Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2018 Thread

the whole Hatchie EP is great! i mean nothing revolutionary but very solid dream-pop

reiterating maura's post way upthread: thea & the wild album is excellent shambhala

the new ep by eleanor k (formerly kyiki) is under the radar but very promising; this in particular gets really, really good around 1:30

https://soundcloud.com/eleanor-k/make-love-21

Is there also a 'shambhala' video genre? Shining a torch round a carpark in New Zealand seems pretty shambhala.

Chelsea Jade – "Laugh It Off"

saw Hatchie tonight and she was really excellent. she played the whole ep plus a few new ones (that were great) and did Kylie's Some Kind of Bliss too

this song by Sleep Thieves is both great, dramatic/atmospheric as fuck, and doesn't run out of ideas like so many similar tracks do

https://soundcloud.com/wearesleepthieves/aching-bones-v2wav

I just watched the Netflix queer teen comedy Alex Strangelove, whose soundtrack is like a treasure trove of this (sub?) genre, with MUNA's "I Know a Place" and Kristen Kontrol's "Show Me" being the tracks I immediately recognized in the film. Someone on Spotify made a playlist of all 52(!) used in the film, and while I'm guessing a good chunk of it isn't really Shambhalesque at all, it might at least be worth a scan through:

https://open.spotify.com/user/6dp7y24g7740qwd98gmq1swl7/playlist/4k9Lkn8QMuSjYkZfzRFsrR?si=1fXoqeX-Qz-OYVgWUCVy9A

I could swear there was a rolling 2018 ambient/ethereal music thread but I can't find it. I've been obsessively listening to Mary Lattimore's newest this week at work. The whole album is great, but I could listen to the opening track for days:

https://youtu.be/-K3Ldh92ta0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhoAmuc7cvo

i love the guitar tones on this

YES! I've been tracking her for a couple years. I'm psyched for the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIjY-_gsMq8

really like this

as far as shambhala albums go this year, I liked Mozaika by Onuka quite a lot, and I want to plug WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA - Galapagos to anyone who hasn't heard it, they're the best pop group in the world right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_epnF4YjQo

I already posted something upthread, but this is my fave track from Priest's "The Lost Lions" EP. I'm getting some Washed Out vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vGHEc41eLw

My Brain On Love by Young Dreams has in 2018 given me constant cravings to hear it and constant vague dissatisfaction when actually hearing it. I can't think of many other songs like that. I therefore can't say whether it's great or not, but you should probably give it a go and decide for yourself

https://youtu.be/P_b9aCyTuRM

Actually I'm quite enjoying it today. I think as long as it sticks to that chorus it's good, and it does stick to it a lot

the eliza shaddad album is lovely btw

That Young Dreams track that imago posted made my weekend.

I don't know if this belongs here, but it's good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsPj51alaQ0

xp yeah I listened to it about 8 times in a row and decided it's one of the songs of the year - how was I ever ambivalent?

the Young Dreams album is pretty enjoyable

I really like Sir Babygirl's run of singles this year, looking forward to her album next year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0c71QCx4ug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9RFqosc_90

We found a worse artist name than Mr. Twin Sister.

man the breakdown halfway through My Brain On Love is so good

new stealing sheep album out in april!! first track is a jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv9avX54KAo

oh that's good! ty

New Teen album due in March. Their pastiche is so amped-up that it stands apart from other similar bands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjjMbbq8TA

TEEN's debut single "better" is one of my favourite pieces of music from the past 5? 10? years

so it makes me sad to say: this song sucks

TEEN's entire Love Yes album was kind of incredible and yeah this is nowhere near that level

is there a 2019 thread yet? the Self Esteem record is sounding fucking great so far

the abovementioned Teen album is out today, I'm slightly nervous to check it

on third listen I like the Self Esteem record a whole lot, especially for how thoroughly unhip and unconcerned with sounding current it is (but also not self-consciously retro or whatever). it's smarter than it seems at first, too - "Girl Crush" for example is actually a repudiation of that term. it could probably stand to have lost a couple of tunes, but nothing drags individually.

I'll check it shortly! Teen was a massive disappointment tbh - they've ditched the non-sister and clearly lost any of her moderating influence, freeing them up to make a bad album

obsessed with the self esteem album, especially its singles

further listens have revealed it to be somewhat frontloaded

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Bqta6cp5mJ18HTqsaRlFM?si=Wr9bgtezTZC1O1jysGKDBQ

I don’t know if it’s shambhala but Gemma of “as ever” game has a good new one ^^^

I have come across this apparently ungooglable band from compiling music at the end of 2019, I know nothing at all about them, videos seem to have very few views indeed.

They are called "Ice Cream"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVWRTLJeDZo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMo2s8quWkw

Does anyone know anything about them?

Appears they’re from Toronto; I found a tranche of info with a little googling: http://exclaim.ca/amparticle/ice_cream_return_with_new_single_peanut_butter

Their social accts are linked at the bottom of their Bandcamp page: https://icecreeeammm.bandcamp.com/

Thanks morrisp, brilliant work

yeah pretty big band in toronto indie rock

Now I have a new favorite band.

"peanut butter" is very cool

yeah, this is good.

RED January, day 27. A five and a bit miler, slaloming around tourists in the rain while listening to Hatchie and Alvvays. pic.twitter.com/DVY0E9Cmbc

— Tim Farron (@timfarron) January 27, 2020

hey i started one of these for 2020

Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2020 Thread