...now resuming, a rolling/occasional thread of new(ish) jams & releases i'm enjoying. #music
bold move to put out an album in august titled "august" that successfully channels august (& especially mellow late august evenings), but good for scree, who at least put out "jasmine on a night in july" in spring. airy floating jazz, ala super gentle frisell. https://screeband.bandcamp.com/album/august
August, by Scree

11 track album

Scree
i think the submissives might be on hiatus, but delightful weirdo rock, like an all-women "freak out" era mothers with the shaggs knob turned up slightly (minus the disjointedness), or maybe like an expanded version of the late great grass widow. https://submissives.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-value-sound-studios
Live At Value Sound Studios, by The Submissives

13 track album

The Submissives
bright multitracked "solo" congolese #guitar by vumbi dekula, mostly instrumental. enormous hits of light, sweet sunshine. https://vumbidekula.bandcamp.com/album/congo-guitar
Congo Guitar, by Vumbi Dekula

7 track album

Vumbi Dekula
exhilarating #jazz-adjacent #beats/beat-adjacent space/space-adjacent jazz from brazil that makes me suspect i should check out everything guilherme granado has contributed to. https://keroxenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-parades
Ghost Parades, by Guilherme Granado Goat Unity

9 track album

KEROXEN
kaleidoscopic australian sunshine-psych delights by bananagun, pleasurably engaging my canterbury receptors. https://bananagun.bandcamp.com/album/why-is-the-colour-of-the-sky
Why is the Colour of the Sky?, by Bananagun

10 track album

Bananagun
sweet & fun music made by a goddamn beatle, 2025 edition. enjoying ringo's country album & especially this tune. (was also quite charmed by his linda perry-written EP last year.) https://youtu.be/YCShp4ZTi1U
Ringo Starr - Come Back (Audio) ft. Lucius

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i'm just slightly late to the SML party, but this is a strain of future #jazz i've been waiting for, tactile new pathways & shapes. excited to catch their #nyc return in december. https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/small-medium-large
Small Medium Large, by SML

13 track album

International Anthem
glowing late night songs from brigid mae power.
stone perfect covers ("see no evil," "you don't know me," "rose marie," many more): https://brigidmaepower.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-you
even more hushed EP of originals (plus another c&w cover): https://brigidmaepower.bandcamp.com/album/silver-strand-tapes
Songs for You, by Brigid Mae Power

9 track album

Brigid Mae Power
@bourgwick this is how I found out her album came out in January!? I am delighted AND outraged.