White Ink, Black Ink is Wheat’s most straightforward, heavy-hitting indie rock album to date. It looks at life’s ups and downs and how to cope with everything, creating songs both for the listener and for themselves. “Now, even the live show is much more about the clarity and sincerity of the communication,” says Harney. “The new songs have a much bigger than us sort of feel,” adds Levesque. “In February 2008 my Dad died. It was my first real meeting with that kind of physical absolute. Most of us are a sum of our total, not a total of our some. It’s not really who we were, but how and by whom we are survived.”
Dan Deacon / Build Voice This song totally blew me away because I had no idea what to expect from this record. It starts with some noise music and then builds and builds. Then this completely triumphant melody starts and carries the thing away. The sounds are warm and amazing. The structure is timeless. True beauty.
Vladislav Delay’s new album Tummaa will be released on the wonderfully eclectic Leaf Label in September. The Finnish electronic artist, otherwise known as Sasu Ripatti, creates dense, experimental music with sophisticated textural qualities.
Juan MacLean / One Day Strong and brave dance-pop. Not usually my cup of tea, but this track is quite interesting.
Consisting of Super Furry Animals’ frontman, Gruff Rhys, and the ever-eclectic producer extraordinaire Boom Bip, Neon Neon recently released their electric debut album, Stainless Style (Lex Records), to deserved acclaim. Stainless Style is a turbo-charged slice of highly imaginative conceptual power-pop based around the incredible life and times of the world’s first playboy engineer, John DeLorean, the mastermind behind the iconic DMC-12 car used in 80s hit flick Back To The Future.
MGMT / Time to Pretend There are songs that come along every now and then that express what everyone is thinking but can’t put into words. This is one of them. It’s a point of view from a wanna-be wreckless generation that just has too many unseen reins to actually be free.
My Secret Playlist is a music discovery website and weekly email publication. We invite our favourite bands and musicians to give us the rundown on their eight favourite songs right now. These are their words on the music that inspires them.
