Sound Cloud Sunday – September 16, 2018 (Episode 24)
Sound Cloud Sunday September 16, 2018
We’re back after touring the United States (and a bit of Canada and Mexico) for the last six weeks – we’re back with our first show in awhile and there is no shortage of great music. We heard a lot of great stuff on our tour across the U.S. and we’ll catch you up on the many new discoveries we found then as well. For now, here’s a great week of new music from around the globe….
Click below to hear the September 16 (Episode 24) show in it’s entirety!
David And Marla Celia – Carry It On
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Album: From their debut album “Daydreamers” released in August on Elite Records.
Review Snippet: Close your eyes and you could be sitting on a rocking chair on a 70-s Laurel Canyon porch says Tim Merrick of Americana-UK. com
Website: https://marladavidcelia.wixsite.com/music
Noah Gunderson – Bad Desire
Hometown: Olympia, WA
Album: From his 3rd album “White Noise” out September 2017 on Cooking Vinyl.
Review Snippet: The song “Bad Desire” has a thoughtful and personal element to it. It’s about longing and love, and a bit of lust, too. It’s honest in ways that so many other artists refuse to be. The raw emotion of it is sure to satisfy a lot of his fans. Stylistically it’s hard to pin down, but it feels like something from more of the Bill Withers era of pop soul music. I honestly would love to hear more from him like this.
Website: http://noahgundersenmusic.com/
Adam Fawcett – King Snake
Hometown: Little Rock, AR
Album: His 5th album “It Took The Shape Of A Bird” was released August 24 on Last Chance Records.
Review Snippet: Hailing from Little Rock, Arkansas, and possessing a voice the Onion A.V. Club warns “knocks your brain into the back of your skull,” Adam Faucett has drawn
Website: http://www.adamfaucett.com/
Salim Nourallah – Let Go Of The Night
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Album: His 7th album “Somewhere South Of Sane” is out September 27 on Palo Santo Records.
Review Snippet: An honest, often brutal introspective exercise that is relatable, heartbreaking, and amusing all at the same time. The two-fisted melancholy of John Lennon and the elegant bluntness of Neil Finn, Somewhere South of Sane elevates Nourallah to the apex of its art.
Website: http://salimnourallah.com
Cerian – Wasteland
Hometown: London
Album: Her single “Wasteland” is out now
Review Snippet: London singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Cerian, has been described as a cross between Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell and London Grammar. She weaves together melodic vocals and rich harmony with a love of poetry and literature, her songs often quoting from legendary writers such as William Blake, Jack Kerouac, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lewis Carroll to create heartfelt poetic musical journeys.
Web Site: http://www.cerianmusic.com/
Ben Pirani – How Do I Talk To My Brother?
Hometown: New York via Chicago
Album: From his debut album out September 21 on Colemine Records.
Review Snippet: Pirani has a lock on the sound and feel of soul music on his Colemine Records debut. The album contains 11 deeply felt tracks with echos of vintage soul in the vocal harmonies, the way the songs sit back in a deep pocket and Pirani’s unerring instinct for stick-inyour- head hooks. Yet he isn’t just rummaging around in the past on How Do I Talk to My Brother? The New York-via-Chicago singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist brings a contemporary context to his music: He’s writing about what he sees going on all around him, and his reaction to it, be it racism, love, war, poverty or politics.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pg/benpiraniofficial
Jonathan Jeremiah – Good Day
Hometown: London
Album: From the album “Good Day” released on PIAS/Germany last week.
Review Snippet: Like Michael Kiwanuka, the Londoner has shaped and moulded his soul-inflected style into something resembling the output of a forgotten 1970s star, largely thanks to the hiss and crackle of his recordings and his undeniably gorgeous swarthy, textured croon. That organic feel remains prominent on his fourth record, from the finger-clicking title track to the mellow Shimmerlove.
