Mellow Pop Music From the Past Week

And it's all free...

• BRAIDS - Daytrotter's Pop Montreal Session [Blogspot]

• Sound effects, interesting instrumentation and an ensemble of harmonized voices make for a rather unique pop experience. 
• This may be borderline hipster, but it's worth a listen if you're in the mood for something light, airy and a little whimsical.
• Recorded at Breakglass Studio in Montreal, where the band lives, last Wednesday.
• Four songs combined into one continuous stream in one file that you can stream or download here.
• Their first album, Native Speaker, is due out January 18th on Kanine and Flemish Eye. Hear the seven-minute single, "Lemonade", here.
• Raw Moans/Lay Bac - Split single (Beko) [BandCamp] [MySpace]



Raw Moans/Lay Bac split -
 Download here

• San Diego's Raw Moans plays spare keyboard pop with an industrial feel.
• Austin's Lay Bac plays funky electronoise with minimal, harmonized vocals.
• Two tracks each on this split release. Download here.

• Dum Dum Girls - "Trees & Flowers" (Zoo Music) [wearedumdumgirls.com]

• A mellow noise-pop track released on their site late last week. Pretty.
• This is a cover of a song by '80s new-wave band Strawberry Switchblade. By request from Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT. 
• This San Fran four-piece will be touring the U.S. with Brooklyn's MINKS this spring.

And here it is:

Dum Dum Girls - "Trees & Flowers" (12/2/2010)