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		<title>Fox Food Records &#8211; Something’s There But You’re Not Sure What</title>
		<link>https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2019/04/26/fox-food-records-somethings-there-but-youre-not-sure-what/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We make no secret of our admiration and appreciation of Fox Food Records. In a music world saturated with new artists and governed by marketing and hype, the label has quietly and consistently helped an array of talented people find an audience, showing that humble hard work and community are as valuable as ever in this digital age. Today marks the fifth anniversary of Fox Food Records, and to celebrate James Smith has gathered a large number of the label&#8217;s [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2019/04/26/fox-food-records-somethings-there-but-youre-not-sure-what/">Fox Food Records &#8211; Something’s There But You’re Not Sure What</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We make no secret of our admiration and appreciation of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/fox-food-records/">Fox Food Records</a>. In a music world saturated with new artists and governed by marketing and hype, the label has quietly and consistently helped an array of talented people find an audience, showing that humble hard work and community are as valuable as ever in this digital age.</p>
<p>Today marks the fifth anniversary of Fox Food Records, and to celebrate James Smith has gathered a large number of the label&#8217;s artists for a special compilation, <em>Something’s There But You’re Not Sure What</em>. Essentially a who&#8217;s who of the Fox Food roster, the release represents a celebration of what truly independent labels can offer—a diverse group of people from all over the world linked not by a specific sound and style but rather the spirit within.</p>
<p>Opening with an acoustic version of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/oh-rose/">Oh Rose</a>&#8216;s &#8216;Prom&#8217;, <em>Something’s There But You’re Not Sure What </em>features a whole host of our favourites. <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/nice-legs/">Nice Legs</a> stop by with another slice of delightfully warm fuzz pop, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/spartan-jet-plex/">Spartan Jet-Plex</a> provides an alternate take on single &#8216;Meant&#8217; and <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/monarch-mtn/">Monarch Mtn</a> returns with his characteristically intimate and melancholic whisper-folk.</p>
<p><a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/dana-gavanski/">Dana Gavanski</a> joins Kaiya Cade on the haunting &#8216;Garden&#8217;, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/fazed-on-a-pony/">Fazed on a Pony</a> serves up a dose of wonky nostalgia and <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/goodbye-max/">Goodbye Max</a> welcomes us back into his wistful warmth with the modest wonder of &#8216;Search Party.&#8217; Then there&#8217;s the icy pop of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/bloodhype/">Bloodhype</a>, the whimsical momentum of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/plant-food/">Plant Food</a>, not to mention the playful hush of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/lewtrakimou/">Lewtrakimou</a> and cool swagger of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/saint-charles/">Saint Charles</a>. Mixing things up, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/henoheno/">Henoheno</a> and Fair Mothers offer different takes on patient, sprawling music—the ethereal gloom of the former matched in mood and scope by the foreboding creep of the latter.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, Unisex offer a carefree sway with &#8216;Let the Tide Take You&#8217;, Fairy Godmother a garage rock washed with dreamy haze and the likes of Ratbath, Hairpins, Suzy Jivotovski (of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/grndms/">GRNDMS</a>) and Deer Scout all provide stellar examples of intimate bedroom folk. Then, in a fitting finale, Smith&#8217;s own <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/good-good-blood/">Good Good Blood</a> teams up with Astral Social Club for mammoth closer &#8216;Heathen Astronaut&#8217;.</p>
<p>With ambient textures and electronic beeps and glimpses of sincere emotion peeking through the fog, the track acts as a kind of summary of the compilation and therefore the Fox Food Record&#8217;s mission as a whole. Heartfelt, experimental, bound not by expectation or convention but rather some gut-level intuition. Together, the elements coalesce into an intangible yet sustained sense of spirit, something far more powerful and lasting than anything done alone. This might not be something than can be adequately put into words, but that it exists is a testament to Smith&#8217;s judgement and effort. Because <em>something</em> is there, even if you’re not sure what.</p>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=558879259/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="http://foxfoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/somethings-there-but-youre-not-sure-what">Something&#8217;s There But You&#8217;re Not Sure What by Friends of Fox Food</a></iframe></center><em>Something’s There But You’re Not Sure What</em> is out today and you can get it from the Fox Food Records <a href="https://foxfoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/somethings-there-but-youre-not-sure-what">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2019/04/26/fox-food-records-somethings-there-but-youre-not-sure-what/">Fox Food Records &#8211; Something’s There But You’re Not Sure What</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Bright Sparks: Vol. 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bright Sparks is our attempt at rebranding our Best of the Rest series. In case you missed it, here’s our description of that series, “One of the best/worst things about the whole blogging game is the abundance of great music. Unfortunately there are (still!) only twenty-four hours in a day, most of which are consumed with non-WTD things, so even if we get sent ten great albums then chances are we will only be able to cover three or four. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/06/30/bright-sparks-vol-2/">Bright Sparks: Vol. 2</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bright Sparks is our attempt at rebranding our <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/03/12/best-of-the-rest-things-we-have-missed-11/">Best of the Rest series</a>. In case you missed it, here’s our description of that series, “One of the best/worst things about the whole blogging game is the abundance of great music. Unfortunately there are (still!) only twenty-four hours in a day, most of which are consumed with non-WTD things, so even if we get sent ten great albums then chances are we will only be able to cover three or four. While trying to avoid falling into the listicle trap, we thought the best way to remedy this problem would be a semi-regular round-up”.</p>
<p>A new volume will be posted every few weeks and will offer a collection of really great songs that we’re determined not to let slip past our radar.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Deer Scout &#8211; Sad Boy</h3>
<p>After the excellent EP, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/19/deer-scout/"><em>Customs</em></a> (which we described as &#8220;at once sort of sad and strangely uplifting&#8221;), Dena Miller&#8217;s Deer Scout is back with a brand new single, &#8216;Sad Boy&#8217;. Complete with a video directed by Haftom Khasai and Nick Morgan, and produced by Neuromantic Productions, the track sees Miller adopt additional production and straight-eyed confidence, toeing the line between sincere intimacy and cool commentary. As such, the track serves as a neat put down for every tortured male with a guitar, and a high five for all the female, trans and non-binary people (what Miller calls &#8220;non-dudes&#8221;) who write honest, earnest music without due recognition. &#8220;The issue isn&#8217;t men being vulnerable,&#8221; Miller says. &#8220;The issue is that non-dudes have always embraced softness and vulnerability and never get enough credit for it.&#8221;</p>
