(Make Me A) TRISTE© Mixtape Episode 108: Brook Terrace

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Brook Terrace

Brook Terrace is Californian (but with Italian origins) Zachary Vito, a man who, to make his debut album, quit his job and used unpaid leave in order to fund a plane ticket to the UK just to work with Bill Ryder-Jones, who had just announced he’d opened a home studio. Vito was involved in many from the San Francisco area, including Union Pacific, Sonny and the Sunsets, Blades of Joy and April Magazine. When he discovered Billy Ryder-Jones (co-founded of The Coral, and solo artist, writing both his own albums and film scores, as well as producing records for other artists) specifically his 2016 album, West Kirby County Primary, Zachary fell in love with his music which served as a soundtrack to the artist’s life. So, after seeing an Instagram announcement, Zach took a chance and sent over some demos. Ryder-Jones invited him to spend a productive week of recording sessions in his home studio.  Vito found himself in the small seaside town of West Kirby, delicately breathing life into already beautiful songs alongside producer and songwriter Bill Ryder-Jones. Brook Terrace was born.

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Smokey Angle Shades – And You Tied A Ribbon On It (single premiere)

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Smokey Angle Shades are: Pat Dam Smyth and Brian Russell, from Northern Ireland, Ned Crowther from England and Antonio Feola from Italy.
The group was formed when members of The Fools, 747s, Pat Dam Smyth and The Fernweh joined forces in Berlin for a week of shows and song writing that laid out the blueprints for their sound and approach: an appreciation of a good tune, blended vocal harmonies, and a dynamic stage show. The band continued to write new music and tour the UK, Europe and America, building a cult following after festival appearances at Glastonbury, South By Southwest, the Goodlife Experience and Secret Garden Party.
The band’s debut album, Shades of Joy was released in 2015 to wide acclaim and was selected by Cerys Matthew’s as her BBC 6 music artist pick. Now the group is back with a new single and album on the way, and their own record label, Europa Sun.

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Cindy – Earthly Belonging (single premiere)

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Cindy come from San Francisco and released three albums so far: Cindy, in 2018, Free Advice in 2020 (released on Paisley Shirt Records on cassette and by Tough Love/Mt. St. Mtn. on vinyl) and 1:2 one year later (again on Tough Love/Mt. St. Mtn. and on Paisley Shirt Records on cassette). Cindy lead singer Karina Gill has also another project, Flowertown with her friend Mike Ramos.
Cindy have announced details of their latest album, Why Not Now?, to be relased Friday 14th April 2023. The brainchild of Karina Gill and comprised of several key players from the Bay Area scene, the San Francisco-based band have also shared a couple of songs from the album, A Trumpet On The Hillside, with a video shot by Gill herself, and The Price Is Right.
Today the band shares another song from the album, Earthly Belongings.

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Heartworms – A Comforting Notion

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Francesco Amoroso per TRISTE©

“April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.“
(T.S. Elliot – The Waste Land)

Il mio professore d’inglese del liceo ere un tipo che adesso definirei eccentrico. All’epoca, probabilmente, avrei usato aggettivi diversi, suppongo meno lusinghieri, ma devo rendergli merito di avermi introdotto a uno dei poemi che più mi hanno affascinato e che hanno maggiormente forgiato il mio gusto e le mie preferenze estetiche e poetiche.
A distanza di oltre trentacinque anni, ancora ricordo a memoria i versi che aprono The Waste Land. Se dovessi esprimere a parole il perché il poema di Elliot mi è tornato ancora una volta in mente ascoltando l’EP d’esordio di una giovane musicista inglese, avrei qualche difficoltà, ma credo abbia a che fare con le immagini oscure e cariche di simbolismo evocate dai quattro brani che compongono A Comforting Notion, prima uscita ufficiale di Jojo Orme, in arte Heartworms.

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The Declining Winter – Really Early, Really Late

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Francesco Amoroso per TRISTE©

“I can’t find my brittle youth
Is it strong enough to hold on to?
Just try it anyway
Can’t let the years without, you know
Sometimes it’s just so hard
To find something that inspires you
Your anger and hope
Did you leave these things behind?“
(Hood – I Can’t Find My Brittle Youth )

“…Hood è in qualche modo intrinsecamente legato alla mia infanzia e al mio rapporto con mio fratello e i miei genitori ed è qualcosa di cui siamo davvero molto orgogliosi, ma per molto tempo è stato per lo più relegato nel passato. Lo vedo come un vecchio animale domestico di famiglia che non è morto del tutto, ma se ne sta mezzo sepolto nel giardino dei miei genitori con tutti gli altri cani, gatti, conigli e gerbilli che sono morti.” Parole di Richard Vincent Adams, fondatore, con il fratello Chris, degli Hood, band che, tra il1991 e il 2005, è stata tra le più significative e originali della scena musicale alternativa inglese, grazie a una indefinibile miscela di post rock, folk, post punk, elettronica e sperimentazione. Una band inafferrabile e in continua evoluzione.
Sono quasi diciotto anni che gli Hood non incidono nulla, eppure il loro ricordo è ancora vivido tra coloro i quali (come me) li hanno amati spassionatamente.

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