Free download Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/free-download/ New and independent music Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:21:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Free download Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/free-download/ 32 32 88787050 crocodile tears pa – the mouring after https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/12/16/7229/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:21:03 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=7229 Crocodile tears pa is a bedroom pop project from Philadelphia. I know very little about it or this release on the project’s Bandcamp page, except that this collection of four morose songs are dedicated “in loving memory of cathy stevens”. The first song ‘all saints day’ is my personal favourite, a sad and lo-fi bedroom pop track which mixes Elvis Depressedly’s lonely gloom with Frankie Cosmos’ honest and naively intimate songwriting. “It’s all saints day again another year I can’t pretend I […]

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]]> Crocodile tears pa is a bedroom pop project from Philadelphia. I know very little about it or this release on the project’s Bandcamp page, except that this collection of four morose songs are dedicated “in loving memory of cathy stevens”. The first song ‘all saints day’ is my personal favourite, a sad and lo-fi bedroom pop track which mixes Elvis Depressedly’s lonely gloom with Frankie Cosmos’ honest and naively intimate songwriting.

“It’s all saints day again
another year I can’t pretend
I don’t talk to saints”

‘CROWNS’ is a song about losing someone, about grief (“am i stronger if i can say it out loud
wherever you are now could you say you were proud? / i didn’t get the chance to say good bye / but the world’s moved on now so why can’t i?”), while ‘dirt naps’ is a song from the opposite perspective, about being dead and dissatisfied with life as a ghost.

“cemeteries close at 5’o’clock
they shut the gates and put on a lock
so if i die and if they put me in a box
you’ll never see me
never see me
never see me
never see me after work”

The EP closes with ‘gloomy sunday’, an acoustic Billie Holiday played over the ambient sound of rain splashing on a roof, a fittingly sad and reflective finish to a really nice collection of songs. You can get the mourning after now on a name-your-price download via the crocodile tears pa bandcamp page.

 

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]]> 7229 The Pale Light Between – The Grey Estates vs. GoldFlakePaint https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/04/24/the-pale-light-between-the-grey-estates-vs-goldflakepaint/ Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:56:33 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=4046 GoldFlakePaint and The Grey Estates are not the best indie pop band you’ve never heard of, they’re music blogs (and excellent ones at that), based in Bristol and Pittsburgh respectively, which let’s be honest you’ve probably already heard of. Earlier in April they teamed up to put out The Pale Light Between, a compilation of 20 songs from independent bands, and as ever we are playing catch-up to let you know about it. If you’re even just a casual reader of either blog […]

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]]> GoldFlakePaint and The Grey Estates are not the best indie pop band you’ve never heard of, they’re music blogs (and excellent ones at that), based in Bristol and Pittsburgh respectively, which let’s be honest you’ve probably already heard of. Earlier in April they teamed up to put out The Pale Light Between, a compilation of 20 songs from independent bands, and as ever we are playing catch-up to let you know about it. If you’re even just a casual reader of either blog then you’ll probably have some idea as to the vibe of the compilation – namely lo-fi indie pop/rock. There are good-time rock & roll songs (such as Pearl Earl’s ‘Karaoke Superstar’ and ‘Ex Marionette’ by Gal Pals), fuzzy pop songs (by Dear Tracks and Plums and Fake Laugh amongst others), gentler bedroom acoustics (e.g. the excellent ‘Can You Feel It Too?’ by Fun Home) and even some proper amp-blowing lo-fi rock (I’m looking at you Wendell Borton!).

The collection feels like a treasure trove for fans of that kind of thing and it’s a lot of fun delving in and discovering new acts. Pretty much every artist has a Bandcamp page with more material, so if you hear something you like then follow the trail and find your new favourite band.

The full tracklisting is below – the odd numbers were chosen by GoldFlakePaint, the evens by The Grey Estates:

1. German Error Message – A Lingering (Check our review of Haunts here)
2. Dear Tracks – Alive
3. Naps – Floral Mattress (Check out our review of ‘Floral Matress’ here and the band’s debut single here)
4. Sundae Crush – Toxic Slime
5. Sunshine Faces – TEENAGE PRAYER
6. Fun Home – Can You Feel It, Too? (Sprocket Session)
7. Romp – Drive
8. Echo Courts – I’ve Been Down
9. Plums – Parking Lots
10. Pearl Earl – Karaoke Superstar
11. Fake Laugh – As I Get To Know You Better
12. Littlefoot – Fever Dream
13. two white cranes – two white cranes (Check out our review of Two White Cranes here)
14. No Touching – Lighting
15. Froth – The Eterniturtle
16. Gal Pals – Ex Marionette
17. Wendell Borton – Saucy
18. Sandlot – Sober (Demo)
19. Smiling Disease – Double Locked
20. Dripping Wet – She’s Not Mine

Our current favourite is German Error Message, what’s yours?

You can grab The Pale Light Between right now on the GoldFlakePaint Bandcamp page on a pay-what-you-can basis.

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