Field Studies - Fear On The Rise
One of our favourite bands of 2015 ended this year with this soaring number and go in to 2016 on a high.
<a data-cke-saved-href="http://nachtundnebel.bandcamp.com/album/they-themselves" href="http://nachtundnebel.bandcamp.com/album/they-themselves">they themselves by nacht und nebel</a>
Nacht und Nebel - liegt
Taken from the recent they themselves cassette, this ten minutes of static and scrapes that sounds like the tape itself is disintegrating as it plays. A challenging, yet curious listen.
Tom McCartney - Kicked Out Of Town
With a voice that has a little bit of the Tom Waits about it, this is smoky bar room blues at its very best with the young Notts singer-songwriter flexing his not-too-shabby guitar-playing chops too.
VVV - Floodplains Nightmare 5
Found footage VHS from ’93 that was discovered floating on the Trent featuring three characters that look suspiciously like three of Notts top spitters of bars. We hope more washes up soon.
Snowy - Alpha Bet
Out now via This Is Grime Vol 4, one of Notts most exciting new artists recently became one of Gilles Peterson’s ‘Future Bubblers’ and looks set to have a big 2016. Check out more on his Soundcloud page.
<a data-cke-saved-href="http://eyrellew.bandcamp.com/track/fero" href="http://eyrellew.bandcamp.com/track/fero">FERO by Eyre Llew</a>
Eyre Llew - Fero
Sumptuous and epic atmospheric soundscape with backwards vocals and beautiful violins adding to the sense of wonder. Beautiful stuff.
Shelter Point - Pale
Haunting vocals and simple piano are the order of the day on this melancholic track that sees the duo more stripped back than usual.
D.I.D - Heavy Cloud
The B-side to the West Bridgford five-piece’s recent festive single has the boys is contemplative mood on this ballad that has a something of the late-period Beatles about it. Surely it’s time for that second album now?
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