<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceziEe0eTAo</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Outside The Academy &#8211; Anaesthetise</h3>
<p>Recording project of Australia&#8217;s Pawel Cholewa, Outside The Academy follows up his second EP with a brand new winter single (in the southern hemisphere, at least), &#8216;Anaesthetise&#8217;. Something between bummed-out bedroom folk and psychedelic electro pop, the track is a slow, glassy number which plays something like Todd Goldstein&#8217;s ARMS projected through space, the dancey electronics and catchy vocals stretched sombre and strange by a minimalistic glitch.</p>
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<p>Grab the single, and all of his previous releases, right now on the Outside The Academy <a href="https://outsidetheacademy.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Idan Altman &#8211; Heroic Bee</h3>
<p>Taken from Idan Altman&#8217;s forthcoming album, <em>Expiration Date</em>, &#8216;Heroic Bee&#8217; is a sprawling experimental track that utilises a whole host of sounds and techniques to create a uniquely alive soundscape. With everything from synths, guitar and piano to crowd recordings and bee sounds, the song has a peculiarly natural rhythm, cyclical and familiar but also idiosyncratic, packed with small quirks and details which accumulate into a breathing ecosystem.</p>
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<p><em>Expiration Date</em> is out later this year so keep an eye on the Idan Altman <a href="https://www.facebook.com/idanaltman/">Facebook page</a> for more details.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Crumb &#8211; Plants</h3>
<p>Following up the excellent self-titled EP on Citrus City, Lila Ramani&#8217;s Crumb last week unveiled another brand new release, <em>Locket</em>. Smashing together influences as diverse as art rock, 60s psychedelica and jazz, the band create a mesmeric, swirling sound that&#8217;s somehow leisurely and intense all at once—a hallucinatory dream that follows you into the day. Check out single &#8216;Plants&#8217; below for a dose of lightheaded nostalgia:</p>
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<p><em>Locket</em> is out now and you can get it from Bandcamp, plus <em>Crumb</em> is still available from <a href="https://citruscityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/crumb">Citrus City Records</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Midwestern Exposure &#8211; Riverboat</h3>
<p>Earlier this month, Philly&#8217;s Midwestern Exposure release their latest LP, <em>The West</em>. Fifth track &#8216;Riverboat&#8217; encapsulates all that&#8217;s great with the record, a textured, twangy brand of folk rock that&#8217;s as catchy as it is evocative. As such, the song ticks both boxes, packing the grand themes and finger-picked atmosphere of traditional folk while fronting a positive, almost optimistic energy. Fans of The Cave Singers and Dr Dog take note.</p>
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<p><em>The West</em> is out now and you can get it from the Midwestern Exposure <a href="https://midwesternexposure.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Flamingods &#8211; Bhima</h3>
<p>After last year&#8217;s captivating debut, <em>Majesty</em>, the Bahrain-via-London group Flamingods have joined Moshi Moshi to release brand new EP, <em>Kewali</em>. Further pushing the boundaries, the release finds the band feeding off its own energy like some machine of perpetual motion, the genre needle flicking somewhere between retro dance, pervasive rock and cultic chant. &#8216;Bhima&#8217; is perhaps the best introduction, frenetic and fervent and fantastically odd, opening like a theme song to a old TV show from another dimension and morphing into a powerful, hypnotic intonation.</p>
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<p><em>Kewali</em> is out now on Moshi Moshi Records and you can get it from the Flamingods <a href="https://flamingods.bandcamp.com/album/kewali-ep">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Sammus &#8211; <em>Pieces In Space</em></h3>
<p>Okay, so we&#8217;re stretching the &#8216;new music&#8217; tag here, but <em>Pieces in Space</em> is a record we&#8217;ve been meaning to write about for a while now. Sammus does hip-hop her own way, lush beats backing her frantic, often ferocious rhymes which entwine popular culture, social issues and personal experience, what the press release describes as &#8220;raw confessions, pro-weirdo anthems, and clever musings on modern life.&#8221; As such, the record manages to sound grounded while holding lofty intentions, simultaneously taking on the big stuff and painting a vivid portrait of a recognisably dysfunctional twenty-first century existence.</p>
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<p><em>Pieces in Space</em> is out now via Don Giovanni Records and you can get it from <a href="https://sammusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-in-space">Bandcamp</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Will Graefe &#8211; Blood Feather</h3>
<p>After touring as a guitarist for Okkervil River, Petra Haden, Larkin Grimm and many others, this summer sees Will Graefe release his debut solo record, <em>North America</em>. Written on the road, the name proves to be apt—the album weaving American themes of travel and distance, yearning and loss, into a lush, lonely record with sizeable scope and even bigger heart. A prime example of this sound, &#8216;Blood Feather&#8217; is at once cynical and optimistic, facing reality with a sly grin but never quite able to shake dreams of a better future from within its chest.</p>
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<p><em>North America</em> is out now on Pretty Purgatory and you can get it from <a href="https://prettypurgatory.bandcamp.com/album/north-america">Bandcamp</a>.</p>
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<p>Check out <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/31/bright-sparks-vol-1/">volume 1</a> of Bright Sparks for more great tunes.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/06/30/bright-sparks-vol-2/">Bright Sparks: Vol. 2</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Long Island Ladies #1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Long Island Ladies is a DIY booking agency run by Mary Stankard and Eric Flores working in (you guessed it) Long Island. They put on shows that allow kids from Long Island to see some great bands and have fun in a safe environment, right on their doorsteps. But, not content with putting on shows, Long Island Ladies have also branched out into compilation curation. Long Island Ladies #1 collects 22 covers of songs by the various projects of Allison and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/02/06/long-island-ladies-1/">Long Island Ladies #1</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Long Island Ladies is a DIY booking agency run by Mary Stankard and Eric Flores working in (you guessed it) Long Island. They put on shows that allow kids from Long Island to see some great bands and have fun in a safe environment, right on their doorsteps. But, not content with putting on shows, Long Island Ladies have also branched out into compilation curation. <em>Long Island Ladies #1 c</em>ollects 22 covers of songs by the various projects of Allison and Katie Crutchfield, (i.e. Waxahatchee, P.S. Eliot and Swearin&#8217;).</p>
<p>What this translates as is a really nice collection of lo-fi DIY pop songs. Stand-outs include Libbie 2000&#8217;s &#8216;sister saint&#8217; cover, which introduces some crunchy guitar to smooth bedroom pop, and &#8216;be good&#8217; by thanks for coming, which brings to mind <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/long-neck/">Long Neck</a>.</p>
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<p>There are also appearances from WTD fav <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/02/19/tall-friend-tawl-friend/">Tall Friend</a>, who covers Waxahatchee&#8217;s &#8216;Brother Bryan&#8217;, <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/03/album-premiere-bedbug-i-got-smaller-grew-wings-flew-away-good/">bedbug</a>, who provide a take on &#8216;Troubled Medium&#8217; by P.S. Eliot, and <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/19/deer-scout/">Deer Scout</a> who covers &#8216;clumsy&#8217; in her usual delicate style.</p>
