With In the Dream of the Sea Life only a month or two old, Candy Claws have another great release and they are giving this one away for FREE. Consisting of cover songs, christmas songs, a few videos (which preview some sounds they may use on an upcoming album titled Hidden Lands) and a few surprises, Glacier Prey may not be your soundtrack to summer as In the Dream of the Sea Life should be, but Candy Claws never disappoints. For track listing and more information regarding the songs and videos, go here.

Back in 2001, after two amazing 7″s and an instrumental 10″, Havergal released Lungs For The Race on Secretly Canadian. Using little more than a guitar, sampler and a drum machine, Havergal principal Ryan Murphy crafted simple layers of music with which to state, more so than sing, his morose lyrics over. Written over the course of three years, the album is lo-fi but far from sloppy, with each song utilizing it’s simplicity to great effect. Creating a world of beautiful melancholia, Lungs For The Race is the type of record you listen to when you are alone.

Wipe the dust off.

Letters 98

I Hate

Fires in the Attic

Candy Claws have created something that leaves the listener speechless.

“In the Dream of the Sea Life” by Candy Claws was recorded in Italy, Fort Collins, and the Philippines over the past two years. The album is a musical companion to Rachel Carson’s 1951 book, “The Sea Around Us.” The 10-song cd comes packaged in a full-color dvd case, complete with a 12-page art booklet, a sticker, and a handmade art print.

Brilliant.

The Sun Is My Girl

Lattern Fish

If you’d like a copy, and trust [them] enough, send $10 and your address to:

Candy Claws
3307 Downing Court
Fort Collins, CO
80526

TRUST THEM!

photo: Laurent Orseau

Natural Snow Buildings is the project of French duo Mehdi Ameziane (TwinSisterMoon) and Solange Gularte (Isengrind). Since their formation in 1997, they have released numerous and extensive albums on limited edition cds, tapes and cdr’s. Their sound is a culmination of folk, ambient, drone and psychedelia, but is ultimately their own.

Just listen:

From their two disc album Dance of the Moon and Sun -

All Animals In the Form of Water

Lie There

Natural Snow Buildings on Last.fm
Students of Decay

video: Jeff Mangum – “Engine” – live in Pittsburgh

In the vein of halloween, Electric President have a haunting new album out titled “Sleep Well”.

Electric president is Ben Cooper (Radical Face) and Alex Kane. An awesome video explanation of the some of the themes and concepts behind the new album “Sleep Well” can be found here.

A Song: We Will Walk Through Walls

Another video: It’s an Ugly Life

Check out other videos from the record at radicalface.com.

Sleep well.