Storefront Church "As We Pass (Sargent House)"
From Sargent House:
Storefront Church, the Lukas Frank helmed Los Angeles-based band has their debut album As We Pass on the way, and today they’ve released the final single from it. “Total Stranger” features Frank’s lush and evocative vocals over melancholy orchestration expressing unshakable love. The song follows the cavernous first single “After The Alphabets” which you can listen to here. DIIV’s Cole Smith is credited as a contributor on both songs as an instrumentalist and co-songwriter. As We Pass, available May 21st via Sargent House is a sweeping artistic statement that paints dark, weathered landscapes paired with Frank’s mournful croon and howls summoned via poignant songwriting that recalls the likes of Roy Orbison, Scott Walker, and Jeff Buckley.
Juliana Hatfield "Blood (American Laundromat)"
From Bandcamp:
Over the past four years, Juliana Hatfield has kept fans engaged and intrigued as she oscillates between impassioned original releases (Pussycat, Weird) and inspired covers collections (Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John, Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police). This year she returns with her latest album of originals, Blood, out May 14, 2021.
Tim Foljahn "I Dreamed A Dream (RTP)"
From Tim Foljahn:
It’s not a dream — after more than five years, Tim Foljahn has returned with a stunning new solo album, I Dreamed a Dream. His decades as a highly in-demand guitarist — in the studio and on-stage — all the while perfecting his own songwriting — are crystalized in this record. Foljahn’s songcraft, guitar expertise, and seamless genre changeups are all back, but imbued with a new sense of depth and beauty. Lyrically, the dream of life is a recurring theme, along with disillusionment, and ultimately, resurrection. The album is a mature, vital work; Foljahn draws not just from his vaunted career in music, but also from the ever-shifting world around us.
Annie Hart "Everything Pale Blue (RTP)"
From Annie Hart:
Everything Pale Blue is the first collection of ambient music by New York City-based composer and Au Revoir Simone keyboardist Annie Hart. Performed on analog synthesizers and processed through daisy chains of delay, reverb and loop effects, Everything Pale Blue’s warm, sonorous tones and trance-like, minimalist arrangements recall the work of pioneering electronic music composers Wendy Carlos, Éliane Radigue and Brian Eno, as well as German Kosmische Musik groups of the 70’s like Kraftwerk, Cluster and Tangerine Dream.