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Oh, happy day. Sufjan Stevens has released a new, eight-song EP entitled All Delighted People. You can find it on Bandcamp and can stream the album now or download it for $5. Asthmatic Kitty will be releasing the album on other digital sites on August 23rd while a physical copy will be available later on. I like what I'm hearing. You can stream the entire album below. -- Capt. Obvious
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It took me a few months to get around to it, but I've been enjoying an album entitled Inter-Be from Minneapolis-based folk band Peter Wolf Crier. The band consists of Peter Pisano and Brian Moen, a duo that turns in a likable blend of garage lo-fi and front-porch folk and that has ties to the Eau Claire scene that produced Justin Vernon's Bon Iver. Pisano's crackly falsetto is sometimes reminiscent of M. Ward's, while the band's more ramshackle moments approach the psych-folk vibe of Woods. The album has a decidedly vintage feel: Moen's drums shuffle, hazy guitars hypnotize, trippy synth lines provide accent, rustic piano dances. It's all run through what has to be vintage recording gear as the album sounds like some lost radio broadcast. Some of the strongest moments on the record are most barebones. "You're So High" is built on a simple foundation of drums and a basic chord progression, yet it's one of the more catchy, roadtrip-friendly tunes of 2010. Definitely a band worth checking out. -- Capt. Obvious
MP3: Peter Wolf Crier - Hard As Nails
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