After hours grooving at the best late night session in Boston…
For when you get home from the club and it’s time to roll up…
Us Tempenauts – M. Constant
Somebody should start doing “weed pairings”…like “wine pairings”…but with music instead of food.
This Must Be The Place – Talking Heads – a classic for many, a favorite when we’re not quite sure if you’re ready to turn down yet or keep a nice little groove going.
Kiss Me Crazy – Bear In Heaven
These guys occupy such a cool space, I often visualize this as a voice protruding from a floating cloud. This is a nice transition from party music to sit and vibe music.
An Ocean In Between The Waves – The War on Drugs
Anna has probably listened to this song over one hundred times, no matter the situation or time of day.
For when you’re ready to just sit and nod your head…
Coronus, The Terminator – Flying Lotus
Such an amazing song, and Niki Randas vocals are fucking spine tingling.
Looks – Devonwho
Don’t get caught in hyperspace, now.
Homewards – MNDSGN
The title says it all.
For when you’re ready to take it down…
Losing True – The Roches
The harmonies, Duke, the harmonies!!
The Things You Said – Depeche Mode
Perfect when you’re with your closest mates and you can look at each other and say “they know me better than that. they know my weaknesses” especially if you’re blazin.
For when you’re ready to take it out…
Clockworks – Laurie Spiegel
Someone who deserves much more recognition. phew! she is a wonderment.
Sonnymoon – The Courage Of Present Times
“Sonnymoon, a duo from Boston, have an intuitive knack for merging a strong melody with loose grooves and sleek textures.” Pitchfork. “At various points it will seem as though you are listening to electronica, at other times R&B, jazz, avant-garde, even pop. Some of the songs will sound like all of the above, at once, while others will make you wonder whether you are listening to a brand new, as yet unnamed genre… Their SoundCloud says they come from Earth, but they are out of this world.” The Guardian.
As vocalists go, few have the distinct style and panache of Anna Wise. A classic voice, soothing yet bold, a hybrid of vintage soulful groove and 2015 feminist chic. That must have been the thinking behind Kendrick Lamar’s recent decision to invite Anna to contribute on ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ – she lent vocals to four tracks on the double-album as well as being hugely involved in the overall creative/writing process.
Sonnymoon are, of course, much more than Anna’s voice: in Dane Orr they have a producer capable of forming something ornate and beautiful out of the simplest of beats. To listen to ‘The Courage Of Present Times’ is to glide through eeriness, Flying Lotus channelling D’Angelo while Regina Spektor watches awkwardly from the corner. The Boston duo met at The Berklee College Of Music some years ago, their classical training always apparent, but the looseness and creatively free nature of the current L.A scene will always be as key to their music as their formative years.
Haunting soundscapes, dreamlike ethereal noise, all kept in tow by a keen pop sensibility – The Courage Of Present Times is the work of a duo who have found their voice, their swagger enhanced by recent time in New York and their creative flow at full force. They have also shared stages with, among others: The Roots, Shabazz Palaces, and Flying Lotus.
Sonnymoon – The Courage Of Present Times Out now on GLOW365
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-courage-of-present-times/id970293743