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<p>All 22 tracks are great, so why not make a small donation and check them all out? You&#8217;ll probably find your new favourite band in the process. Proceeds of the project will be split between between two great causes: the Standing Rock Sioux of North and South Dakota to help with their protest against the Dakota access pipeline, and the council of American-Islamic relations&#8217; New York chapter, which has a particularly important role given recent political developments.</p>
<p>You can get <em>Long Island Ladies #1</em> as a name-your-price download from their <a href="https://longislandladies.bandcamp.com/releases">Bandcamp page</a>. Remember all donations go to great causes! They have also teamed up with our prolific pals at Z Tapes to give the compilation a physical release. Head to the Z Tapes <a href="https://ztapes.bandcamp.com/album/long-island-ladies-1">Bandcamp page</a> to order one!</p>
<p>P.S. For more politically motivated music, check out our post to support the <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/01/23/lit-match-void-flash-playlist-moving-forward/">Women&#8217;s March</a>, and <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/02/03/bandcamps-charity-friday-shopping-list-2/">last week&#8217;s generous donation from Bandcamp</a> and a whole host of kind artists (many of whom&#8217;s individual donations are still ongoing).</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/02/06/long-island-ladies-1/">Long Island Ladies #1</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Favourite Free Music of 2016: A – D</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 19:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>At the end of each year we like to collect our favourite ‘name your price’ music on Bandcamp (or free ones elsewhere). 2016 was another year chock full of great, financially flexible releases, so over the next week or so we’ll be sharing the list in alphabetically arranged segments. Much has been said recently about how political turmoil and social instability will provide fertile conditions for great art, and whether or not you subscribe to this idea, we&#8217;re pretty sure that paying artists makes [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/01/02/favourite-free-music-of-2016-a-d/">Favourite Free Music of 2016: A – D</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the end of each year we like to collect <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/category/lists/favourite-free-music/">our favourite</a> ‘name your price’ music on Bandcamp (or free ones elsewhere). 2016 was another year chock full of great, financially flexible releases, so over the next week or so we’ll be sharing the list in alphabetically arranged segments.</p>
<p>Much has been said recently about how political turmoil and social instability will provide fertile conditions for great art, and whether or not you subscribe to this idea, we&#8217;re pretty sure that <em>paying artists </em>makes for even better soil in which to sow creative seeds. The title to this post says &#8216;free&#8217; music because it&#8217;s snappier than &#8216;name your price&#8217; music, but really that&#8217;s a convenient/attention-grabbing misnomer. Bandcamp provides pretty much the most direct way for us to connect directly with musicians and support their work from all over the world, so why don&#8217;t we utilise this tool and ensure that art perseveres in the face of everything else that&#8217;s going on?</p>
<p>Anyhow, here&#8217;s the first segment of the list, covering artists beginning with A – D. We don&#8217;t pretend to be in any way comprehensive, so let us know if we missed your favourite and maybe we&#8217;ll add it to the list.<a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/albosel-container.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/albosel-container.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="albosel container cover" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Albosel – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/18/albosel-container/"><em>Container</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: folk, dream pop, magic woods)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=480601092/album=2055565937/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/a3488395453_10.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/a3488395453_10.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Alexandra Gordon – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/21/alexandra-gordon-rain-songs/"><em>Rain Songs</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: bedroom pop, folk, Free Cake For Every Creature)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=322439298/album=260115691/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BB-Cream-BB-Cream-cover.png"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BB-Cream-BB-Cream-cover.png?resize=1170%2C1270" alt="" width="1170" height="1270" /></a><strong>BB Cream – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/05/20/bb-cream-st/"><em>s/t</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: pop punk, bedroom pop, lo-fi, grrrl power)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3885149403/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bedbug-if-i-got-smaller-grew-wings-and-flew-away-for-good.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bedbug-if-i-got-smaller-grew-wings-and-flew-away-for-good.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Bedbug &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/03/album-premiere-bedbug-i-got-smaller-grew-wings-flew-away-good/"><em>if i got smaller grew wings and flew away for good</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: experimental, twee, sincerity)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2102026209/album=3229487302/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bettybecky.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bettybecky.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="betty becky album artwork" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Betty Becky – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/18/betty-becky-self-titled-boyfriends/"><em>s/t</em> <em>/</em> <em>All the Boyfriends</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: bedroom pop, punk, lo-fi)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1732536921/album=2120492042/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/blue-smiley.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/blue-smiley.jpg?resize=1170%2C1167" alt="blue smiley return album art" width="1170" height="1167" /></a><strong>Blue Smiley – <a href="https://bluesmiley.bandcamp.com/album/return"><em>Return</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: garage rock, fuzz, dream pop)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2245569026/album=1833566309/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bois-asleep-with-songs-of-longing.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bois-asleep-with-songs-of-longing.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="bois alseep with songs of longing album art" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Bois – <a href="https://boismusic.bandcamp.com/album/asleep-with-songs-of-longing"><em>Asleep with Songs of Longing</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: pop, soul, indie rock)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1322464045/album=2301268368/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/boy-scouts-homeroom-breakfast.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/boy-scouts-homeroom-breakfast.jpg?resize=1170%2C1175" alt="boy scouts homeroom breakfast album art" width="1170" height="1175" /></a><strong>Boy Scouts – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/11/07/boy-scouts-homeroom-breakfast/"><em>Homeroom Breakfast</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: bedroom pop, folk, self-reflection)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=487369986/album=2939551087/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cabbage-oxblood-split.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cabbage-oxblood-split.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="cabbage oxblood split album art" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Cabbage/Oxblood – </strong><a href="https://cabbageband.bandcamp.com/album/cabbage-oxblood-split"><em><strong>Split</strong><br />
