Broadcast, retrofuturist pop & hauntological pop; megaguide.

[Slow-Pop]

Lots of good recommendations in here!

I have one that doesn't quite fit in here. it seems like a lot of people interested in hauntological pop are into BOC and Cities of Earth sometimes straddle the two quite effectively.

Here is there full new digital EP Cities of Earth - Tangra EP

[shadowplay]

Lots of good recommendations in here!

I have one that doesn't quite fit in here. it seems like a lot of people interested in hauntological pop are into BOC and Cities of Earth sometimes straddle the two quite effectively.

Here is there full new digital EP Cities of Earth - Tangra EP

That's good stuff thanks Mrs S is particularly into it. It's often really hard to keep up with digital only stuff.

have you heard Cocolan?

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[Slow-Pop]

I have not heard of Cocolan, but I like it. thanks for the tip!

Yeah the digital only stuff is a lot to sift through, but sometimes you find a nugget of pure gold!

[shadowplay]

I was in two minds about putting this in here, hard to explain why but it's really good*, much of it does fit and thematically it slips in a treat.

The Green Child - s/t

The Green Child - 'Her Majesty II'

The Green Child - Traveler

The Green Child - Destroyer

THE GREEN CHILD is the long distance musical collaboration of Mikey Young and Raven Mahon, who met in 2013 when their bands, Total Control and Grass Widow played a show in Oakland, California. They started writing songs together in Australia in 2014 and the project has been on a slow burn since. Their self-titled debut album is the culmination of few years of putting ideas together internationally and periodically recording in Mikey's home studio. Some of the lyrical content and the band's name was inspired by Herbert Read's 1935 utopian, communist, sci-fi novel called The Green Child.

With such a choice name, it's no surprise that The Green Child draw their sound from an illusory past as much as they stalk into pastures new. Broadly retro-futuristic in scope, verdant acres of lushly evocative synthesizers and blippy drum machines underpin most of their upbeat yet decidedly uncanny songs. Raven's calmly scenic and measured vocal flits like a will-o'-the-wisp throughout the tracks, proffering a guiding hand as she walks us through the often eerie, electronic concoctions.


'Traveler' opens the album all redolent, beat-minded and labyrinthine. Twisting melody lines swirl and envelop like a sandstorm, whilst Raven coolly projects on a "solitary man" lost to "green oblivion". Similarly, 'Her Majesty II' glistens with its playful yet plaintive vocal and iridescent arpeggios, whilst 'Bertha' slows things down with tumbling chimes and stately use of space.

The Green Child are adept at atmosphere, their songs are refined from gently unfolding ideas that never fail to realise and build to their potential. Tracks like 'Walking Distance' (featuring Al Montfort on saxophone) and 'New Years Eve' are exercises in evolved composition with ideas budding off and blossoming into truly resonant dimensions. The band's cover of 'Marie Elene' (by Keith Pearson) and closing track 'Destroyer' are further crowning achievements, both pieces subtly handled with poise and ample melancholic grandeur. The Green Child fix their sights on the heights they want to reach within their songs and much like the project itself don't want to rush to the finish line. When it becomes more about the unfurling journey, why not take the time to enjoy the trip and burn slower?

This was a totally random buy for me, I looked at it purely because i like the book and because there's a Coil track called The Green Child. I'd recommend reading up on the Green Children of Woolpit.


Folk not in the Uk might be able to listen to the whole thing on yootoob. I love the track New Years Eve whoch is kinda like Jane Weaver crossed with Group Rhoda.

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*I pretty much adore it

[Jaguar018]

^ Liking this!

A bit more polished, but it has a lot of enjoyable elements woven together.

[shadowplay]

^ Liking this!

A bit more polished, but it has a lot of enjoyable elements woven together.

The more I play it the more i love it, the cover is well chosen too, I've not actually heard the Keith Pearson version only the Jon Betmead one which is truly beautiful.

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[mezcalhead]

New Lake Ruth album.

[Jaguar018]

New Lake Ruth album.

[Telliot]

New Lake Ruth album.

It's really an incredible album. Her voice is so angelic and those synths!!! I would love to know what synths they're using, because to me it's the perfect palette, really lending itself to a timeless sound.



I haven't found much info on them, but some snooping uncovered these gear shots (I'm such a nerd for shit like this):

[shadowplay]

New Lake Ruth album.

It's really an incredible album. Her voice is so angelic and those synths!!! I would love to know what synths they're using, because to me it's the perfect palette, really lending itself to a timeless sound.

You could pm OSG member hewstigator, he's a member of both Lake Ruth and The New Lines. He posted about the new record but Seems to have taken it down. Possibly too modest he should be puffing his chest out proudly like a frigate bird!

I had to go and check I said something nice about them, I mean I like them and included them but I still had to check.

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[Telliot]

New Lake Ruth album.

It's really an incredible album. Her voice is so angelic and those synths!!! I would love to know what synths they're using, because to me it's the perfect palette, really lending itself to a timeless sound.

You could pm OSG member hewstigator, he's a member of both Lake Ruth and The New Lines. He posted about the new record but Seems to have taken it down. Possibly too modest he should be puffing his chest out proudly like a frigate bird!

I had to go and check I said something nice about them, I mean I like them and included them but I still had to check.

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Cheers, David! I sent off a PM with all my fanboy questions.

I've also just bought a copy on vinyl.

[hewstigator]

aww thanks everybody! i did briefly post about the stream but removed it to guard against devolving this fine thread into self-promotion, heh. fwiw there was some jaguar thinline used on birds of america... that and a coupla gretsches

[Jaguar018]

aww thanks everybody! i did briefly post about the stream but removed it to guard against devolving this fine thread into self-promotion, heh. fwiw there was some jaguar thinline used on birds of america... that and a coupla gretsches

I only like the songs with the Jaguars.

Enjoying the new album-- and so did Mrs. Jaguar018-- which is a slight deviation from her usual fare.

[hewstigator]

I only like the songs with the Jaguars.

ulp that's only half the songs!

'ere is what the jaguar looks like:

[shadowplay]

btw folk in Europa seeking the Lake Ruth record might find the cupboard bare at thegreatpopsupplement but Norman have them in keenly priced to sell at a mere tenner!

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