Saskatchewan-Possession

It’s been about a year since the smooth and dreamy sounds of Orlando’s Saskatchewan first appeared on my radar and in that time, the  band, fronted by Chandler Strang (DROMES/CASE WORK), has steadily grown to become one of my favorites and a go to for brilliant, pop saturated, aural sensuality. After releasing a string of EPs and singles, Saskatchewan is finally getting ready to drop their first full length album titled Occasion via Father/Daugher Records at the end of next month, and after hearing the breezy, romantic night crawler “Possession”, I couldn’t possibly be any more excited for it. I definitely recommend heading over to bandcamp and grabbing the track for a “name your own” price and while you’re there don’t forget to check out a bunch of other material. 

CASSETTE REWIND: AURAL BLISS MIXTAPE

Nine mixtapes later here I am at number ten. This mix is titled Aural Bliss and it’ll be the last for the year. I’ve probably said this with every single one that I’ve put together so far, but this is my new favorite. The first half is all producer material while the second half consists of either solo artists or bands. I don’t really have much to say about it other than that so just enjoy it and as always, support the artists that you hear in anyway that you can and follow the links to their bandcamp/soundcloud pages. Blast it to the max, blow out your ears, and drown in the aural sea of sound.

1. Kruisemode-Acceptance
2. YUME-Just Us
3. Bear//Face-Jean Ralphio
4. Box of Wolves-Hyperdrive (Itse)
5. Com Truise-Chemical Legs
6. Alexander O’Neal-If You Were Here Tonight (Lindsay Lowend Remix)
7. Dreams West- Ver s ail l es
8. FINALLY BOYS-LUNAR LOVERS
9. Bristold-Katrina
10. NØISΣSCΔPΣ-Beautiful Camera Girl (•ETERNITY • TR∑∑ MIX•)
11. Dreamghost-Dream About Me
12. Nu Mas-Warm Arms
13. Juno//-Everything You Feel
14. Calm Hands-An 80’s Love Story
15. stillsound-Cool Tears
16. Empress Of-Don’t Tell Me
17. Saskatchewan-Divine Kind
18. Silver Swans-Karen
19. Brothertiger-Bossa
20. Blasé-Mouths
21. Police Academy 6-Icarus (feat. Unouomedude)
22. Work Drugs-Tigerbeats
23. Noir Coeur-Soleil
24. S U R F I N G-End Of The Night

Saskatchewan-Venom

I think everyone has those certain artists that they can listen to over and over again and never grow tired of and when you come to find out that one of them are getting ready to drop their first full length album or just another release in general it seems like the anticipation builds with each passing day. I first came across the sultry and lush dream pop sounds of Orlando’s Saskatchewan near the beginning of this year by way of their Nice Daze 7” and ever since they’ve grown to become one of my favorite bands. Blending together incredibly smooth harmonies and slick 80’s esque vibes with vibrant yet mellow synths, deep basslines, and charismatic downtempo vocals, Saskwatchewan easily stands out in a steadily growing crowd of up and coming groups. After a series of 7” releases and singles, the band is gearing up to drop their first LP and yesterday they released the first track from the album titled “Venom”. The track still has that trademark Saskachewan sound yet this time around you’ll notice that there’s a darker, moodier tone than past material. “Venom” may send a few chills down your spine but that’s definitely a good thing. While there hasn’t been an announced release date for the album, the band did announce news of a east coast fall tour to start in early November so hopefully it’s somewhere around the corner.  As always, be sure to check bandcamp and soundcloud to hear and download more material and also “Venom” as well. A few tour dates have been added to Saskatchewan’s facebook page and more will be up as they’re confirmed.

CASE WORK-Slow

Back in March I did an interview with Chandler Strang, the front man of Orlando outfit Saskatchewan. I’ve enjoyed every thing that’s came from the band thus far and so when I found out last night that Chandler started a new project on the side I didn’t hesitate at all to go like it on facebook. The name of the project is CASE WORK and it’s far from the dreamy, R&B esque sounds of Strang’s original musical endeavor. The first single “Slow” just went up on soundcloud a few hours ago and it’s irrefutably catchy and full of good vibes from beginning to end. As soon as I press play I get the urge to immediately hit up the closest beach and bask in the summer sun with this track blasting at full volume in the background. CASE WORK picked a wonderful time to debut and I’ll be looking forward to hearing whatever comes next.

CASSETTE REWIND UNTITLED MIXTAPE

Here’s my fifth mixtape everyone! With all of the great music that’s been coming out lately this one probably has the newest material out of all of my prior stuff. It also happens to be my favorite from the bunch. Thanks to everyone who has support the blog and downloaded or listened to these so far. As always, support the artists in anyway that you can and be sure to visit their soundcloud/bandcamp pages. Like, reblog, and enjoy!

1. GRANT-Hard In Da Paint (GRANT Remix)
2. Craft Spells-Warmth
3. Twin Shadow-Five Seconds
4. Outlands-Sisters/Lovers
5. Saskatchewan-Fronting
6. Adventure-Feels Like Heaven
7. FLASHLIGHTS-So Close To Midnight
8. Mac DeMarco-Rock and Roll Nightclub
9. Bear In Heaven-Sinful Nature
10. Hotwax-Galactic Chill
11. The Hiya Dunes-Black Fur
12. Foreign Orange-Day By Day Livin’
13. Mirror Kisses-Takeover
14. PARENTZ-Just Sayin’
15. Zulu Winter-Let’s Move Back To Front
16. Young Pharaohs-Put Your Love In My Hands
17. Outfit-Drakes
18. TV Girl-I Wonder Who She’s Kissing Now
19. Rich Engli$h-Visions
20. Grass Cannons-Wig Split
21. FOUR VISIONS-Collected Things
22. WALSH-Back 2 The High Life
23. TƎ5LΔ ƎFFƎCT-Atomic

CASSETTE REWIND: FLUX

Originally this was my fourth mixtape but since I decided to not post Beamz anymore it’s now my third instead. There’s some greenville local talent to be heard from two producers that I know work hard and love their craft, Brooks Brackett & Rich Engli$h. Furthermore there’s a wonderful cover of The Weeknd’s “The Morning” by SASKATCHEWAN, a personal favorite of mine. Other artists include TOP GIRLS, Lemonade, Moon Bounce, PERSONA LA AVE who does great work with an Aaliyah sample, and a lot more. As always support the artists any way you can and feel free to like and reblog! 

1. Taquwami- τiмe  ▲ f+er τiмe
2. Moon Bounce-Telephone
   
3. Saskatchewan-The Morning (The Weekend cover)
4. James and Evander-Constellating
5. Superhumanoids-Geri
6. Supernightmoves-All About Us
7. Lemonade-Underwater Sonics
8. NightWaves-Fascination
9. Teengirl Fantasy-Dancing In Slow Motion
10. PERSONA LA AVE-Spirits High
11. Pure Bathing Culture-Silver Shore’s Lake
12. Secret Mountains-Rejoice
13. TOP GIRLS-Urban Legend
14. Rich Engli$h-Mind Swirls
15. Selva Oscura-As Always
16. BOSCO-Pacer
17. VANDAAM-Noomoon
18. Little Chords-Today
19. Brooks Brackett-2nd Shift
20. Kyson-Wall of Love
21. Motion.Picture.Actress-Natural Ghost
22. Veronica Falls-Beachy Head