Lo-Fi // Son D’été
Words: George Mills
So, it’s pretty much settled then. With highly anticipated releases from Beach Fossils and The Drums now out there, and some pretty fantastic stuff on the way from artists like Cloud Nothing and His Clancyness the soundtrack to the Summer of 2010 looks to be almost certainly dominated by the resuscitated Lo-Fi movement. I for one am not complaining. There’s something romantic in the construction of the music, the rejection of today’s crisp-cut clean production techniques, the fuzzy warmth of the riffs, that I can’t help having fallen back in love with. It would be silly for me not to share with you some of the brilliant noises being conceived by the above artists, so here is to them, and indeed the sound of the summer.
Cloud Nothings – Even If It Worked Out by georgemills
His Clancyness – Summer Majestic by georgemills
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August 9th, 2010 at 10:50 am
[...] is a little snippet. We gave you a gentle push in the direction of Cloud Nothings back in June, however, in light of this 5th August session, I’ve decided that merely a gentle push in [...]