</em></a>(RIYL: bedroom pop, post-grunge, slacker rock)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2746220863/album=3225527582/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a2466290235_10.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a2466290235_10.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000" alt="candy azure album art" width="1000" height="1000" /></a><strong>Candy – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/08/candy-azure/"><em>Azure</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: jangle rock, dream pop, lo-fi)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1886769654/album=892816088/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/corp-news-at-11.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/corp-news-at-11.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="猫 シ Corp. news at 11 album art" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>猫 シ Corp. – <a href="https://news-at-11.bandcamp.com/album/news-at-11"><em>News at 11</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: vapourwave, 90s TV, mass media)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1806718170/album=3186932995/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a3202010840_10.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a3202010840_10.jpg?resize=1170%2C1151" alt="cayetana tired eyes album art" width="1170" height="1151" /></a><strong>Cayetana – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/07/cayetana-tired-eyes/"><em>Tired Eyes</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: indie rock, jangle pop, punk)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3435807701/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a0307973407_10.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a0307973407_10.jpg?resize=1170%2C1155" alt="FRY YR BRN album art" width="1170" height="1155" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Cereal + Sounds &amp; Z Tapes – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/21/z-tapes-cereal-and-sounds-fry-yr-brn/"><em>FRY YR BRN</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: indie rock, covers, TV theme songs)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3222752824/album=664248388/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/a2245735680_10.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/a2245735680_10.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="coping skills relatable web content album art" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Coping Skills – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/05/27/coping-skills-relatable-web-content/"><em>Relatable Web Content</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: lo-fi, bedroom pop, Millennial angst)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1934395707/album=2883257363/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/constant-companion-curious-design.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/constant-companion-curious-design.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="constant companion curious design album art" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Constant Companion – <a href="https://constantcompanion.bandcamp.com/album/curious-design"><em>Curious Design</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: pop punk, lo-fi, indie rock)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3076104684/album=4064766682/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/corvus-b-france-later.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/corvus-b-france-later.jpg?resize=1170%2C1169" alt="corvus b france later album art" width="1170" height="1169" /></a><strong>Corvus B. – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/06/corvus-b-france-later/"><em>France, Later</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: poetry, spoken word, haunting banjo)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3090606890/album=137275877/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a1434590431_10.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/a1434590431_10.jpg?resize=863%2C1200" alt="crabapple further out album art" width="863" height="1200" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Crabapple – <a href="https://crabapplesf.bandcamp.com/album/further-out"><em>Further Out</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: indie pop, summer jams, lo-fi)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2132656089/album=2351814878/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/daytimetv.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/daytimetv.jpg?resize=652%2C652" alt="daytime tv 2 album art" width="652" height="652" /></a><strong>Daytime TV – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/29/song-premiere-daytime-tv-cigarettes/"><em>DAYTIME TV 2</em></a><br />
</strong>(RIYL: indie pop, lo-fi, rock)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3398831489/album=49464793/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/a4000446769_10.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/a4000446769_10.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="deer scout customs album art" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Deer Scout – <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/19/deer-scout/"><em>Customs</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: folk, singer songwriter, Gregory and the Hawk)</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="120" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1055834159/album=1552722512/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dogbreth-second-home.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dogbreth-second-home.jpg?resize=1170%2C1151" alt="dogbreth second home" width="1170" height="1151" /></a><strong>Dogbreth &#8211; <a href="https://dogbreth.bandcamp.com/album/second-home"><em>Second Home</em></a></strong><br />
(RIYL: pop punk, Cloud Nothings, Joyride!, rock &#8216;n roll fun)</p>
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<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dowsing-ratboys-split.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dowsing-ratboys-split.jpg?resize=1170%2C1170" alt="dowsing ratboys split album art" width="1170" height="1170" /></a><strong>Dowsing / Ratboys – <em>Split</em></strong><br />
(RIYL: indie rock, pop punk, emo)</p>
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(RIYL: bedroom pop, lo-fi, teenage feelings)</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again, time to think about our favourite songs of 2016. Below are sixty of the tracks that stood out alongside our pick of the best lines and lyrics. It gets a bit (extremely) long, so feel free to scroll to the bottom where we&#8217;ve collected the tracks into a handy 8tracks playlist. Or perhaps read the entire thing as some experimental poem. And the usual disclaimer applies, there were too many great tunes to include [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again, time to think about our favourite songs of 2016. Below are sixty of the tracks that stood out alongside our pick of the best lines and lyrics. It gets a bit (extremely) long, so feel free to scroll to the bottom where we&#8217;ve collected the tracks into a handy 8tracks playlist. Or perhaps read the entire thing as some experimental poem.</p>
<p>And the usual disclaimer applies, there were too many great tunes to include them all, so treat this more as a selection rather than a comprehensive round-up of the year. Enjoy.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/11/25/best-rest-things-missed-5/">Leanne Betasamosake Simpson</a> &#8211; Constellation</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>You&#8217;re used to quiet words</em><br />
<em>and so am I</em><br />
<em>so I&#8217;ll just whisper</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/14/tiny-ruins-new-single-dream-wave/">Tiny Ruins</a> &#8211; Dream Wave</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>always a dream wave drawing you off track </em><br />
