THE DELI

For tonight’s Saturday Night Sounds, we’re blasting two singles off Glasys‘ September release The Pressure. 

A master at the keys, Portland by way of Tel Aviv, Isreal instrumentalist Gil Assayas shares animated vocals with faultless keyboard and synth playing to make jazzy electronic you can’t help but dance to.

Give a go to Glasys’ title track and the very Halloweeny and socially commentating music video for "The Great Abyss." While you’re at it, plan on checking out his set at Kelly’s Olympian on the October 11th with Vancouver’s The Yacolt Burn and Seattle’s General Mojo’s.

The debut EP from dark soul duo Sheers is a beautifully ideal soundtrack for lamenting creativity and moments of vivid self reflection.

We premiered the first track from Lily Breshears and Grant Pierce, the brains behind the project, back in early August. "Depth" presented orchestral r&b, jazz and hip hop elements as a tease into the EP’s other three tracks, reaffirming Breshears’ actual depth as an emotional intellect, classically trained musician and the project’s driving force.

Piano riffs and paced drumming start out the EP on "In Case," as Breshears’ deep croon swiftly establishes itself as a partaking instrument. At times her voice barrels with full-toned body and when accompanied by Pierce’s cymbal play and gradual beat buildup (also heard on closing track "Kristoffer"), create heavy texture with only few tools.

Sheers will be joining Skin Lies as supporting acts for Seattle musician Benoît Pioulard‘s album release show this Tuesday at Holocene. Until then, get acquainted with Sheers below.

In a match made in true music heaven, the joining of Portland’s psych pop queen Cat Hoch with art-tronic outfit Fog Father‘s leader Bryson H. has led to this new track titled "Color of Love." 

Under a different moniker, the song premiered in late August and has held up through the summer season’s ending days as a love song leading us into the fall. "Color of Love" shows their playful and cooly executed exchange of masculine and feminine vocals. When combined with the pairing of clear synths and electric guitars a la Metronomy, it creats an urbane blanket of delight.

Listen to "Color of Love" below. It’ll bring a bit of doting light on this rainy afternoon.

It’s been two years since we were gifted Lubec‘s lauded The Thrall and finally today, we get their second full length with Cosmic Debt.

Thematically exploring karmic debenture in life, Cosmic Debt gifts us the Lubec we’ve grown to love over the years; dreamgaze personified by reverbed string riffs, eruptive drumming by Matt Dressen and vocals that call for attention.

Four fuzzy instrumental-like interludes break up a pleasant distortion of tracks, led by layers of Eddie Charlton’s ripe vocality. Piano playing by Caroline Jackson adds a slightly delicate but necessary element which, coupled with her sometimes rawly spurted vocals (like in the album’s title track), round out the sound that separates Lubec from other "gazey" acts in town.

Lubec’s release show for Cosmic Debt is tomorrow at Blackwater with supporting performances from Talkative, Dog Thieves, Two Moons and Radler. 

Stream Cosmic Debt below and be sure to stop by Blackwater tomorrow to celebrate.

Capturing the true tree-lined spirit of the Pacific Northwest, the newest single and video from multi-instrumentalist Ky Burt, "Deep Dark Woods," expands on the calming aura of the nature surrounding us, both visually and sonically.

Recorded in a tiny house along the Willamette River in St. Johns, "Deep Dark Woods" applies classic American roots style with an avant-indie-folk breath in expressing the contrasting vulnerability and self-actualization experienced in solitude and times of strife. The song’s video, which shows Burt performing live at Fluff & Gravy and exploring through the local woods of Macleay Park, was shot by Brianna Barrett and does a mighty fine job at conveying the curiousity of journeying through Oregon’s shrub.

"Deep Dark Woods" comes off of Burt’s debut EP The Moon & the Sea, due out October 4th. His release show for the EP will be held this tomorrow, October 1st at Alberta Street Pub.