longing, almost intangible ambience.

If the names sound wholly unfamiliar that doesn't matter, the nature of the compositions swiftly nurtures an intimacy with these lonely, poignant, openhearted wanderers. Most were available in a very limited capacity at the time of their release, some were never really released at all - Gary Davenport declined to release Sarra after he split with the girl for whom the track is named - years later a friend convinced Davenport to allow him to put 100 copies online to sell and DJ Sundae was quick enough to snare one. Beyond their scarcity, these tracks are bound together by a certain raw beauty that's achievable when music is made and no one is listening."

An amazing listen from start to finish, i wish i had discovered this record when it came out over the summer.  Anyway, get it from Australian label Efficient Space, and stream the whole wonderful thing below.