There’s been surprisingly few notable new indie releases so far this July. Still, there’s some great music that has come out in the past two weeks, including new albums from artists like Earlimart, The Great Northwest, Tilly and the Wall, Girl Talk, Travis and Wolf Parade.
The two remaining band members of Los Angeles band Earlimart, Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray, have released their newest album, Hymn and Her, this month, building off the success of last year’s Mentor Tormentor.
“Acoustic guitars chime over drum loops, keyboards bubble in the background, and harmonies thicken the melodies,’ according to Allmusic.com.
“Yet Hymn and Her still sounds intimate, as if the band mates have discovered how to funnel their densely populated songs into warm, mellow washes of sound.”
MP3: “Song For” by Earlimart off Hymn and Her
Following a three-year hiatus recording solo projects, Montreal’s Wolf Parade band members Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner with a new album titled At Mount Zoomer, and an impressive follow-up to their 2005 hailed debut Apologies to the Queen Mary.
MP3: “Call It A Ritual” by Wolf Parade from At Mount Zoomer
MP3: “Chief John” by The Great Northwest from the new CD The Widespread Reign – available July 29, 2008
MP3: “Pot Kettle Black” by Tilly and the Wall from O
MP3: “Cacophony” by Tilly and the Wall from O
Here’s the YouTube video for “Pot Kettle Black”: