Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2017 Thread

^ Very nice!

New debut album by Noga Erez from Tel Aviv, who seems like a really interesting artist. More to come hopefully. (it's 'glitchy' electro pop fwiw)

https://nogaerez.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-radar

Yeah, I heard a couple Noga Erez songs last year that were really intriguing (she may have even been in the thread?), but the album is super cool.

On the ethereal tip: Aidan Baker w/ Claire Brentnall - Delirious Things (bandcamp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzjq4tIrVnA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTdBc2Ba8ts

some Australian nobodies produced by Daft Punk. I dig it, of course.

10 minutes ago, I learned Kaleida released the EP Detune in 2016: Detune / It's Not Right / Power / A Forest

A Cure cover? From their best period, no less? Then 5 minutes ago, I found Kaleida's debut Tear The Roots will drop Sept 15: Convolution / Echo Saw You / All The Pretty Pieces / Division / Free / Think (Clean) / Coco / Meter / House Of Pulp / 99 Luftballons / Tear The Roots. Pretty much all new besides "Think"

An early sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQvctphursE

yes! I love this pair, that voice reminds me of Tracey Thorn so much. They had a really good mixtape of influences on their Soundcloud last time I checked.

they're so good!! so happy to hear they're getting to release a full-length

BTW, "A Forest" is a bandcamp freebie.

i don't really know what this thread is about, and haven't kept up with it, but is anyone talking about japanese breakfast anywhere?

I'm just listening to it, but not talking about it.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3fSXKZEE0elPIxlrGsNdd2?si=5Xf7TTq7

Tokimonsta - we love

More Kaleida:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQoCpIxV278

Think Kaleida deserves their own thread. Listen to Tear the Roots in its entirety.

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet as I don't really follow the thread but this song 'Your Wife' by Self Esteem is great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GkOn7st68

I saw this thread come up and thought "oh yeah, there was something I wanted to share here, what was it...?" And it was that same Self Esteem track, so yeah +1 on that.

I like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuccTS0xLtc

i like the anna of the north album, nothing too special but some solid dreamy synthpop

Woah, is that her out of Slow Club?! xp

yep

this track might technically have qualified for the thread in 2016 or 1987. still good tho

https://dianaband.bandcamp.com/track/moment-of-silence

This new BANKS single got lukewarm reviews on The Singles Jukebox, but I'm digging it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4oE_tL7IA

I was never super into her, but this one's alright.

I know pop music is littered with repeating motifs but that Anna of the North track is too close to Bette Davis Eyes for comfort.

Something about the bassline's particular style of octave jumping brings to mind this fantastic 80s synthpop track though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lp0PObGtAs

For those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:

ILM's 2017 Rolling Indie Pop (yes i know what the thread title is but there's no better place for it these days) Thread Spotify Playlist

This is over a year old but didn't see any mention of it in the 2016 thread. This is my favorite of the live versions on Youtube (which I think are better than the studio version). So beautiful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQhzJjokPwc

Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2018 Thread

After loving so much of the first two Lucky Soul albums (and wishing I'd nominated The Great Unwanted for the 00s poll), I discovered that they released a third in 2017 called Hard Lines, and it's got a totally different and I think Shambhala-worthy sound totally unlike their "miserablist ersatz Motown" vibe from before, instead embracing disco, pop and, er, soul. I always thought they should have been huge and I can't imagine this sharp turn away from the twee-ish aesthetic suited their fans all that well, but there are some really great songs on here and the huge sonic shift is convincing and laudable. I hope they stick around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUzcssELzU