Heeb Fall Music Preview
What’s on the jewkbox at Heeb? We’re glad you asked that question.
The Stands-Ins
Jagjaguwar Records
Saying that Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff is the best songwriter in rock right now might seem like a bold statement, but the band’s follow up to last years nearly-perfect album, The Stage Names might warrant that kind of praise.The Stand-Ins finds Sheff singing about dead glitter icons and hipper-than-thou artists, backed by a mix of Alt-Country and Chamber Pop.
Why Are we Not Perfect?
Hydra Head Records
Justin Broadrick has made a career out of exploring different soundscapes—from the heavy industrial crunch of his former band Godflesh to his current project Jesu. On this EP, Broadrick re-visits two previously released (but hard to find) songs and adds 3 new codeine-drenched anthems that feel like minimalist takes on My Bloody Valentine or Slowdive.
Was Dead
The Colonel Records
Who knew that the best power pop in America was coming out of Battleboro, Vermont? Demented genius.
Seaside Rock
V2
A few years removed from putting out what was maybe the catchiest song of the decade ("Young Folks" otherwise known as "the whistling song"), the Swedish trio gives us an album of mostly instrumental cuts. Even without lyrics, these guys put out better pop music than about three quarters of the competition.
Silence is Wild
Secretly Canadian
How does Sweden produce so many amazing songwriters? The above mentioned Peter, Bjorn and John and the rightful heir to Jonathan Richmans crown as the king of lovelorn pop, Jens Lekman.
Now comes Frida Hyvonen who plays pop on a piano and is about to take her place among her countrymen in what can only be described as a Swedish Invasion.
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