First up is Wild Woods by Tape Sounds (who we featured on our favourite free music of 2013 list). Supposedly the soundtrack to a tale of post-apocalyptic isolation, each song is intended to serve as a chapter in the story (credit to posts on Twoism forums for the info).

Next is a self-titled album by frenchman Eliott Z. Gualdi. The preview track offers fourteen minutes of zen-like meditative guitar and piano (and probably some other instruments I don’t know the names of). That’s his grandfather one the cover by the way, which is pretty cool.

Last but not least is a split release from Mark Aubert and Bluezr, entitled Pause. Aubert’s preview is a really interesting collage of samples and chopped up beats. Bluezr’s opens with the haunting sound of a siren and opens into a very chill ambient track. The term hypnagogic was coined for stuff like this.

You can get all three right now from Carpi Records.I probably don’t need to tell you that the cassettes are beautifully designed. All releases are extremely limited so grab one now before they go.

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Doug MacNearney – Rambling Songs

(RIYL: folk, Canada, Tyler Butler, Zachary Lucky, heartfelt lyrics)

Dutch Barn – About Time

(RIYL: indie pop, fuzz, reverb, Teenage Fanclub)

Eerie Summer – S/T

(RIYL: dream pop, Best Coast, Pains of Being Pure At Heart)

Elvis Depressedly – Holo Pleasures

(RIYL: fuzzy pop, melancholy, Coma Cinema)

Eric & Magill – Two Travelers

(RIYL – indie pop, dream pop, long distance relationships)

The Everywheres – Slow Friends

(RIYL: Garage rock, psychedelic, fuzz)

Fiesta Minor – Time Spent Breathing

(RIYL: hardcore, screamo, post rock)

Filbert – Chronographic

(Riyl: indie rock, hip-hop, Why?)

Flow My Tears – I

(RIYL: indie pop, The Smiths, Cygnets)

The Flying Blackbyrds – No. 0

(RIYL: 60s rock, bar brawls, Mike Tod)

Fog Lake – Holy Cross

(RIYL: experimental, bedroom pop, slowcore, melancholy)

Fthrsn – Middle School Swag

(RIYL: glitch hop, dream pop, chillwave, GRL MTN)

Gatsby’s Estate – Intro/Extra

(RIYL: chillwave, synths, indie pop, the lonely life of Jay Gatsby)

Gingerlys – Summer Cramps

(RIYL: lo-fi, dream pop, indie rock)

Glass Vaults – Bright EP

(RIYL – ambient, dream pop, Youth Lagoon)

Goldeen – Off Duty Detective

(RIYL: chillwave, synths, John Maus)

Greatest Month – Herbs

(RIYL: washed out electronics, field recordings, chillwave)

Hand Drawn Dracula – Milkin’ It

(RIYL: grunge, indie rock, Nirvana, Toronto)

HAPPY TRENDY – For Listening Trial

(RIYL: lo-fi instrumentals, hypnagogic electronics, anxiety and chill)

Hog Bucket – Old Mustard

(RIYL: dirty bar-room blues, country, classic rock, drunken lovin’)

Hozier – Take Me To Church

(RIYL: radio-friendly indie, piano, Elton John)

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Eric & Magill – All Those I Know (Actually released 31st Dec 2010. Forgive me).

(RIYL: “Folktronica”, Crescendos, Dirty Projectors)

The Fierce & The Dead – If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe

(RIYL = Post-Rock, Progressive)

First Nations – Black Beach

(RIYL = Folk Rock, Meursault)

Flashing Red Lights – Faster Horses

(RIYL = Indie Pop, Electronic)

Foxes in Fiction – Hospital District/Static Cults 7”

(RIYL = Ambient, Dream Pop, Experimental)

Frederik Teige – Elevate

(RIYL = Folk Pop)

Geotic – Bless the Self

(RIYL = Baths, Experimental, Ambient)

Glass Vaults – Into Clear EP

(RIYL = Ambient, Shoegaze, Dreaming)

HAPPY TRENDY – Die Young

(RIYL = Bedroom Pop, Lo-Fi, Electronic)

Headaches – Spooky Mulder

(RIYL = Electronic, Experimental, Aliens)

In Euphoric Company – People You Remember, People You Forget

(RIYL = Indie Rock, Broken Social Scene, Local Natives)

In Lieu – Fuck Crz

(RIYL = Post-Rock, Sigur Ros, Owen)

James Hoffman – Mill City

(RIYL = Acoustic, Folk, M. Ward)

Jeremy Lee Given – Arapaima

(RIYL = Indie Pop, “Bro-Fi”, Large Fish)

Jessica Jalbert – Paris Green (Single)

(RIYL = Melancholia, Dream Pop, Mirah)

John Statz – The Budapest Sessions

(RIYL = Americana, Alt-Country)

Kalle Mattson –Anchors 

(RIYL = Indie Pop, Folk, Canada)

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