getting me down

jesus.

pick yourself up and get out on that dancefloor. south yorkshire's blawan has put out a couple of housey post-dubstepish tracks this year that caught my ear, but god damn if this one just won't get out of my head. it's like reznor and ross' social network soundtrack, with that deep dark bass and precision electro, but just packed full of energy in a way that doesn't overdose the track with sugar - and rounded out with vocals that carry just enough modification to match the overall tone.

just make sure to listen on a decent set of speaker/headphones, and press repeat in advance. just save yourself the trouble.

blawan - getting me down

gonna go fishing, down by the sea

see, wherever human being have been around
you see rectangles and straight lines
'cause we're always trying to straighten things out
and so, that's the very mark of our presence
i don't know why we do it
it's always been a puzzle to me

it's something of a throwback, i know. but it still makes me awful happy.

blithe field - bible school

she made me love

what's a 'grammy'?

bon iver - love more (sharon van etten cover)

love me like you used to

i came across class actress in a daytrotter session a lifetime ago. while i'm not sure her sound makes a good complement to rock island's stripped down, analog environment, i enjoyed the free music that was offered to me, and promptly... forgot about it.

lo and behold it turns out she's actually significantly better with studio polish behind her. elizabeth harper's 2011 release rapprocher is, composition-wise, a top-to-bottom exploration of 80's style retro pop, with her lazy, nihilistic voice adding a modern touch; the conflict between the two is really what makes the sound what it is. and what it is is quite, quite good.

and of course, she's fucking gorgeous. i mean, honestly... why do i bother at this point.

here's two songs that she made.

class actress - love me like you used to


class actress - weekend