it turns out that lingouf’s phenomenal 2011 release, doeme, was just a temporary blip and he’s gone back to doing happy hardcore. that’s really too bad.

http://lingouf.bandcamp.com/album/luc-lma

suuns continue their quest to convert clinic from redneck pickup truck hick music into interesting art rock....

the disc is a little sterile, and it was flat out boring to watch it performed live, but it works fairly well, overall. you're going to need headphones, volume, time and patience for this.

the record before this is much more interesting.

https://suuns.bandcamp.com/album/images-du-futur-2

the hype around this is really silly. it fits properly into a trend called 'chillwave' that was popular a few years ago. mild influences from ymo and oldfield don't change what it is.

i found their earlier work interesting from a guitar perspective; now that that has been dropped, i see no reason at all why anybody would listen to this except to fit it into their 'cool kid' playlist between washed out and neon indian.

...which makes it not just one of the most disappointing records of the year, but one of the most disappointing records of the decade (so far).