Them Are Us Too - Us Now

Ever take some ecstasy and try to close your eyes and are immediately overwhelmed by one those waves of emotion and colour? Sort of the feeling you get here when the massive snare gives way to a sweep of warm synths. Them Are Us combine elements of Tears For Fears, This Mortal Coil, Lush, and several other late 80s/early 90s dreamweavers. Like a sea breeze spitting in your face, the flecks of salt remind you of an older time, yet feel completely fresh at the same time. I guess you could say Them Are Us Too, u know?

David Lynch - The Big Dream (Moby reversion featuring Mindy Jones)

An unsurprisingly haunting, visual reversion, of David Lynch's recent single. Moby displays some very Lynchian camera work, as Mindy Jones delivers this spectre's ballad. Moon-washed light flashes illuminate the creeping background characters, who step in and out of the frame and focus, like unknowable shadow-people. The tune itself is a cryptic blues melody with hints of Julee Cruise, Billie Holiday, and This Mortal Coil. For fans of Lynch this is an easy choice.. just press play and softly drift away....

Empress Of - Tristeza

Another glittering diamond of a trizzy from one of my fav artists of 013. If you don't have it, you should cop Empress Of's Systems EP right now. If you're totally broke and can't afford an entire EP then have a listen, for free, to this dream-inducing, synthed-out soundscape. Sort of like an Italo This Mortal Coil.