<em>dream wave, a coast calls you back</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/31/magana-golden-tongue/">Magana</a> &#8211; Get it Right</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>You were red but my gold turned you green</em><br />
<em>So you stood there lying through your teeth</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/19/deer-scout/">deer scout</a> &#8211; holy ghost</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I could find a new kind of devotion</em><br />
<em>I could know you by another name</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/05/09/hovvdy-taster/">Hovvdy</a> &#8211; Meg</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;S<em>peak because i know you feel a certain way </em><br />
<em>but ill pass it along anyway</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/03/album-premiere-bedbug-i-got-smaller-grew-wings-flew-away-good/">Bedbug</a> &#8211; Leaving Town, Moving to a National Park &lt;3</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I’m too young for that anyways </em><br />
<em>everyone&#8217;s just tryna skip town these days</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/06/soccer-mommy-young-hearts/">Soccer Mommy</a> &#8211; Skinned Knees</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>i left </em><br />
<em>burning streets in tennessee </em><br />
<em>for a north east feel</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/19/pre-order-puberty-2-new-album-mitski/">Mitski</a> – Your Best American Girl</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Your mother wouldn&#8217;t approve of how my mother raised me</em><br />
<em>But I do, I finally do</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/09/29/lvl-return-love/"><strong>LVL UP</strong></a><strong> – Hidden Driver</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>God is peeking</em><br />
<em>softly speaking</em><br />
<em>fucking everything</em><br />
<em>until I slowly do see</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/18/lisa-prank-adult-teen/">Lisa Prank</a> – Starting Again</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>You say you’re not still drinking</em><br />
<em>you just started again</em><br />
<em>I swear I don’t still miss you</em><br />
<em>I just started again</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/13/dicktations-super-paradise/">Dicktations</a> – Dicktations Forever</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>It&#8217;s hard to say when I first figured out something was wrong</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/11/16/joyride-half-moon-bay/">Joyride!</a> – Running on Empty</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Young and running on empty</em><br />
<em>you said that you thought I looked pretty with my makeup on</em><br />
<em>so I went home and I took it off</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/20/sioux-falls-rot-forever/">Sioux Falls</a> (now <a href="https://strangeranger.bandcamp.com/">Stranger Ranger</a>) – Dom</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;S<em>pending too much time on the internet </em><br />
<em>are you ok? you don&#8217;t seem very into it</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/03/camp-cope-st/">Camp Cope</a> – Jet Fuel Can&#8217;t Melt Steel Beams</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>It&#8217;s the trophy wives raising trophy wives raising children on TV</em><br />
<em>Scared of people like you and me</em><br />
<em>Just don&#8217;t ask questions you&#8217;ll sleep peacefully</em><br />
<em>We will not go out in silence and we will not go quietly</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/13/fake-boyfriend-mercy/">Fake Boyfriend</a> – BUMTOWN</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Why do I cling to the threads that mean the least?</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/05/outer-spaces-shedding-snake/">Outer Spaces</a> &#8211; I Saw You</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I saw you, a shedding snake</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/11/28/song-premiere-american-enthusiasm-limbaud/">American Enthusiasm</a> – Holy Wow</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Make a note of all the words I cough out on my death bed</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/02/18/the-hotelier-announce-new-album-goodness/">The Hotelier</a> – Soft Animal</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Fawn, doe, light snow</em><br />
<em>Spots on brown of white </em><br />
<em>make me believe that there’s a God sometimes</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Beach Slang – Future Mixtape for the Art Kids</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>We&#8217;re not lost, we are dying in style</em><br />
<em>We&#8217;re not fucked, we are fucking alive</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/09/08/chuck-band-computer-audio-antihero/">CHUCK</a> – Death</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>You hold on to whatever kin</em><br />
<em>that keeps on breathin’ in</em><br />
<em>that keeps you from driftin’</em><br />
<em>like paper in the wind</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/16/wont-announce-new-album-unveil-single-ya-ya-ya/">You Won&#8217;t</a> – Ya Ya Ya</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>So your daddy was a poltergeist</em><br />
<em>sent your little sister screaming down the hallway</em><br />
<em>well I don’t know about the afterlife,</em><br />
<em>but I can help you to forget about the old days</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/31/song-premiere-almanac-mountain-kids-playing-outside-2/">Mountain Almanac</a> &#8211; Kids Playing Outside</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Saturday morning, cartoon time, let’s go</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/11/basement-revolver-st/">Basement Revolver</a> – Johnny</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Please just stay away from Johnny</em><br />
<em>cos I love him understand</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/11/07/boy-scouts-homeroom-breakfast/">Boy Scouts</a> &#8211; Did You See My Cry</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>walking walmart shopping center </em><br />
<em>i’d never been better </em><br />
<em>on my own two feet </em><br />
<em>i guess</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free Cake For Every Creature – First Summer in a City</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>i&#8217;ll be singing when i&#8217;m 90 </em><br />
<em>climb a tree to see </em><br />
<em>what tastes to smokey sweet </em><br />
<em>first summer in a city</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/01/25/haley-heynderickx-fish-eyes-ep/">Haley Heynderickx</a> &#8211; First I&#8217;m Sorry</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Mother knows I drown in my lies</em><br />
<em>Father knows I learned my lesson the second time.</em><br />
<em>Ask me where I’ll go I’ll say do not know</em><br />
<em>No, I do not know</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/02/arms-patterns/">ARMS</a> &#8211; Missing<br />
</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I don&#8217;t want to force your hand</em><br />
<em>but wishes disguised as plans will never do</em><br />
<em>Like the king of deathbed regrets</em><br />
<em>and the queen of last requests could ever choose</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/05/23/napsyikes-beautiful-place-earth-commercial-music/">Naps</a> &#8211; Bad Vibrations</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Can’t stand up to the world’s expectations</em><br />
<em>I’m living on a bad bad vibration</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/18/washboard-abs-u-scanned-ur-club-card/">The Washboard Abs</a> – Day Draws Nearer</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Your backyard</em><br />
<em>you talked to God</em><br />
<em>about the heartbreak you forgot</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/06/28/trace-mountains-buttery-sprouts-songs/">Trace Mountains</a> – Forgiveness</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>old dirt you thrown underneath the stair</em><br />
<em>is right there</em><br />
<em>right where you said i’d tremble and stare</em><br />
<em>at the vast unforgiving spirit lurking there</em><br />
<em>but it takes time, to realise forgiveness</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/20/nassau-hoss/">Nassau</a> – Desert Blues</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I took a marker and wrote your number on the bathroom stall</em><br />
<em>That&#8217;s just my way of reaching out cos I&#8217;m too proud to call</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/04/song-premiere-adeline-hotel-near-you/">Adeline Hotel</a> &#8211; Near You</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Sleep better tonight </em><br />
<em>In the heat of red moon light </em><br />
<em>Whatever we are, whatever we&#8217;ll be </em><br />
<em>I used to live near you, you used to love near me</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://simonbalto.bandcamp.com/track/foothills">Simon Balto</a> &#8211; Foothills</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I’ve never been a faithful man</em><br />
<em>I’ve always been too proud to pray</em><br />
<em>But won’t you come out to the foothills</em><br />
<em>And hold me together for one more day</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/11/30/cloud-cult-announce-new-album-and-film-seeker/">Cloud Cult</a> &#8211; No Hell</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>There&#8217;s no use in running unless you run like heck</em><br />
<em>The best things we&#8217;ve learned we learned from the wreck</em><br />
<em>Jesus coming back as a woman this time</em><br />
<em>Handing out hugs in the clinic line</em><br />
<em>Someone tell the devil we don&#8217;t need no hell</em><br />
<em>We&#8217;re all pretty good at beating up ourselves</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Slingshot Dakota – Break</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>And in the end there&#8217;s two of us</em><br />
<em>it was always two of us</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/04/good-good-blood-passing-place-2/">Good Good Blood</a> &#8211; No Sadness/Furrowed Brow</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>We&#8217;ll have no sadness/furrowed brow </em><br />
<em>There is no shame in dying now </em><br />
<em>I said from my death bed</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/06/20/song-premiere-ben-seretan/">Ben Seretan</a> &#8211; Bowl of Plums</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>My friends call me when they&#8217;re feeling low </em><br />
<em>We talk quietly for hours and walk the room </em><br />
<em>Flowers growing in a coffee can </em><br />
<em>Our lives are wonderful and sad sometimes</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/30/chris-bathgate/">Chris Bathgate</a> – Big Ghost</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I got a Big Ghost </em><br />
<em>of static in my throat </em><br />
<em>from coming up too short</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/01/13/wintersleep-announce-new-album-the-great-detachment/">Wintersleep</a> &#8211; Metropolis</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>The man that you are, the man you were, the man you left</em><br />
<em>Turn into stars, flowing in through the wilderness</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Mothers – Lockjaw</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I don&#8217;t want your kind words</em><br />
<em>I want your ghost inside a thimble</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Car Seat Headrest – Drunk Driver / Killer Whales</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>You build yourself up against others&#8217; feelings</em><br />
<em>And it left you feeling empty as a car coasting downhill</em><br />
<em>I have become such a negative person</em><br />
<em>It was all just an act</em><br />
<em>It was all so easily stripped away</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/10/space-mountain-announce-big-sky-on-super-fan-99-and-dust-etc/">Space Mountain</a> – Never Lonely</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Met a friend today</em><br />
<em>And im feeling okay</em><br />
<em>She’s in my head</em><br />
<em>I’m never lonely</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/26/hallelujah-hills-band-something-figure-2/">Hallelujah the Hills</a> – What Do the People Want?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>What do the people want? </em><br />
<em>The people don&#8217;t know what they want</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/29/mount-moriah-how-to-dance/">Mount Moriah</a> – Calvander</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Carry on and on and on on</em><br />
<em>With your cosmic reach</em><br />
<em>Newport river whispered fate</em><br />
<em>Spells cast with every crashing wave</em><br />
<em>Neon lines and a new name</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/06/21/frederick-squire-spooky-action-distance/">Frederick Squire</a> – Bike Thief</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>The lights are on </em><br />
<em>And we are sinking way down in our chairs </em><br />
<em>We don’t say much of anything </em><br />
<em>Even though there’s still a lot to say</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Kevin Morby – We&#8217;ve Been Here Before</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Running my mouth off at the storm</em><br />
<em>Yelling, &#8220;man, what the hell did you do that for?</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/04/premiere-sam-moss-unveils-new-track/">Sam Moss</a> – Vertebrae</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Did you watch my vertebrae</em><br />
<em>Slendering out</em><br />
<em>Or did you watch your own?</em><br />
<em>Stretching skin over the bone</em><br />
<em>I’ve grown</em><br />
<em>Learning to be proud</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/02/26/arlo-aldo-house-home/">Arlo Aldo</a> &#8211; House &amp; Home</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>O’er the mountains out past the trees</em><br />
<em>where the grasslands, meet the sky</em><br />
<em>you’ll find me singin’ my songs</em><br />
<em>with my lover in my mind</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/11/25/best-rest-things-missed-5/">Will Johnson</a> – Nervousness Fangs</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Jesus what a mess</em><br />
<em>what they’re all selling</em><br />
<em>and what’s being sold</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/01/jeremy-squires-announces-new-album-shadows/">Jeremy Squires</a> – After All</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>There’s an old painting of Jesus on a wall</em><br />
<em>and a tapestry that hangs by a cross</em><br />
<em>that weighs heavy on my shoulders now and then</em><br />
<em>I get caught up with why the things we love ain’t never last</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/05/16/dead-tongues-montana/">The Dead Tongues</a> – Stained Glass Eyes</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Fifth wind brought a howl got me in a storm</em><br />
<em>I saw a lighthouse spinning at the edge of the world</em><br />
<em>like looking through a window to the day</em><br />
<em>I was born</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/10/kyle-morton-what-will-destroy-you/">Kyle Morton</a> – Automatic</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>It’s my head, it’s my head</em><br />
<em>breaking itself to make a thought but instead</em><br />
<em>Just some pornographic images to stave off my death</em><br />
<em> It’s all automatic</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Keaton Henson – Alright</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Obviously</em><br />
<em>My wounds are open to see</em><br />
<em>But don&#8217;t take them seriously</em><br />
<em>I&#8217;ll be fine</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/07/talons-work-stories/">Talons’</a> – Work Stories</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Is this what the end of the world looks like? </em><br />
<em>Or is this just life?</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/09/15/jordan-ojordan-through-tough-thoughts/">Jordan O&#8217;Jordan</a> – A Lonely Road</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>There are truths we may or may never know friend<br />
