So I have been cast adrift by my girlfriend; at her time of need, she has reasoned that she doesn’t need me. It feels horrendous and lonely and stupid. I don’t trust anything now.
Tom Williams & The Boat – Concentrate
I think I’ve got a future, and I think I’m dead if I lose track.
MONEY – Letter To Yesterday
MONEY are a Manchester band with five names. They make spidery, shuddery, abstract shoegaze, an intrusive sound that goes through you like a probe, seeking out any weak spots or areas of sadness, and yielding instant tears and shakes if it lucks out. It’s for rooms which haven’t seen fresh air for days, for bedsits and knives and wrists and wanting to be somewhere else.
The Black Atlantic – Fragile Meadow
This Dutch band – sounding three-quarters Fleet Foxes-esque folk, and 25% hazy flower-power melancholia - is part of a fine and emerging Holland scene, one to which I was alerted by the wonderful Holly M. Gray at Filter in LA, a friend I might never meet. Perhaps this is her in the video.
Planningtorock – Doorway (Creep remix)
If I chose to float away, this would be the carpet on which I’d ride. Creep’s remix may be beautiful and poignant, but it’s also coolly “driven, determined, it’s getting to where it’s going to. You’re not getting in its way; no-one is, not today.
The Bullitts – Close Your Eyes
And now for something completely different. Courtesy of writer, producer and musician Jeymes Samuel, The Bullitts is actually an adventure story told through music. It’s the tale of Amelia Sparks, an ice-cold murderess awaiting execution on death row, with her diary recounting events in real time on Twitter. Lucy Liu plays Amelia, Idris Elba from The Wire is detective Saul Emmanuel, and this first, funky song features Jay Electronica. File under weird/wonderful.
