The Syndicate

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Whoa my last post in this thread was about Tall Heights, with whom I only became more obsessed and I got to see them live in October (after they released a new album which is really good) and they were SO AWESOME live and I love them so much


Anyway I haven't posted about enough musical discoveries for a while! I've had a lot of them lately, many from hanging out in The Family Crest's Discord server (which is really cool, they're really fun people and so are the fans! And also the band has a fun podcast where they chat and joke and tell stories and recommend music that they like!) So I've found a lot of music through them/other fans in the discord, some sort of similar to TFC and some very different, lol. On the more similar side, they recently toured with The Oh Hellos, unfortunately there wasn't a show in my area, but I got to listening to The Oh Hellos more because of it and they are really really good.





Lots more on the folkier-strings-oriented side, like Murder By Death, The Arcadian Wilds, Hey Rosetta! and many more...


(I loooove this song)







I could go on and on with more recommendations but the one I've been listening to a bunch today is a group called Exquisite Corps. If I had to describe their sound I'd call it a cross between TFC and Royal Blood, so I think [mention]speedchuck[/mention] would enjoy them.






Lastly I'm currently listening to Birdeatsbaby, yeah odd name -- linked in the chat by the same person who recommended Exquisite Corps, sort of in a similar vein but with a... darker vibe? Hard to describe, it's a bit over the top and I think I'm getting tired of it more easily than the former but I loved the first two-three tracks


I'll stop there for now but I've got a whole trenchcoat full of bands if anyone needs any. We should really start SAW back up

I'm mildly obsessed with Tall Heights lately. Yeah, yeah, they are yet another one of those folky indie bands I love so much, lol -- I'm a sucker for really lovely vocal harmonies and these guys have absolutely stunning vocal harmonies... also cello... I'd compare their sound the most to Darlingside and The Paper Kites, two other favorites of mine which I also highly recommend. Here are my three favorite songs of theirs

Hello again thread, seems I'm the only one who posts here anymore

Here's what I have to offer today. "Long Gone" by Mary Epworth came up on my spotify discover list and I loved it, so I'm checking out her album (only one so far) right now. Here's that one plus the second track on the album which I also really enjoyed. About halfway through now and nothing else has really stood out that's as captivating on first listen as these two, it's kinda more standard singer-songwriter-y stuff, but it's all pretty good with well-composed arrangements. But these two tracks show that she has a pretty eclectic and promising range of talents.

I really use the word "really" really quite a lot

Been checking out a lot of new discoveries lately (mostly stemming from my spotify discover weekly playlists, I check out the ones whose sound I like, then go from there to similar artists, and going through a list of bands I've been meaning to check out)

One that particularly stands out is The Reign of Kindo (apparently former members of another more well known band This Day and Age, but I didn't like their sound as much). I really liked quite a lot of their tracks and they have a very enjoyable, unique sound.

This is the first track I heard of theirs (thanks to discover weekly) and it really caught my attention and I still really like it:



This is from what I believe is their only full album, but they have a few EPs, and I think their self-titled one is really good all the way through. Here's a track from it

Been checking out Fishmans since you posted about them and they are pretty awesome!

Currently into Esben and the Witch. Kinda hard to describe, sort of dark post-rock with a bunch of different elements. Here's a taste:

Wow thanks for all the recs guys!! I'm totally blown away by The Carnival so far and I'm only two tracks in
((EDIT finished the album wow that was amazing all the way through ))

Also I love me some weird folky stuff, definitely adding those to my list as well. I love this thread you guys

It took me way too long so I'm really late to the party on this stuff, but I've finally started actually getting into hip-hop! I've really enjoyed the Death Grips albums I've heard (the first few so far), and upon a coworker's recommendation I also enjoyed an apparently pretty old classic, Nas' album Illmatic. Really good stuff. And right now also via recommendation I am absolutely loving the album CLPPNG by clipping, a group fronted by Daveed Diggs of Hamilton fame. Gooooooood shit.

This week in bands I wish I'd known about before, like, two days ago, both thanks to my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify: TTNG and Hrvrd.

TTNG (formerly This Town Needs Guns, and to be fair I think I'd heard the name before but somehow never listened). Math rock. Something about those hard-to-follow time signatures hidden within crazy, catchy and/or beautiful guitar and drum parts. I've been impressed by and totally engrossed in every track I've heard so far.







HRVRD, I don't even know how to describe. More straight up alt rock but with a really unique sound. Almost like a more early-2000s vibe, I really can't quite put my finger on what it is but something about this band's sound really captured me.

I love The King Is Dead but I also really recommend you check out all of their other albums. The Crane Wife is probably the best, it's absolutely amazing, so go for that one next if you can.

I also love Paul Simon I was basically raised listening to S&G as well as his solo stuff. I don't know all of it bc we mostly listened to a few compilation albums of his biggest hits but they're very good, some of my favorites are from Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints. I absolutely LOVE the Central Park live version of "The Cool, Cool River" (it's miles better than the album version and is so fucking good)

I'm starting to get into Shearwater -- they have a number of albums and I've only heard one or two so far but I'm liking them.

A couple friends just posted this song on tumblr and I've never heard of this band before but I guess my friends saw them open at a Jukebox the Ghost concert recently and got into them and HOLY SHIT I CAN SEE WHY. THIS SONG IS SO GOOD




Definitely gonna listen to the rest of their stuff because wow, what a sound. Also just anything with orchestral strings in it is guaranteed to make me weak in the knees.


Edit to say this band sounds really cool from their website. apparently they invite tons of random people to perform with them and stuff. http://www.thefamilycrestfamily.com/about/ Damn I bet they'd be an awesome live experience.

I also heartily recommend the Paper Kites, another of my favorites. Somewhat similar, mellow sound and lovely harmonies. Here's an EP of theirs that I never tire of.

Sloonei wrote:I've spent most of the last three years listening exclusively to Radical Face. He's got a new album coming out next month. Here's a song:

Hell yeah I love me some Radical Face. So much emotion, beautiful music. Didn't realize there was another album coming out! I love the whole Family Tree concept. (Always Gold... and Ghost Towns... holy shit i cry every time)

I'm really enjoying Marble Sounds btw, I've listened to all three of their albums twice now and they're beautiful.

Not an immediately new fascination as I discovered this artist last summer, but I go through periods of listening to a lot of post-rock (it's a really good balance between nice instrumental background for homework or other activities and also very beautiful, intricate, and epic/dramatic for serious listening) and I've really enjoyed the work of Sleep Dealer:

Wow, I am really digging that sound. Definitely checking them out.