and that is the point</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/03/15/mal-devisa-kiid/">Mal Devisa</a> – Sea of Limbs</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Honey-lover</em><br />
<em>keeper of the bees</em><br />
<em>Soft-spoken</em><br />
<em>seldom-seen</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/05/19/young-jesus-void-lob/">Young Jesus</a> – Hinges</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;I&#8217;<em>m pretty sure I&#8217;m a kind of collection of things </em><br />
<em>scattered throughout the backyard </em><br />
<em>under the moon </em><br />
<em>pulling weirdo slow dance moves </em><br />
<em>maybe always losing it a little </em><br />
<em>i am ashamed to believe in myself!</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/12/12/lung-cycles-lumpy/">Lung Cycles</a> &#8211; For a While</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>I feel like sharing</em><br />
<em>so I&#8217;ll press record</em><br />
<em>and I&#8217;ll tell you that I had a vision</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/06/02/sister-grotto/">Sister Grotto</a> – UNCANNY</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>When we go, we go alone</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/17/john-k-samson-weakerthans-new-solo-winter-wheat/">John K. Samson</a> – Virtute At Rest</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>You should know I am with you, know I forgive you</em><br />
<em>Know I am proud of the steps that you&#8217;ve made</em><br />
<em>Know it will never be easy or simple</em><br />
<em>Know I will dig in my claws when you stray</em>&#8220;</p>
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<p>If you missed it, you can see the list of our favourite albums of 2016 <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/12/22/wake-deafs-favourite-albums-2016/">here</a>, and stay tuned for our collection of the best name-your-price releases on Bandcamp next week.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/12/28/wake-the-deafs-favourite-songs-of-2016/">Wake the Deaf&#8217;s Favourite Songs of 2016</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Summer of Sad &#8211; Swell Tone &#038; Z Tapes</title>
		<link>https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/09/19/summer-sad-swell-tone-z-tapes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Even half-casual readers of WTD will know that Filip at Z Tapes is pretty much the go-to man for high quality bedroom pop and rock releases, having built up quite a back catalogue of acts from all over the globe. Not happy to settle for that, he&#8217;s started enlisting other impeccable taste-makers to curate compilations, an idea that brought us FRY YR BRN, the excellent TV-inspired collection from our good pals at Cereal + Sounds which we described as &#8220;a [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/09/19/summer-sad-swell-tone-z-tapes/">Summer of Sad &#8211; Swell Tone &#038; Z Tapes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even half-casual readers of WTD will know that Filip at <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/z-tapes/">Z Tapes</a> is pretty much the go-to man for high quality bedroom pop and rock releases, having built up quite a back catalogue of acts from all over the globe. Not happy to settle for that, he&#8217;s started enlisting other impeccable taste-makers to curate compilations, an idea that brought us <em>FRY YR BRN</em>, the excellent TV-inspired collection from our good pals at Cereal + Sounds which <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/04/21/z-tapes-cereal-and-sounds-fry-yr-brn/">we described as</a> &#8220;a near-enough perfect compilation for those of us who grew up under the ever-present bombardment of photon-based entertainment&#8221;.</p>
<p>The week saw the second such collaboration, this time with Philadelphia blog sensation <a href="http://swelltonemusic.com/">Swell Tone</a>. Curated by <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/shana-hartzel/">Shana Hartzel</a>, <em>Summer of Sad</em> is a ten-song release featuring a range of styles and genres linked by the common themes of being 1) summery, 2) sad, 3) great. Or, as Shana puts it:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Summer of Sad</em> is about the quiet moments of the hottest season. It&#8217;s the warm breeze on a moonlit night and the mellow release of melancholia as you float down the river on an inner-tube in the hot, hot sun. A collaboration between Philly music blog Swell Tone and Slovakian tape label Z Tapes, the compilation combines 10 songs from female artists and female-fronted bands to create a dual atmosphere of summer&#8217;s brightness and the depths of longing. As if time were being kept by the creak of an old, back porch swing, the songs sway with an effortless sincerity.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8216;Icebergs&#8217; by Bevelers opens, playing like some mountain hymn for the twenty-first century, while &#8216;Bad Way&#8217; by Pop &amp; Obachan is a slow, dreamy rock jam that seems caught between light and dark. &#8220;You arrived a surprise in the strangest way,&#8221; sings Emma Tringali, &#8220;what started as hate ended as a beautiful thing&#8221;. Lomelda&#8217;s glitchy folk rock follows, &#8216;Ya w/Me?&#8217; insular and downbeat yet also somehow warm in its incredibly human heartbreak:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;So you don&#8217;t wanna be a family<br />
You told me<br />
Sitting at the table that my grandparents left for me<br />
I just poured you another glass<br />
Did ya notice<br />
The silence that passed is all that lasts?<br />
Where did ya go?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<p>Summer Flake&#8217;s &#8216;Shoot and Score&#8217; is a slightly off-kilter rock tune, the vocals sliding over the music in monotone sheets, always threatening to deepen into something more dark or dangerous but never quite following through. &#8216;bat&#8217; by CBMC&#8217;s ÓOR is a submerged bedroom number, the instrumentation rippling like the surface of a pond, while Queen of Jeans&#8217; cover of Roy Orbison&#8217;s &#8216;In Dreams&#8217; is seized by a timeless, romantic melancholy, the dramatic drums and crooned vocals conjuring that perfect tortured state unique to country singers and Hollywood actors.</p>
<p>The second cover, Candace&#8217;s rendition of Buffalo Springfield&#8217;s &#8216;Way Home&#8217;, is similarly arresting, snaking between fond sadness in the verses and the carefree forgiveness (or at least forget) in the chorus. Mia Loucks follows this with &#8216;summer&#8217;, a song both muffled and bright, as though sung the bottom of a swimming pool, lit electric blue during a sweaty August night. Sarah M.&#8217;s &#8216;t-shirt&#8217; worms its way gradually out from beneath heavy bass, the energy rising across its run-time, before Deer Scout closes the release with &#8216;Haus&#8217;. Half-paced and soft, this is a song for those late summer nights where autumn comes knocking, darkness arriving a little too early, cool damp creeping into the fabric of things. Luckily, Dena Miller&#8217;s vocals are the perfect antidote, weaving a blanket in which to wrap yourself, through the night and winter both.</p>
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<p>Working as a stellar release in its own right, as well as an introduction to ten acts that will soon be amongst your favourites, <em>Summer of Sad</em> is pretty much the perfect compilation, and a great example of the special things that can happen when enthusiastic people team up and combine their energies.</p>
