Angel Eyes - “Off the Floor”

If you were into collecting obscure psych tapes back in late 2010, you may have stumbled across a cassette release called Dire Dish. This debut drone-pop album from the mysterious Australian artist called Angel Eyes was released under the radar on Not Not Fun.

Now, Angel Eyes has a new full-length cassette called Vice to Vice, which is currently out on the Moon Glyph label. This dreamy collection of burned-out alien drone-pop jams is the work of Melbourne’s Andrew Cowie. As if he’s transmitting a murky sludge of ancient extraterrestrial wisdom into the caverns of primordial life, Cowie’s warped vocals, distant drum machine taps, and dizzy synths immerse the listener in waves of color and ambient bliss.

Listen to “Off the Floor,” the almost-danceable seven-minute space jam that lifts you high in the sky onto a bed of pink fluffy clouds infested with neo-reptilian tentacles. Or should I say, wherever your imagination takes you.

Vice to Vice is currently available for sale as a limited edition cassette, with a run of 150 tapes from Moon Glyph. The tape features six spacey tracks, with cover art by Suzanne Pfutzenreuter. Get ‘em while they’re hot.

Guerre - “Death Drone”

Laying motionless under the night sky, numbed and petrified by the chill of cold winter rain, you hear the soulful cry of a disembodied voice guiding your soul towards healing light.

This is the voice of Lavurn Lee, a gifted young man from Toronto who makes self-described avant-ghetto, abstract neo-soul under the moniker Guerre. Although this is the first track I have posted from Guerre, he has been on my radar for quite some time. His dark and soulful music sends a shiver down your spine with his subtle synths and ghostly reverberated voice, often comparable to the sounds of How To Dress Well’s Love Remains.

“Death Drone” is a brand new song from Guerre that he recently posted on his Soundcloud. The track finds his sound at its most pure and vulnerable, forever drifting into haunted oblivion through channels of soft, infinite light, captured in just over two minutes.