Bedroom/lo-fi pop appreciation thread
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:28 am
I'm curious how many of you ILFers enjoy or create bedroom pop or whatever the heck you wanna call it. I know Florist is an active member of this community, so there's gotta be another few of y'all here. I'd love to hear some of your favorite artists, especially ones who are local to your scenes.
If you're unfamiliar, there are a few labels worth digging into, the most notable probably being Orchid Tapes (https://orchidtapes.bandcamp.com/).
My personal favorite artist for the last year or two has been a guy named Spencer Radcliffe, who makes an incredible range of music from emo to ambient under various names - California Furniture, Spencer Radcliffe, & Blithe Field are his solo projects, but he plays/played with the bands Friendlys and Best Witches as well. The two most recent albums he's published are my favorite albums of last year and this year, Looking In (https://spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/looking-in) under his name and Face Always Towards The Sun (https://blithefield.bandcamp.com/album/ ... rd-the-sun) under the Blithe Field moniker, respectively. I think I've always enjoyed things that feel like they could fall apart at any second, or that border delirium, and Spencer really captures that energy better than almost anyone I can think of. His self titled music is in line with early Why? (Oaklandazulasylum and, to a lesser extent, Elephant Eyelash) or The Microphones, and my roommate put it best when he said "Blithe Field sounds like opiates feel". Check out the tracks "Folded" and "Other Side" off of Looking In if you're into the idea of 'pocket symphonies'.
I also just put out a split with another roommate which marked a change in my songwriting towards this style. You can check that out here: https://baremountain.bandcamp.com/album ... -pup-split . I made both those tracks using a dinky acoustic, a Critter & Gutiari Organelle, a floor tom on the first track, and an SP404 on the second.
Anyways, share your favorite bedroom pop-type music here, or share your own! Feel free to share recording/writing techniques as well.
If you're unfamiliar, there are a few labels worth digging into, the most notable probably being Orchid Tapes (https://orchidtapes.bandcamp.com/).
My personal favorite artist for the last year or two has been a guy named Spencer Radcliffe, who makes an incredible range of music from emo to ambient under various names - California Furniture, Spencer Radcliffe, & Blithe Field are his solo projects, but he plays/played with the bands Friendlys and Best Witches as well. The two most recent albums he's published are my favorite albums of last year and this year, Looking In (https://spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/looking-in) under his name and Face Always Towards The Sun (https://blithefield.bandcamp.com/album/ ... rd-the-sun) under the Blithe Field moniker, respectively. I think I've always enjoyed things that feel like they could fall apart at any second, or that border delirium, and Spencer really captures that energy better than almost anyone I can think of. His self titled music is in line with early Why? (Oaklandazulasylum and, to a lesser extent, Elephant Eyelash) or The Microphones, and my roommate put it best when he said "Blithe Field sounds like opiates feel". Check out the tracks "Folded" and "Other Side" off of Looking In if you're into the idea of 'pocket symphonies'.
I also just put out a split with another roommate which marked a change in my songwriting towards this style. You can check that out here: https://baremountain.bandcamp.com/album ... -pup-split . I made both those tracks using a dinky acoustic, a Critter & Gutiari Organelle, a floor tom on the first track, and an SP404 on the second.
Anyways, share your favorite bedroom pop-type music here, or share your own! Feel free to share recording/writing techniques as well.
