LA SERA "PLEASE BE MY THIRD EYE"

this next track will get you up et frolicking about the room, or at the very least have your feet tapping! et yes, you'll want to play it as loud as your hearing/stereo will permit. get ready for the infectiously feisty et fuzzed-out, fugacious, forlorn-tinged garage pop fracas Please Be My Third Eye, from LA-based garage pop goddess Katy Goodman aka La Sera off her forthcoming follow-up album "Sees The Light" (2012).

today's post was brought to you by the letter 'F'! enjoy!


MP3: Please Be My Third Eye

check out the refreshingly simple et playfully sped-up performance video for Please Be My Third Eye. directed by Vice Cooler.

the "Sees The Light" album is set for release March 27th on Hardly Art. it will be available on cd et lp, pre-orders are now open. you will be able to acquire it digitally via itunes.

check out my post for the single Beating Heart off the wonderful self-titled debut "La Sera" album.

you can find out La Sera here: myspace | facebook | hardly art

352. BLU & EXILE "SHE SAID ITS OK"

next up is a delicious slice of experimental-leaning hip hop, the bass-heavy et piano-laced, nostalgia-steeped reverie She Said Its Ok, from LA-based "underground" hip hop mc-producer duo Blu & Exile off their long awaited sophomore album "Give Me Flowers While I Can Smell Them" (2011).




the "Give Me Flowers While I Can Smell Them" album is currently available as an "unmixed/unmastered" version, you can acquire it digitally or stream it via bandcamp. there is no info as to whether this album is going to get an official cd or vinyl release, keep your eyes et ears peeled.

you can find Blu & Exile here: facebook

343. JULIA HOLTER "MARIENBAD"

if you're still puzzling over what actually happened last year at Marienbad then perhaps this next track will shed some new light on the perplexing subject, then again, maybe not, regardless you absolutely need to experience this next track, it is as enigmatic, dreamlike et utterly enchanting as Alain Resnais' landmark film. how to describe it, that's certainly not so easy either ... let me simply confide that Marienbad is a wondrously effervescent, lilting et dulcet-toned, polyphonic, baroque-steeped, ethereal pop masterpiece from uber-talented LA-based avant-pop songstress Julie Holter off her forthcoming sophomore album "Ekstasis" (2012).

the incredible, reverb swooning breakdown strongly evokes the late Trish Keenan aka Broadcast et her distinct 'wall-of-sound', it gave me goosebumps! enjoy!

"Ten signs that read silence."

 

Julia Holter - "Marienbad"

 
the "Ekstasis" album is set for release March 8th on RVNG intl, it will be available on cd et double lp! as well as digitally via the usual outlets.

if you didn't catch my previous post for Goddess Eyes off Holter's stunning debut album "Tragedy", then you should check it out!

you can find Julia Holter here: myspace | facebook | juliashammasholter

47. LA SERA "BEATING HEART"

next up is the marvelous opening track Beating Heart from LA-based indie/garage-pop artist La Sera, the new solo project of Katy Goodman {of Vivian Girls} from her just released self-titled debut solo album "La Sera" (2011).

Beating Heart is a haunting lament that gently comes into being. a clean, picked guitar riff chimes away, the lethargic drumbeat mimics the steady pounding of a mournful, weary heart, a tambourine gently jingles away, Goodman's warm, ethereal vocals softly lilt, while surging, choral-like harmonies wash over us like a fine mist, an epic, shoegazing, feedback laden guitar solo pierces the serenity, creating a sense of release before the song fades away into the ether.


MP3: Beating Heart

et here is another fantastic single from the album;

MP3: Never Come Around

check out the wonderfully twisted et macabre, b-grade slasher music video for Never Come Around directed by Seattle-based filmmaker Brady Hall.

the "La Sera" album is available from Hardly Art, or you can get it digitally from itunes.

check out La Sera here: myspace | facebook | hardly art