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Restless ambient artist Earthen Sea announces new album ‘Recollection’ with a luscious and loose double preview. – Backseat Mafia
You may recall the name Jacob Long as a member of the seminal Dischord band Black Eyes, a group who defined post-hardcore’s in-built non-conformity. Such a starting point inevitably embedded unorthodoxy in his music making and his next excursion with the deep dub rhythmics of Mi Ami only underlined his disinclination to stand in line. So when in 2014, as Earthen Sea, Long moved away from abrasion and into the calmer stretches of ambient techno there was little chance he would be treading water. After inquisitive explorations in the world of beats released on Lovers Rock and Nicholas Jaar’s Other People label, Earthen Sea’s real adventure began with a signing…
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‘Stay Gold’ – Restless Leg unveil another sprightly powered pop single and announce album and tour. – Backseat Mafia
The new single ‘Stay Gold’ from Restless Leg is as hyperactive as their name – a track that skips and hops with a sprightly bounce, a sonic game of rough and tumble that spills out of the speakers and shimmers and shakes. Horns grace the edges and a low-fi rumble is emitted with a Jonathan Richman delivery, a Velvet Underground rawness and a sixties splash augmented by delightfully expressed lyrics: The precious metal setCopper, silver and the rest are alrightBut if I’m pressedI cannot thinkof a single quality that outshinesoh you are blessed Singer Ben Chanie says of the track: This is about, perhaps the misplaced hope, that the qualities…
