Quick! 11th hour year end recs

[Davey]

... I just recently downloaded Hypatia Lake Ouroboros at their bandcamp site and it's some good old heavy psych stoner rock.

Just got an email today (or some might say spam ) from Dave Foley (drummer) that I thought I'd pass along in case anyone is interested...

Thanks for listening to our new album "Ouroboros"! This is our first self-released album and our first vinyl LP and the support we've gotten so far has been amazing.

We'd like to let you know about a couple of opportunities to hear Hypatia Lake live in the next few days.

For Seattle 21+ folks, we are playing TONIGHT (Tuesday) at the Sunset Tavern with the Entrance Band (headlining) and Hot River (opening).
We go on 2nd, around 10PM or so.

This Saturday evening at 8PM (PST), we will be playing live on KEXP's Audioasis (90.3 in Seattle, KEXP 90.3 FM - where the music matters worldwide). Tune in if you get a chance.

If you are enjoying the album and would like more people to hear it, please take a moment to request your favorite song on KEXP (email: dj@kexp.org or phone:206-903-KEXP).

Thanks,

Dave (drums)
Hypatia Lake

[Slosh]

Rise Ye Sunken Ships. Cool title. By the now defunct Pela, who reformed as We Are Augustines. This one has been kind of addictive lately. Reminds me a little of what I loved about the first Old Canes record, that smell of Jeff Mangum in the room, but it was gone by the second time around. This has some of that, maybe some National, and something else kind of big, more epic rock sounding. A little menacing at times. Some good variety, but that something is still there throughout. Just got it so don't know how long that addictive feel will last. Might just be the weather. The song below isn't exactly representative of the whole, with a sniff of Men at Work, but isn't out of place. Review




I think the album opener Chapel Song below may have been used in a commercial for REI or something.

I told my brother about this album and he asked if I could send him a preview copy to listen on his iPhone (hence, LAME V0 mp3). Click here if you'd like to hear this excellent album in its entirety, but act fast because I'm not leaving it up for long.

[3LB]

Picked up M83s the other day, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming and imalikenit. Like Davey said, it gets a tad long in the tooth, but nothing grating. You definitely can get lost in it.

[Davey]

Just noticed, but we sure are throwing up lot of "W" releases in this thread. Washed Out, We Are Constantines, Wild Flag, Wooden Shjips, Wilco, Wild Beasts, Steve Wilson, Wailin' Jennys, Widowspeak...did I miss any?

Looking back through this thread, I guess no one actually mentioned Wild Beasts except in my quote above, but I will now. Smother has been working it's magic on me recently, and belongs on my list. Comes off a bit like a more fun version of Radiohead, but not the guitar-heavy early version, I'm talking the later electronically-enhanced version. Which makes this record a little reminiscent of Augie March too, musically interesting and lyrically poetic, and emotional. Adventurous without being pretentious.

The closing trio of songs really makes the record for me, "Reach a Bit Further", "Burning", and the most amazing "End Comes too Soon". Added all three of them at song of the day since they are inseparable for me now (still loading as I post). Great album all the way through, and one of the best I have heard this year.