01. The Children02. Ambling Alp03. Madder Red04. I Remember05. ONE06. Love Me Girl07. Rome08. Strange Reunions09. Mondegreen10. GrizeldaTo create Odd Blood, Yeasayer holed themselves up in the hills of Woodstock, NY, before putting the final touches on the album in New York City. Those are certainly fitting locations for a band that often moves so deftly between middle-of-nowhere experimentation and the sharp melodies of city streets. With the band promising another thickly layered set of quirky pop, and their new home at ever-consistent Secretly Canadian label, this follow up to the excellent All Hour Cymbals comes with no shortage of anticipation.
A1 Before Leaving To Paris B1 A Place Called Dream B2 Rites Of PassageFrom the great success of Smallville's first label compilation "And Suddenly Its Morning" a new deephouse collective evolved: The Smallpeople aka Dionne, Steinhoff & Hammouda, Jaques le Bon and Christopher Rau. Hanging at their record store, djing together and exchanging beats and samples made the lovely Hamburg House gang around Smallville owners Julius Steinhoff and Just von Ahlefeld (aka Dionne) a new source of deepest club culture. Due to their large output Jus Ed from Bridgeport NY signed another 12" of the Smallpeople for his Underground Quality imprint to come out right after their amazing debut on Laid Recordings. Enjoy!
01. Berlin-Karlsruhe-Express
02. Chicago (Live)As a result of the 2009 “A Critical Mass” tour we are now releasing two new tracks recreated from the recorded live material. The A-side is based on the former Henrik Schwarz hit “Chicago". This new eerie bleepy techno version has a touch of an early M-Plant production and was recorded during the Flow Festival in Helsinki in August 2009. The B-side’s “Berlin-Karlsruhe Express” was the highlight of every liveshow. It is an aquatic drexciyan house inferno by Henrik Schwarz/Âme/Dixon, which helps round up the ” A Critical Mass Live EP” perfectly...www.wordandsound.de
01. Lion Face Boy
02. Fire Dies Down
03. I'll Build You A Fire
04. Cold Summer
05. Wooden Teeth
06. Leafmask
07. Softship
08. We Fell Of The Roof
09. Warm Blood
10. In Winters Eyes
11. WolfboyDefying its humble beginnings as the lo-fi solo project of Icelandic singer/ multi-instrumentalist Sindri Már Sigfússon, Seabear has morphed into a rambling experimental/ indie/ folk septet. Joining Sigfússon (whose unassisted musings are now released via his Sin Fang Bous moniker which just made the American Rolling Stone call him the "Icelandic Beck") are Guðbjörg Hlín Gudmundsdóttir, Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, Halldór Ragnarsson, Örn Ingi Ágústsson, Kjartan Bragi Bjarnason and Sóley Stefánsdóttir - all working in a wide range of solo-, band- (Kimono, Skakkamanage) and visual arts-projects in their own right. For their second full length LP, We Built A Fire, all members of the band had equal input in the writing process, thereby creating Seabear's first real collective album. Release date is set on February 26th 2010.
While Sigfússon's unmistakable voice remains the centerpiece on We Built A Fire, the new joint approach is reflected in songs like "I build you a fire" where the whole band joins in on vocals. While retaining their signature simplistic and addictive naive indie folk ("Wooden Teeth", "Lion Face Boy"), the band have branched out stylistically to include elements of straight up indie rock ("Softship"), intense balladry ("Cold Summer") and even some country twang ("Leafmask").
There is something instantly familiar about Seabear's songs that resonates with fans and critics alike. Despite scant promotion and airplay behind their debut album release, 2007's The Ghost That Carried Us Away, their songs and animated videos were a social media hit generating millions of plays. It's a very Icelandic DIY setup - their music is recorded by the band in their basement studio with its apple carton covered walls. All artwork and videos are hand made by Sindri's partner and band mate Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir...www.icelandmusic.is
