Soundtrack2 Audiocast18: Sleep Through Summer
August 5th, 2009 | 
Author: Wye Oak, Th’ Faith Healers, Flaming Lips, Lavender Faction, Yo La Tengo & more
Summer’s in full swing and now it’s time to bliss out. Stay tuned for 60 minutes of dreamy and fuzzed out rock and roll summer choons.
Very excited to see great new stuff and some veteran bands Flaming Lips and Yo La Tengo letting the freak flags fly!
1. Union Of Knives – Opposite Direction
Scottish dream pop outfit gets things rolling in moody style. Very soulful singing over nice keys.
2. Now, Now Every Children – Sleep Through Summer
LOVE this Minneapolis band but couldn’t make it to the Toronto show. Check out the Chromewaves article.
3. Wye Oak – Take It In
Change is good. But it’s even better when the band writes songs as good as Wye Oak. This one’s off their new album The Knot.
4. Twin Sister - Ginger
Not to be confused with Lilys‘ excellent track of same name, this great midtempo number can be found on a free EP on their site. Review here.
5. Autorotation - Clearscope
Props to Igor for reaching out to me about his band. I hear some Kate Bush on their album Everything Is Everything, which for me is a good thing. A lot of interesting stuff going on in this song.
6. Flaming Lips – Convinced Of The Hex
Not a favourite band of mine, but the two tracks off their new record have sparked my interest. Dig the UFO Club vibe on this track.
7. Seely – Shampoo
Enigmatic American 90s band I recently discovered. Very interesting stuff.
8. Lavender Faction – Total Change
Wow this track blows me away with its melodic shoegaze psych assault. According to this, LF is the band that inspired Ride’s name!
9. Tree Wave – Realaudio8
Pummeling psych assualt that only a Texas band can deliver. This track can be found on their free EP here.
10. Th’ Faith Healers – Spin 1/2 (S2 edit)
90s shoegaze from the great UK band’s Lido album. Sorry but I had to edit from the 9:35 (!) full version. No chorus to be found anywere – just guitar, singing and samples, baby!
11. Les Thugs – As Happy As Possible
Boy was I sleeping on this band until recently. Really good 90s punk with a noisy psych edge.
12. Swervedriver – Hands
In the Soundtrack2 Audiocast17 & post, I compared about four 60′s-70s bands to Swervedriver. So I thought I’d follow that up with a track off their Raise album’s extended version.
13. These Are Powers – Cockies
Like tribal noise beats, plenty of drone and chanting? Um, well listen to this track anyway from the Brooklyn band’s Taro Tarot album.
14. 93MillionMilesFromTheSun – To The Sky (Parralax Mix)
Heading off into the sunset now. Great new UK shoegaze.
15. Yo La Tengo – Here To Fall
It ain’t over until Yo La Tengo says it’s over. This mysterious track brings to mind the brilliant 4hero, fronted by Patrick of Sloan with Donny Hathaway on keys. It’s also the first track we’ve played featuring a string section. Shark jumped?
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