#FortnightFridayMusic
Jan 9 2026
This time we head for a #window
Ror-Shak featuring Julie Cruise, “Window Pain” from Deep (2007)
This is just a gorgeous pour of smooth #downtempo honey from what seems to be their sole full-length release, lightened with the delicate frost of #DreamPop chanteuse #JuleeCruise's vocals.
#FortnightFridayMusic
Jan 9 2026
I’m going for another #window
The Clientele, “From a Window” from Suburban Light (2001)
Breaking with my policy of a single selection for these Friday music posts because I've featured so many downtempo tracks and I don’t want to be too one-note, and I find this one irresistible!
#TheClientele can sound so #BritishInvasion-y that they could come off as shtick, if they weren’t so good at it. Here their echoey vocals suggest a 60s recording played on AM radio, and though there’s just a single melodic vocal line - is it the harmonics of this technique? - it somehow hits me like fully harmonized #PowerPop, floating over their basic but pristinely recorded 3-piece rock.
Bonus: The album cover lets this post do double duty for #FensterFreitag / #WindowFriday.
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Charlie