Vodka is incredibly excited about this Swedish folk trio, Crying Day Care Choir, and you should be too. A second single released in August seems to indicate a possible long-player coming. Let’s hope that is the case! The video for Archipelago (seen/heard here) was released on the web by Warner Music Sweden on August 28, 2017. There still isn’t tons of information on this trio, even though they’ve been recording together for at least 5 years. If this is your first time stumbling into the group, look back to…
Read MoreIrena Zilic hails from Zagreb, Croatia, which means that her musical influences and exposures are probably somewhat different from other indie-folk artists. I say “probably” because there is no bio to give us her background. I do know that Irena has been about and making indie-influenced pop/folk tunes since sometime in 2012, when her first 4-song EP, Days Of Innocence, came out. She then released an LP, titled Travelling (September 2014) which contained 3 of the 4 tracks from the EP. The latest long-player, Haze (March 2017), is the…
Read MoreIndie folk aficionados, American Dreamer, released a two-song (and change) EP in January 2017, Signal Sessions, which is a punctuation mark to the group’s October 2016 long-player, Restless Nights. Both efforts show why American Dreamer should be the defining force in indie-folk. Why the “and change” comment above? The third track is Cue 6, an instrumental which clocks in at 50 seconds. American Dreamer bills themselves as an orchestral folk ensemble, certainly an apt description. Their goal is to explore the space between classical orchestral music and folk…
Read MoreSHEL is the sisters Holbrook as a mnemonic and SHEL is also a powerful alternative pop-folk band, alive with creativity! Members Sarah, Hannah, Eva, and Liza are positively fraught with talent, blending their cool harmonies with acoustic and electronic instruments that are fun and functional. The latest long-player, Just Crazy Enough (May 2016) is full of beauty and energy as highlighted by Rooftop (seen/heard here). Though all of the sisters share vocal duties, lead vocal falls to the pretty and sometimes plaintive pipes of Eva. Instrumentally, SHEL is well represented, with Sarah playing…
Read MoreSince everything happens on our phones these days, it is fitting that Parsonsfield made the video to the opening track of their new long-player, Blooming Through The Black (September 2016), phone-centric. Part lyric, performance, and standard video, Stronger plays on all three to come up with a truly unique delivery. There are some places where the rapidly changing scenery behind the phone might cause Tourette’s syndrome, but for the most part, it is a fun way to view the video. The track is a look at love lost and being…
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