French trio PORTLAND released their latest single and music video “Before You” this morning.
“Before You” visually and auditorially exists on the cusp of two worlds – 70s disco and 80s electropop, dawn and dusk, land and ocean, love and heartbreak.
Category: 70s
“Stone Fox” by Hunter as a Horse
“Stone Fox” by Hunter as a Horse is a trip through music history – a mix of Moon Pix era Cat Power vocals with nu-disco synths at the 1:26 mark, fun roller disco style of variety of instruments (metal tin beats?) and percussions, then moves to a dream pop style overture and breathy vocals at the 2:43, finishing off with library cosmic synths at the 3:26 mark that then slows down to a more typical dream pop. Finally finishing off at 5:17 with dark wave synths building on top of the dream pop breathy vocals.
“Killingswitch” by Last Lynx
I am forever thankful for Last Lynx both because their song “Killingswitch” is amazing and also because they’re the reason I learned about AM Shawn & Lee – both bands fall in that semi-funk bassline mixed with mellow bluesy guitars 70s-influenced sound.