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It’s been over a year of waiting. Last January, Cascine gave us our first glimpse of Swedish dream pop trio World Tour with their single Sparks. I was dying for more. I scoured the interwebs. I unearthed some old relics—from the time before WT—when they were a duo called I Always Wanted A Pony (I just checked their old soundcloud page and they’ve recently upload two dance-oriented tracks under their old name). World Tour came back in October with a beautiful Karl X Johan cover.

Winter came quickly. World Tour waited. Indulged by demos, I thought I knew what was coming. They mixed. They mastered. Now they’re set to deliver a four-track set of songs. World Tour’s Believe EP is out April 10th on Cascine— the stork of all sonic goodness. Each track an expansive dreamscape, the EP brims with memories of luscious summer wanderings watching the sun slip back, beyond the hills. This EP belongs in the woods on clear night where stars shine on, trickling down. Supple melodies and hushed romances are sprinkled throughout, their texts faded by the sun— yellow pages curled and crinkled. Listen to Believe.

Celista comes from the northern lands with a set of sonic expanses that climb from the darkest depths to the shimmering stars above. The project lives in a cloud of mystery—When I asked who, “♥ I have a tree, the sea, in many cases, are hidden in the gray sky and a quiet night” was the answer. My guess is that Celista is from British Columbia— but I really have no idea. All I know is that whoever embodies Celista reaches high into the sky hoping to find something for us— ‘I find the stars for you.’

Celista - Warm Autumn

Celista - Swimming Endless

Celista - Endless Day

Download Celista’s EP up in the soundclouds.

We leave our footprints on the moon.

The sound of dripping molten light from the stars on it.

Long Island’s Warm Speakers is set to drop his debut EP of breezy summer jams, Mezcal Noon, with a physical release on July 7th. For now you can stream all five sun-soaked, synth-driven tracks over at Warm Speaker’s bandcamp or soundcloud. Check ittt

Warm Speakers - Verda

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Canadian producer and emcee Emay dropped his new eight-track EP Mind Altering Dynamics earlier today. His creative approach to hip hop and immense lyrical ability are definitely on show with this one as he pushes beyond his previous releases. His remix of Blackbird Blackbird’s ‘Ups & Downs’ (off BB’s Summer Heart) really sticks out of the bunch. Not only does Emay build off of Mikey’s summery jam, but he also got LA’s Steffaloo (Steph Thompson) to record some beautiful backing vocals for the track. Download Mind Altering Dynamics for free from Emay’s website.

Emay - Ups & Downs [Blackbird Blackbird Remix] (feat. Steffaloo)

Postcard Beach is the opening track on Dion Tartaglioné’s new EP entitled Boats. Soothingly simple, this two-minute gem is relaxing, rhythmic, and inspires images of the tide flowing in and out along Dion’s Australian coastline. Full of chilled out soundscapes spawned from his bedroom, Dion Tartaglioné’s five-track release is definitely worth downloading from his bandcamp.

Dion Tartaglioné - Postcard Beach

Phoenix have released a free live EP of eight songs from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix titled ‘Live In Sydney’ which is available to download for free on their website. (alt)

Phoenix - Armistice (Live in Sydney)