Antarctic Wastelands – I Can’t Feel You Anymore
ambient
Hong Kong-based producer Ben Tatlow creates startling mellow ambient under the pseudonym Antarctic Wastelands. His most recent track, “I Can’t Feel You Anymore”, is a full-on luxury to the ear, yearning soundscapes that develop with cool tones that spread across the stereo with conscious, pulsing life. The theme of loss is apparent here, not just by the title, but in the lyrical-less cries and potently frosty swells of synths that create a comforting space, though regrettably only envelope you for less than three minutes. Tatlow creates “soundtracks for wandering souls”, and it’s easy to get lost in this music without braving Antarctic wastelands.
matchpoint – Everover
The Weather Holds – Five Roses
While not household names, at least not outside of their country, the members of The Weather Holds do indeed form a super group. Spearheaded by producer and composer Devon Bate, the Montreal-based ensemble includes Common Holly, Jean-Michel Blais, Jeremy Dutcher, and composer Beatrice Ferreira. Taken from the debut LP, the charmingly-titled You Couldn’t Ask For a More Beautiful Day, “Five Roses” is a titillatingly folksy singalong; anthemic while being profound and without being too commercial, its high-brow poeticisms
keeping things on the arty side of indie folk.