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Grace Notes<\/strong>\u00a0is a weekly exploration by Jason Morehead of\u00a0signs of common grace in the music world<\/a>. We hope to alert you to wonderful music, some of which will be spiritual in nature but all of which will be unique and worthy of your attention. Each week we will share brief reviews of albums worthy of your attention and maybe a video or two.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve spent any time reading previous \u201cGrace Notes\u201d articles, you\u2019ve probably noticed that I often link to Bandcamp<\/a>. As much as people sing the praises of Spotify and Rdio for discovering new music, I prefer Bandcamp if only because it highlights smaller, more truly\u00a0independent\u00a0artists (and can be pretty beneficial for them<\/a>, too). So for this edition of \u201cGrace Notes\u201d, I\u2019m going to focus on a few gems\u00a0that, if it weren\u2019t for Bandcamp, I never would\u2019ve heard.<\/p>\n

Chalk Dinosaur \u2013 Follow Me<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chalk Dinosaur\u2019s\u00a0John O\u2019Hallaron describes his music as \u201ceclectic rock\u201d, and eclectic it most certainly is. Over the course of Follow Me<\/a><\/em>\u2018s five songs, three of which cross the six minute mark,\u00a0O\u2019Hallaron explores and incorporates a number of musical genres, from country and surf-pop to dreampop to electronica. And it all sounds fantastic, thanks to\u00a0O\u2019Hallaron\u2019s ear for catchy melodies and his meticulous attention to detail. His songs are bursting with little nuances, such as the lap steel and vocal harmonies that give the title track its dreamy summertime feel. The result is an album that I\u2019ve listened to countless times in recent weeks, and though I find its melodies stuck in my head for days on end, each listen feels like the very first one.<\/p>\n

Lowtide \u2013 You Are My Good Light<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Melbourne\u2019s Lowtide sound like they\u2019re stuck in the shoegazer scene from Reading, England circa 1990, and that\u2019s fine with me. There are times during\u00a0You Are My Good Light<\/a><\/em>\u00a0where you can\u2019t help but wonder if the only album the band has ever owned is Slowdive\u2019s Just For A Day<\/em>, which is also fine\u00a0with me. Chiming guitars, gorgeously gloomy atmospherics, ethereal vocal harmonies \u2014 yes, the band\u2019s music features all of the usual shoegaze elements, and does so well. \u201cNo Horizon\u201d opens the EP on a beautifully shimmery note that quickly sets the tone but it\u2019s the title track that always gets me. It begins with funereal drums and slowly blossoms into a graceful, introspective epic that would be a perfect soundtrack for lying down in a grassy field somewhere and watching the clouds drift by high overhead.<\/p>\n

Garbage Man \u2013 Garbage Man<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I know almost nothing about Garbage Man. Is it, indeed, a single guy, or a group? All I know is that he\/she\/they are from Montreal, they classify their music as \u201cpop\u201d, and that their \u201cGarbage Man\u201d moniker should be taken as tongue-in-cheek: there\u2019s nothing trashy about this elegant, breezy music. Taking some inspiration from Vini Reilly\u2019s Durutti Column, Garbage Man\u2019s self-titled album<\/a> sends spidery, elegant guitar notes, ultra-smooth basslines, and melodies drifting over electronic beats, landing somewhere between post-rock, electronica, and \u2014 dare I say? \u2014 funk. What I enjoy most about Garbage Man\u2019s music is trying to determine the patterns that the freewheeling songs will take, and in the case of songs like \u201cWonderful Eyes\u201d and \u201cPraha\u201d, I\u2019m consistently surprised.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"