The ’70s aspect is further enhanced by the Bacharach-esque string arrangements (courtesy of The Heritage Orchestra’s Jules Buckley) on shimmering love song U-Bahn (It’s Not Too Late for Us) and the evocative Long Night, while the seven-minute-long Deadweight – allegedly inspired by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s Some Velvet Morning – has subtle shades of a thrilling spy soundtrack in places.
Website: http://www.jonathanjeremiah.com/
Clay Parker And Jodi James – Every New Sky
Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Album: Their debut album “The Lonesomest Sound That Can Sound” was released July 20.
Review Snippet: “This is an album that will need to be listened to and not just played in the background. It has to marinate in your musical soul–It is for select tastes and for discriminating ears. It will make an impression…it will.
Website: https://cpjjmusic.com/
Treetop Flyers – Sweet Greens And Blues
Hometown: London
Album: Their eponymous third album was released August 24 on Loose Records.
Review Snippet: What happens if you mix West Coast Americana, folk sensibilities, a soulful tenderness and a poppy sheen? The Treetop Flyers third album.
After a couple of mood setting tracks ‘Its Hard to Understand’ is when Treetop Flyers really gets going. It sounds like it could have been recorded at any time in the past 60 years, The rhythm section is the star of the show, as they give Reid Morrison’s rich vocals the room to soar and whisper. ‘Kooky Clothes’ has slightly Eastern tinges to it, which goes in its favour and breaks up the solemnness of the previous tracks. ‘Art Of Deception’ is the longest track and where and band let rip and give it everything they’ve got. Everything is slightly elongated and drawn out.
Website: http://treetopflyers.co.uk/
Ben Danaher – Silver Screen
Hometown: Nashville via Texas
Album: From his debut album “Still Feel Lucky released September 7 on Soundly Records
Review Snippet: Soulful, arena-friendly country-rock with one foot in the honky-tonk and another in church, Saturday-night-to-Sunday-morning hanging in the balance
Website: https://www.bendanaher.com
O&O – Tears in The Rain
Hometown: London via Denver and Israel.
Album: Their latest single is out now.
Review Snippet: ‘The perfect blend of traditional/retro-pop country, Americana and Folk music with a fresh sound which is instrumentally brilliant.’
Website: https://www.oandoduo.com/
Grain Thief – Colorado Freeze
Hometown: Boston
Album: From their debut album “Stardust Lodge” self-released August 24.
Review Snippet: With the namesake for the album being credited to a cheap hotel near Lake Tahoe, the group wanted to capture the essence of what makes Americana music so exciting for them — for example, the ability to capture the feeling of a football game in a small town. But in the process of capturing that essence, they also wanted to make something that had a unique New England vibe to it; not an easy feat when writing songs like “Stateline Hills” and “Colorado Freeze,” which embody experiences the group had while on their treks out west.
Website: http://grainthief.com
The Josephines – Trucker Song (Home)
Hometown: Bowling Green, KY
Album: From their self-released debut EP “Sober Up” released in 2017
Review Snippet: Combining dense, smooth harmonies ala Midland and the Eagles, moody story telling reminiscent of Tom Waits or Blaze Foley, a dash of pop songwriting sheen courtesy of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers & all the rock n roll energy of the best Foo Fighters show, the Josephines are on a path all their own and invite everyone to join the ride.
Website: https://thejosephines.bigcartel.com
Loren Cole – God Only Knows Why
Hometown: Los Angeles
Album: Her debut album “For The Sake of Being Honest” was self released August 24.
Review Snippet: Loren Cole delivers catchy melodies alongside lyrics that search for meaning through a heartfelt perspective. Drawing inspiration from songwriter classics like Carole King and Bob Dylan, Loren’s music is comparable to the likes of Jason Mraz and Brandi Carlile.
Website: https://www.thisislorencole.com/
Trainride – Southern Calling
Hometown: Brisbane, Australia
Album: From their debut album “Southern Calling” self-released July 31
Review Snippet: Let’s see…..southern rock…from Australia…turn it up!
Website: https://trainride.com.au