<p><em>Summer of Sad</em> is out now and you can get it now from the Z Tapes <a href="https://ztapes.bandcamp.com/album/summer-of-sad">Bandcamp page</a>, including a rather lovely cassette edition. All digital sales will be donated to Slovakian charity, Esther, who help people live again after domestic abuse.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Cover art drawn by Victoria Engle, colored Caitlin McCann </em></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/09/19/summer-sad-swell-tone-z-tapes/">Summer of Sad &#8211; Swell Tone &#038; Z Tapes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>July 2016 Roundup: A Mixtape</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monthly Roundups]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ben seretan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eternals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fern Mayo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghost Camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good good blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Prank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LVL UP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okkervil River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAT MOON]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Weirdos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soccer Mommy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiny Ruins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trust Fund]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Yep, it&#8217;s the beginning of a new month, meaning July 2016 is now officially in the rear-view mirror. As summers go, it has been pretty wet and miserable here with us, apart from a two-day spell when it was too hot, so what can you do? Still, we&#8217;ve had plenty of good new music to keep the spirits up. Here&#8217;s a Playmoss mix featuring every artist we covered last month, with links in the tracklisting as always so you can [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/01/july-2016-roundup-mixtape/">July 2016 Roundup: A Mixtape</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, it&#8217;s the beginning of a new month, meaning July 2016 is now officially in the rear-view mirror. As summers go, it has been pretty wet and miserable here with us, apart from a two-day spell when it was <em>too</em> hot, so what can you do? Still, we&#8217;ve had plenty of good new music to keep the spirits up. Here&#8217;s a Playmoss mix featuring every artist we covered last month, with links in the tracklisting as always so you can whizz through to the specific post and read about your favourites.</p>
<p>Tracklisting:</p>
<p>1. Staying in Line &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/05/un-blonde-good-will-come/">Un Blonde</a><br />
2. Skinned Knees &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/06/soccer-mommy-young-hearts/">Soccer Mommy</a><br />
3. Dream Wave &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/14/tiny-ruins-new-single-dream-wave/">Tiny Ruins</a><br />
4. No Sadness/Furrowed Brow &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/04/good-good-blood-passing-place-2/">Good Good Blood</a><br />
5. Pain &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/22/lvl-up-sign-to-sub-pop-announce-new-album-return-to-love/">LVL UP</a><br />
6. Theory Wars &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/28/song-premiere-pop-weirdos-theory-wars/">Pop Weirdos<br />
</a>7. Crab Line &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/20/trust-fund-always-lived-harolds/">Trust Fund</a><br />
8. Heaven&#8217;s Gate &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/14/ghost-camp-great-lakes/">Ghost Camp</a><br />
9. Holy Ghost &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/19/deer-scout/">Deer Scout</a><br />
10. Desert Blues &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/20/nassau-hoss/">Nassau</a><br />
11. Okkervil River R.I.P. &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/11/okkervil-river-announce-new-album-away-first-single-okkervil-river-r-i-p/">Okkervil River</a><br />
12. Housemouse &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/25/song-premiere-wyndwood-housemouse/">Wyndwood</a><br />
13. Smash &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/27/varsity-smash-still-apart/">Varsity</a><br />
14. Raised By Wolves &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/26/eternals/">Eternals<br />
</a>15. Starting Again &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/18/lisa-prank-adult-teen/">Lisa Prank</a><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/26/eternals/"><br />
</a>16. Feel You &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/15/pat-moon-dont-hide-light/">Pat Moon<br />
</a>17. Nothing &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/11/naps-happy-time-forever-always-jason-calhoun/">Naps<br />
</a>18. Everywhere A Man Can Be (Teaser) &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/28/zachary-lucky-everywhere-man/">Zachary Lucky<br />
</a>19. Mailbox &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/21/alexandra-gordon-rain-songs/">Alexandra Gordon<br />
</a>20. Ditmars &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/19/rainwater-unveil-ditmars-ahead-new-album-furious-hooves/">Rainwater<br />
</a>21. You Are on the Water &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/07/interview-ben-seretan/">Ben Seretan<br />
</a>22. Pinesol &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/29/fern-mayo-hex-signs/">Fern Mayo</a><br />
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<p>You can check out the previous monthly roundups <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/category/mixtapes/roundup-mixtapes/">here</a>, and our various other playlists and mixtapes <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/category/mixtapes/">here</a>. Thanks as always for getting us through another month. Here&#8217;s to a good August!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/08/01/july-2016-roundup-mixtape/">July 2016 Roundup: A Mixtape</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Deer Scout &#8211; Customs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liam Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Deer Scout is the recording project of Dena Miller from Philadelphia. Her new EP, customs, is four songs of soft bedroom folk. It&#8217;s the sort of release that holds enough plaintive and honest ruminations on love and loss to be at once sort of sad and strangely uplifting. Opener &#8216;holy ghost&#8217; is a gentle and heartfelt track about not abandoning a sense of wonder and belief in something bigger than yourself, even if you can&#8217;t follow the rigid rules/beliefs of organised religion. [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deer Scout is the recording project of Dena Miller from Philadelphia. Her new EP, <em>customs</em>, is four songs of soft bedroom folk. It&#8217;s the sort of release that holds enough plaintive and honest ruminations on love and loss to be at once sort of sad and strangely uplifting.</p>
<p>Opener &#8216;holy ghost&#8217; is a gentle and heartfelt track about not abandoning a sense of wonder and belief in something bigger than yourself, even if you can&#8217;t follow the rigid rules/beliefs of organised religion. The song reminds us that there is enough to be found in small everyday things and people.</p>
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<h4>&#8220;holy ghost I barely recognize you<br />
something that you changed about your face<br />
I have a thought I want to run it by you<br />
but it might be a sin to speculate<br />
and I could find a new kind of devotion<br />
I could know you by another name&#8221;</h4>
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<p>The remaining three tracks follow a similar introspective path. &#8216;little state&#8217; sounds sad but also bright and clear and hopeful, backed by Steve Jagoda&#8217;s drums, while &#8216;up high&#8217; is about looking up to someone (&#8220;I want you, wanna be you / can you teach me how to fix my bike?). Closer &#8216;train song&#8217; is a gentle folk song about feelings and uncertainty.</p>
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<h4>&#8220;You&#8217;re pulling smoke into you lungs<br />
talking about what it means to be young<br />
to be the smoke inside your lungs<br />
to be the words on the tip of your tongue&#8221;</h4>
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<p>You can get <em>customs</em> on a name-your-price basis via the Deer Scout <a href="https://deerscout.bandcamp.com/album/customs">Bandcamp page</a>, and join me in crossing your fingers in the hope that Deer Scout have further releases in the pipeline.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/07/19/deer-scout/">Deer Scout &#8211; Customs</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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