October
Dream of the Egg - Tomo Katsurada
Deeply dreamy avant-folk out of Japan, light hints of slowcore and ambient as well. Floating down a surreal river.
These Days - Emily Hines
And on that river is this similarly ambient-tinged folk album, though that comes more from the production than the music itself. The lo-fi recording radiates warmth and makes Emily Hines’ charming voice sink into a place out of time.
rpm - Philip Jeck
Similar well to William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops, in other words, as beautiful as it is haunting.
Has It Been A While? - Trust Fund
Deeply knotty, ever spiraling British folk accented with droll and surrealist humor and enough weird ass chords to make the Nick Drake comparisons stick. I love an album that’s so captivating you start worrying if you’ll get lost in the record’s labyrinth.
Dirt Bike Vacation - Charles "Poppy Bob" Walker
Similar to Bibio’s lo-fi experiments, these songs are buzzed out, recorded on a potato guitar interludes that are wondrous and welcoming.