Morning Fader Anon. 4#

Nine songs, hand picked and carefully curated for your listening pleasure. Enjoy.
Listen to all the tracks here.

16 Bit - Twice 

Beautifully controlled post-dubstep at its finest. The piano riff keeps pace with thoughtful reflection and the vocals nestle perfectly giving a Zero 7 feel to the track.

Fleet Foxes - Lorelai

The only visual representation of Fleet Foxes music that i would except is the morning sun rising over a field busting with barley. Lorelai effortlessly pulls the strings of my folk heart. Summer love.

Smog - I Break Horses

This is a perfect example of a song being much more than the sum of its parts. You may just get hooked and listen to this on repeat, so beware.


Cut Copy - Where I'm Going

When you're instantly singing along to track, you must know you've hit a winner. Its irresistible not to join in with the chorus of 'yeah!'

The 2 Bears - Bear Hug

Tongue and cheek electro. You cant help but shuffle your shoulders to this, wait until it spins at your local discothèque and you'll be dancing like its 1999. Bear Hug is Joe Goddard (of electronic band Hot Chip) and Raf Rundell. If this is the first you have heard of this duo, check out their EP 'Follow the Bears'. Genius, sometimes music needs to be heavy to anchor your thoughts, and sometimes you just want a electro infused bearhug.

M83 - Midnight City

A perfect progression from 'Saturdays=Youth', and the sound of a band growing in every dimension. Even the Careless Whisper-esque sax does not tarnish a promising future.

The Horrors - Monica Gems

To describe this sonic explosion would be stupid when the song is there to be experience for yourself. This band is producing timeless classics today.

DJ Shadow - Coming On Riding (Through The Cosmos)

Pulling threads from all genres. There's elements of heavy rock, metal and progressive rock, bound together with effortless skill of DJ Shadow.

Scoobius Pip - Introdiction

You know what we think about this track...

Words by Matt Hardy

Florence and The Machine - What The Water Gave To Me

Florence and The Machine are officially back, offering a sumptuous slice from their greatly anticipated second album. The track, ‘What The Water Gave To Me’, progresses fleetingly from the first album 'Lungs', whilst maintaining their original brand of femininity and fraught romance. With its wonderfully haunting vocals, and epic instrumentals- it is unmistakably Florence- and her machine has clearly been spring cleaned and oiled up for the occasion- scrumptious.

Although the angry feminist inside me struggles to criticize this boisterous leading lady; I cannot help but feel slightly bereft after her latest offering. It is a soulful slap in the face, but it does not take long for the bruising to fade, and for your eyes to stop watering.

Admittedly, after three listens, the song has succeeded in permeating my brain, but it is spiralling round in a bizarre mash-up of ‘My Boy Builds Coffins’ and ‘Drumming Song’, and is quite frankly making me feel a little disorientated. Sorry Florence, I’m still going to buy your album, but right now I need to go and lie down.

Words from Camilla James


Live Version.

'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' songwriter Nickolas Ashford Passes Away

BBC News reports, The songwriter passed away yesterday (August 22) after a lengthy battle with throat cancer. Nickolas Ashford's pop music has transcended genre and race. The best way to remember anyone with such talent is to enjoy their legacy.

Words from Matt Hardy

Nero - Crush On You

BREAKING NEWS: Nero submits song for 90's club revival.

 

...Oh god he's not is he? Big drop, massive wobble...90s vox. Could this be the return of those lyrics that fed off the Saturday night shy interactions? Where the blue-coloured-sugared-shit-(alco)-pop forms mountains of plaque on your teeth and you dodge burning fag-ends nonchalantly discarded from zombified pillheads. Well if it sounds like that, and he continues to change the face the Top 40 like he is. Nice one.

Words from Matt Hardy 

Summer Camp - Better Off Without You

Since we spun 'I Want You' back in November 2010 Elizabeth Sankey's vox have been sweeping between my consciousness and sub-consciousness, humming these beautifully infectious pop melodies at all times of the day. Excited for a refreshing reunion to Summer Camps perfectly mastered sound, I was not dissapointed. The vocals scream Blondie, with supurbly blunt lyrics giving an insight into the mind of the girl that pulls the boys heart strings. What made me play the track 3 times on repeat? Hearing original pop music for the first time since the pop world swallowed itself and the Top 40 turned into a belching bile producing money making after thought. Some songs need a Facebook/Twitter campain to get themselves into the Top 10, I think this track could do it off its own back, and I also think we'd be much better off for it.

Words from Matt Hardy

Scroobius Pip - Introdiction

The masters of art have a strange ability to raise more questions than they answer. By luck or design Pip has done just this. No track yet made by Scroobius Pip beats the strength and indignation he possesses in 'Introdiction', which bodes well for his forthcoming solo album 'Distraction Pieces'. Its important not to be too distracted when listening though; the war drums and blitzkrieg guitars set an apocalyptic build-up to what could be something fantastic. "If your goal is always to improve on yourself", you've got your work cut out.

Words from Matt Hardy