New Banjo Or Freakout - "Go Ahead"

The folks at The Fader just premiered a song from bedroom producer Banjo Or Freakout's debut album, due "in early 2011" on Rare Book Room Records.  On first listen, "Go Ahead" is what we've come to expect from artist Alessio Natalizia: strikingly beautiful folk-pop compositions that gradually give way to a dense haze that might coat Seattle or London on a rainy afternoon.  Repeated listens reveal the production skills of Nicolas Vernhes, who gives Natalizia's songs a tighter structure and strikes a balance between his pop-infused vocals and the copious amount of fuzzy distortion.  Banjo Or Freakout's "105" 7" is out now; more details on the self-titled full-length when they're made available.

Banjo Or Freakout - Go Ahead

Also from Banjo Or Freakout:

Banjo Or Freakout - 105
Banjo Or Freakout - Breathe Out
Banjo Or Freakout - Upside Down

Banjo Or Freakout on bandcamp / Blogger / Last.fm / MySpace / SoundCloud / Twitter

(via The Fader)

Flower Orgy

Lo-fi folk-pop quartet Flower Orgy made the rounds across the blogosphere with their autumn 2010 single "Boneyard," a blown-out, fuzzed-up ear-fuck of a song that's equal parts grungy and jangly.  The group has a cassette out on The Curatorial Club, which can only mean great things for them (see Twin Sister and Games).  You can grab three songs from the cassette over at the group's Bandcamp.  Sounds like a brighter Neutral Milk Hotel recorded in a field during a camping trip to the Green Mountains.  The first half of that last sentence is an opinion statement; the second half is an actual fact!  Flower Orgy's debut cassette can be yours for just $7 (or $11 international).  Order it here.

Flower Orgy- Country Side
Flower Orgy - Boneyard

(Props to McGregor)