July 2018 Roundup

Jon Doyle — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:29:43 +0000

With grass either dead yellow or on fire, this July might have served as a harbinger of a dire downward turn in global living conditions. Luckily, there has been no such dip in quality in terms of music. We’ve made a playlist that collects all of the artists we covered during July 2018 for your listening pleasure on both Playmoss and Spotify.*

Featuring:

Petal – I’m Sorry
Wild Pink – The Seance On St. Augustine St
Big Thing – Spin
Bombshell Nightlight – Death Day
Mount Goldie – Summer
Elsa Lester – Pretty Bad, Man
Why Bonnie – Gold Rush
Devon Welsh – Vampires
Max García Conover – Another Travelling Man
Floating Room – Dog
Izaak Opatz – Bathing in the Ganges
Free Cake For Every Creature – Around You
Indigo De Souza – Home Team
Museum Food Court – bad song
Crisco Dreams – I Like Your Bed
You’re Sister – I Think About You
Russel the Leaf – Let ‘Em Run
Fresh – Daytime
Stevhen Peters – Phone Talk
Tender Age – Don’t Mind
Lord Youth – Do You Have Anything To Add?
Quiet Hollers – Addicted
Blue J – Hard to Know
Post Moves – The Arc of Life
Angus & Julia Stone – Nothing Else
Gia Margaret – Birthday
Sun June – Discotheque
Campdogzz – Souvenir
Field Report – Every Time

*(Due to various issues of availability and licensing, neither playlist has the complete quota of acts, but welcome to the modern age).

You can find all of the previous instalments of Bright Sparks here, and be sure to check back in a few weeks to see what makes the next edition.

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Video Premiere: Stevhen Peters – Phone Talk

Jon Doyle — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:57:08 +0000

Los Angeles musician Stevhen Peters is getting ready to release a new album, You Can Accommodate All You Want via Lobby Art. Influenced by the repetition of Stockhausen and Steve Reich, the record is a collection of sonic ruminations which sees Peters build songs in response to memories of his which provoke strong emotions. His aim is to transplant these emotions to the listener, both an exercise in the power of empathy and an admission that even our most emotionally rich experiences are not unique to us alone.

That’s not to say that these songs are inspired by huge, life-changing events. Rather, they focus on those small moments that leave a relatively large impression. The tracklisting gives some idea of the type of experiences in question: ‘Bike Ride Under Big Moon’, ‘Fast Car’, ‘Hoop Hymn’, and ‘Light Lands On A Cool Field’ to name a few. As label Lobby Art describe, “Peters distils life’s sweet moments into mantra-like offerings; a didactic sermon to live slowly and appreciate your surroundings. As Peters puts it, ‘the basic idea’.”

Today we are excited to share the video for the track, ‘Phone Talk’. From the opening notes, you get an impression of the type of emotions Stevhen Peters wants to conjure, an electronic devotion that evokes a bright wonder, a headspace unique to sunny mornings or vacation days. Peters is here to jolt us from the track of everyday existence and prove that such a disposition is attainable on even the most mundane of Mondays. What’s more, the result plays not as some forced New Age mindfulness but rather a plainly obvious suggestion. Rush less, look further, and we might just appreciate being alive that little bit more.

You Can Accommodate All You Want is set for release on the 24th August via Lobby Art and you can pre-order it via Bandcamp.

Photo by Isaac Schneider

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