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July 22nd, 2009

Cooley high.

Caves / Stephen Cooley Caves / Stephen Cooley
Caves / Stephen Cooley
(Jazz Farm?)
Saskatoon, SK
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Weightless jet-streams of chords soak every minute of this odd split cassette from Saskatoon that clocks in at an astonishing 90 minutes. Caves projects his shoegazing kite along these contorted winds to produce pop-scapes that stretch our emotional imagination. On the flip, Stephen Cooley scales it back to traditional ambient themes that seem to weave between the reverberated vocal echoes and field recordings. Both Caves and Stephen Cooley are quite active in the Saskatoon scene, playing in a number of weird projects (Lion Stab, The Foggy Motions, A Gentle Forest, etc.) I look forward to more from these SK basement weirdos.

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Caves – No Birds in the Sky

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Stephen Cooley – Maxwell’s Demon

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July 17th, 2009

Safe language.

Feral Children - Currents Feral Children
Currents
(Self Released)
Saskatoon, SK
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Feral Children is the 2009 electronic Tim Buckley; a forward-thinking, genre-hybridization of trends existing in the ethers of our musical consciousness. Where Tim Buckley channeled jazz, folk, and psychedelia to produce “emotional bellowing from the depths of a drug vortex” (dr. lloyd – waxidermy), Feral Children interpolates the fluxes of psychedelic-pop brewing on the borders of electronic music. His new songs are poppier, thicker, and voluminous; yet they conjure the same looping-pedal+drum-machine pop-lysergia present on his first album – now with more low-end, more psych, and more dance. It’s a welcomed progression we rarely see on sophomore albums. A+++++++, fast shipping, will listen again.

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Feral Children – Safe Language

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Feral Children – Your Head Inside My Voice

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June 3rd, 2009

Drum machine psych.

Feral Children - Hits and Improv (Self Released, Saskatoon, SK, 2008) Feral Children
Hits and Improv
(Self Released)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Viewing the Feral Children spectacle is a truly singular experience; emotional bellowing from the bottoms of a psychedelic vortex. Creating detailed lysergic textures on the fly with the usage of a looping pedal and sampler whilst strumming his uniquely tuned, de-strung guitar. This album got heavy play while I was finishing my thesis, putting out a record, and working full-time. I managed to avoid dropping acid but the album was a certified trip each time I took a break from hell to listen. Highly recommended. A top release from 2008.

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