+ oh, i just like the sound of your voice

10.30am Pattern is Movement - All Together
a weird combination of mathrock meets showtunes. like if tomlab's avant pop went to chicago and decided to make a record for the thrill jockey crowd. an operatic tenor that veers in the falsetto ranges of say dirty projectors' dave longstreth and is reigned in by angular polyrhythms with the same organ tones of broadcast. there's also a lightness of touch, almost fanciful whimsy, despite these aforementioned rhythms, which i appreciate. anyway it's dense enough without being exhausting to warrant a second listen straight after the first.

11.15am Mom - Little Brite EP
electroacoustic folk ... yet another oxymoronic genre perhaps but pretty apt. an instrumental duo from denton, tx that combine the pastoral folk textures of the acoustic guitar and cello with electronic glitches and samples. less beat heavy than say talkdemonic but not unlike that kind of woodsy modern electronica, perhaps a touch of the efterklangs or icelandic namesakes mum. in any case, worth checking out the myspace

2pm The Remote Viewer - I Can't Believe It's Not Better
ambient? check. little bit of drone? check. nicola hodgkinson (of empress fame) on vocals? check.

2.33pm Inquiet - Ing Beyong
This dude from Melbourne, Sam, plays as inquiet (pronounced in the vaguely British fashion as "in qui et" or "ann ki et"), channelling this kind of homemade experimental folk pop occasionally bordering on animalistic ... ala grouper, lichens, high places etc. nice stuff but! thanks to alex ii for hooking me up with this.

4pm Porn Sword Tobacco - Explains Freedom
current mood dictates that this album be listened to over and over again coz it's all making perfect sense now (and by current, i mean last couple of months, and by mood i mean shithouse). not that this is shithouse, no sir. it is sublimely gorgeous and the relatively short lengths of music of this nature is an added bonus for my short attention span. boomkat says it best, "microscopic found-sounds, wildlife-documentary vignettes, de-tuned midnight chimes and ageing celluloid lullabies". dude's got a sense of humour too. ahh scandanavians, so much more human than your teutonic and anglo counterparts.