Indie Music Filter: Best Of October 2017 (PLAYLISTS)
Best Of October 2017
Check out new music from Outsider, SEGO, The National, Geographer and many more. Something for everyone.
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LISTEN: “So Low” by Geographer
Earlier this week, Geographer put out a new single “So Low,” the second cut from his forthcoming ‘Alone Time’ EP, out January 12th.
“So Low” tackles the timely topic of mental health. Of the track, Deni says, “Depression is like a fog, and just beyond that is the most beautiful sunny day you’ve ever seen. But that doesn’t change the fact that you are lost in gray and gloom, with no indication of when it will lift. When the song drops in the chorus of ‘So Low,’ that’s the sun above the clouds.”
LISTEN: “Age Of Consent” by Geographer (New Order Cover)
While working on this years release Ghost Modern, San Francisco-based musician Geographer (real name Mike Deni) had the idea for a cover project, starting with a version of Arthur Russell’s “This Is How We Walk On The Moon.” The result was Endless Motion Vol. 1 EP, out now via Roll Call Records.
Geographer takes on five iconic recordings and successfully reinterprets them in his own voice and style “changing the tracks’ pacing and fundamental instrumentation to uncover climaxes, valleys, and allowing the source material to be seen in an exciting new light.”
Take a listen to his version of New Order’s classic “Age Of Consent”.
“Lover’s Game” by Geographer
“Lover’s Game” by Geographer, from the album Myth on Modern Art Records. Catch them on the road with Freelance Whales.
‘Kites’ (Limosines Remix) by Geographer
After landing in San Francisco in the summer of 2005, New Jersey native Michael Deni became Geographer and began writing songs with his guitar and a synthesizer he found in the street. Teaming up withcellist Nathan Blaz (previously in St. Vincent) and drummer Brian Ostreicher, the three spent the next year playing clubs around the Bay Area, crafting their songs into the driving, heart-pounding epics that make up their self-released debut (Innocent Ghosts).
Fast forward to today, where the band has just released an EP called Animal Shapes (via Tricycle Records) and has been voted by SPIN as an ‘undiscovered band you need to hear now’. The six-track release also includes bonus remixes of ‘Paris’ by Wallpaper and this Limosines remix of ‘Kites’. Reminds me of Yeasayer, check it out.
Geographer – ‘Kites (Limousines Remix)’ by indiemusicfilter