Releasing a record - particularly a 7" - is really trying these days. They're expensive and they take ages before they turn up at your door - so, you have to really like a band and their music to be able to endure the rigors of pressing vinyl. Enter Animal Daydream (of Gothenburg, Sweden) and their wonderfully gentle but grand sound. These four songs that comprise their debut release just swept us off our feet on first listen, and they never get old. Imagine a cross between later period Teenage Fanclub, the Zebras (fellow labelmates!) and a healthy dose of American '70s soft rock (see if you can spot the Fleetwood Mac nod in the title track!), with layers of jangly guitars, vocal harmonies and assorted vintage keyboards and percussion throughout. Definitely a great way for Jigsaw to start its 2015!
RIYL: Teenage Fanclub, the Zebras, 70s soft rock
1. Canyon Rose, 2. Glass Ships, 3. Easy Pleasures, 4. I Knew You Would Come Along Before Fall
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Release date: 6/19/2020Vancouver's Sleuth are notorious for taking AGES between releases, and this mini-album is certainly no different, coming five years after their previous album,...
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Release date: 2/21/2020Yet another band in the interestingly long line of Indonesian dreampop groups that have found a home on Jigsaw (see also: Kaveh Kanes,...
$7.00
Release date: January 24, 2020This is the debut album from this new German band, and if you think they sound quite similar to Seaside Stars/Sealevel,...
$5.80
Release date: January 17: I picked up the first cassette EP from this Richmond, Virginia trio at a recent Popfest (after really loving their set),...
$9.98
Release date: 1/10/2020Originally from Portland, but now living in Philly, Cool Original (once called "Cool American" until the Doritos lawyers came a-knockin'...) is the project...
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Release date: 1/10/2020: The amount of time between this disc's original conception and its actual release borders on the absurd. I don't remember exactly when...
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Release date: 1/10/2020: Originally from New Jersey, but now living in Olympia (where he's been for the last few years), Josh Hoey has been making...
$7.00
Release date: November 29, 2019This record almost literally came from nowhere! That is to say, my buddy, Jeremy, told me his band would be recording...
