More Custom: Sudogwon + Flamingo + leave. + Hello, I'm Sorry + Father Tribe + Let Us Out

In a post earlier today we noted we had found Jack Hardy via Custom Made Music. What we didn't mention is that we found a bunch more during our pleasant several-hours sojourn at CMM's Soundcloud page. Some of it we placed in the Songdrop widget in the upper right of this page. In this post we're putting our favorite free and legal downloadables, always beginning with and then noting our faves from each EP or LP. We'll try to keep comments to a minimum, while providing links and such should you require further enlightenment. Many thanks to CMM for the many headsup.


We loved all four songs on this Valencia, VE band's EP.


Beatlesque psychedeliana from Jacksonville, IL. We like #2 a lot, too.


Steady gaze from Lublin, Poland.

Silky slack from Bellingham, Washington. (Thought about writing WA, but thought you might think, "Western Australia." Heh.) We like #7 a lot, too.


Reminds us of earlier Gap Dream (i.e., minus the excessive electronica). Frisco band.


We like #1 & 3 a lot, too. Montreal band.

Jack Hardy's Slipped, We Feel Weird, Pleasured, Etc.

When we heard that hardy little tune called "Or Anyone" (#1 above) yesterday we thought, "This feel weird, it sound familiar, in fact we certain we heard this one before, but where oh where?" We searched our archives. Nada.

Well, we just now found out where, and it's here, in a post also inspired by the very same Custom Made Music that led us to "Olive" (#2 above). We don't know Jack (yeah, pp, we've noticed) but suspect he's got something to do with our feeling weird.

Okay, enough. We love this New Orleans guy's EP, name o' Slipped. We usually prefer up-tempo stuff but all five of these moderately paced ditties pleasingly plunk our twanger. We hope your twangers will respond likewise.

Custom Made for You: Feel Weird, The Thing, Paper Apes, Human Hymn, The Astral Planes, Stereoma

Floating around on SoundCloud, we chanced upon an invigorating series of samplers from an entity called Custom Made Music. All the songs in the four samplers we sampled are available for free download. Forthwith, a few of our favorites.