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Bill Evans' gently piano fits so well with Toots Thielemans' melancholic harmonica, combining together to make one of the prettiest albums I have heard. Both Bill and Toots are brilliant in their instruments, most of the time sounding sentimental and reminiscent, but at times, even though they remained superbly gentle, the atmosphere seemed uneasy like the beginning of Tomato Kiss, but at times it felt like a classic late 50s Modal Jazz ballad. I really loved this album and it should ... read more

The Cardinals debut Masquerade has come with a surprising amount of popularity and positive feedback. I didn't hear or see any push for this album so I'm surprised that they made a fairly popular Alternative Folk Punk album on their debut. I enjoyed this album, I appreciated how sad it was, but also how exciting and energetic this was at the same time. It was a great combination of Alternative Rock, Folk Rock and Punk and I think every genre has a purpose on here. I didn't think ... read more

One of Parannoul's aliases, Mydreamfever, focuses more on ambience and this is the first of what seems just a three part series in this catalog. Here Parannoul focuses on natural ambience, rather than his electronic approach later on, here, we get a full seeming field recording of nature with bits of drone and ambience mixed in. This album is really nostalgic for me, reminding me of the summer when I was in elementary school going to visit my grandparents, I really loved how this album ... read more

Porcelain Hearts' debut came out of nowhere, a Chamber Pop album with very little promotion or push and I was surprised it had barely any recognition this year. At times, I will agree with some people, it sounded like it was satirizing Chamber Pop, Vestige had such a nasally performance that I couldn't understand a thing and Severine had a pretty eye rolling instrumental, however, I think the majority of this album is really good. I appreciated how twinkly and gorgeous it was, never ... read more