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29/04/12 Mixtape: Mood Tattoed- Pirate Treasures

I like Pirate Treasures by Mood Tattoed because it is good. It is good because Pirate Treasures is filled with gorgeous ambient tracks with splashes of tropically inspired music scattered throughout the listen. Moving away from reverb-filled synth-wash ambient music, Mood Tattoed’s tracks demand the attention of the listener with memorable compositions and melodies. The result is an album that sounds somewhere in between Boards of Canada and El Guincho. Mood Tattoed is part of a music and art collective with another blog favorite Tortilla Pass so we’re expecting some great things to keep coming from their collaboration. Stream and download Pirate Treasure below…

-PK

Tags: ambient, Mixtape, Mood Tattoed, Tortilla Pass, tropical

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29/04/12 mp3: Last Days of 1984- Seasons

I’m not exactly sure what it is about Last Days of 1984 but I’m really enjoying their take on a genre I haven’t enjoyed in a while. Last Days of 1984 make synth-pop but their jams have enough sonic experimentation to stay interesting and not overly sugary. ‘Seasons’ is the newest taste of their upcoming album Wake Up to the Waves and it’s noisy take on indie-pop is just as irresistible as the first track we heard from them. ‘Seasons’ isn’t going to reaffirm your metaphysical existence, however, it’s catchy and fun. Nothing wrong with that.