Just fresh from their 2nd full length release titled, “When Animals Stare” is this succulent and tender track from The Black Ghosts who have a certain penchant for mixing electronics elements with indie sensibilities. The best description I can come up with is think Andy Gibb (of Bee Gees fame) meeting up with Hot Chip.
The Black Ghosts – In The Clouds
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Mix Antony and the Johnsons with Unkle and you get sonically pretty close to the latest release, “Iron” from Woodkid. Woodkid is one Yoann Lemoine, who is probably better known as music video director who directed, Taylor Swift’s Back to December and Yelle’s Ce Jeu. Not only is the song masterfully done, the video is EPIC.
Woodkid – Iron from WOODKID on Vimeo.
You can purchase the EP here:
Iron EP
I can best describe this track from the Yellow Ostrich as a rather odd blend of The White Stripes, They Might Be Giants & Sufjan Stevens all mixed together. It has the very raw edge sound you would expect from The White Stripes mixed with the vocal style that is most commonly heard on They Might Be Giants music with the arrangements and pop sensibilities of Sufjan Stevens. What does this amount too? A very endearing track with lo-fi rattles and delicate harmonies. This track can be found on Yellow Ostrich’s 2010 full length release, “The Mistress”.
Taken from Allmusic.com bio:
Yellow Ostrich is the solo project of the Chairs’ frontman Alex Schaaf, who makes lo-fi indie pop on his four-track recorder. After relocating from Wisconsin to New York, Schaaf self-released a full-length album, titled Wild Comfort, in January of 2010. It was quickly followed by a series of EPs — Fade Cave EP, The Morgan Freeman EP, and The Serious Kids EP — which were made available for free download.