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Boy Omega and Jörgen Gustafsson - Steam Train (Self Release) [Alt-Pop]
"paving the way for some suitably languid drums and the arrival of Hasselgren's fragile, low gravity, achingly beautiful vocals"
The Slow Music Movement
3 days ago1 min read


Phantom Pink - Czech New Wave (Swan) [Alt-Pop]
"a mighty fine, mildly theatrical, shadowy slice of lysergic alt-pop rock with genuine craft"
The Slow Music Movement
4 days ago2 min read


Darkstates - Motionless (Self Release) [Alt-Pop]
"Trip Hop didn't die it just moved with the times and Darkstate is currently leading the way."
The Slow Music Movement
Jan 92 min read


Pete Standing Alone - hay song (Self Release) [Alt-Pop]
"Starting off in an ambient pop vein, her vocal floats enticingly over bowed strings and machine sounds"
The Slow Music Movement
Jan 61 min read
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Droolip - ig is (Butter Records) [Alt-Pop]
"It's a fine and fanciful slice of lysergic alt-pop"
The Slow Music Movement
Dec 15, 20251 min read


W.I.T.C.H. / Astrønne - Once In A Lifetime/Psycho Killer (BBE) [Alt-Pop]
So it was with trepidation that I clicked play on these versions of two Talking Head's classics - "Once In A Lifetime" and "Psycho Killer"
The Slow Music Movement
Nov 15, 20252 min read


Cisser Mæhl - Familiens Muligheder (LYD+Litteratur Plus) [Alt-Pop]
"Familiens Muligheder is a beautifully crafted, constantly surprising album that deserves far more attention than it's currently receiving."
The Slow Music Movement
Nov 8, 20253 min read
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Aarktica - Ecstatic Lightsongs (Hannaqpacha) [Post-Rock/Alt-Pop]
"The album wears its Dr. Martin's, tight black jeans and leather jacket proudly, and shoegaze, post rock and gothic dirge weave through much of the album"
The Slow Music Movement
Oct 30, 20252 min read


Packaging featuring Sugar Candy Mountain - On Holiday (Share It Music) [Alternative Pop]
"the increasingly psychedelic sounds, and probably a few pheromone's, swirling around the room"
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 25, 20252 min read


Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys - Anchor (Unique) [Alternative Pop]
"there's an uncompromising tone and serious intent to the soft edged delivery and you suspect you're going to be in for a treat, confirmed by the downtempo, post punkish dub bassline"
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 24, 20251 min read


Lucrecia Dalt - A Danger to Ourselves (RVNG INTL.) [Alternative Pop]
"balances Dalt’s stubborn experimentalism with a more accessible pop sheen, but ultimately it’s a triumph for perseverance and time honing her studio and song craft"
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 20, 20252 min read


Aaron Lindh - Heroine (Virtually Nonexistent)
"A lo-fi pop haze of field recordings, ambient electronics and a low key moody guitar motif gets the track rolling, setting a suitably opiated vibe for Lindh's hushed vocals"
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 20, 20252 min read


Modern Nature - The Heat Warps (Bella Union) [Alt Pop]
"worked on stripping down the sound without sacrificing the message or artistic vision, and only gone and made a genuine alt-pop album"
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 16, 20252 min read


Hussain Bokhari - Possessions (Mood Hut)
"Lovely all-rounder album on a mellow, lo-fi, slacker-balearic tip."
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 12, 20251 min read


Perera Elsewhere - Fountain (Friends of Friends)
"Elsewhere showing her vocal versatility by switching between tower block spitting and dream soul, both styles effortlessly riding the broken beats and late night mood."
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 10, 20252 min read


Marie Noreger - Forever Young (Daworks)
marrying decades and melting hearts as the succinct production and pop purity drifts through the speakers, immediately leapfrogging her overproduced peers
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 26, 20251 min read


Swimming Pool - Line Cuts (Fog & Co)
"they geeked out and hit it off over music, a keen interest in coding languages, digital synthesis and electronically assisted genre fluidity, which they've translated into some thoughtful, seriously crafted alternative music. I like them."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 25, 20252 min read


Erika Dohi with the Metropolis Ensemble - Ame Onna (Switch Hit)
" It's a beguiling, beautiful and far out slice of cosmic dream pop and boding very well for Myth of Tomorrow, her forthcoming album."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 19, 20252 min read


Brandon De La Cruz - New Signs (Self Release)
"slightly more urgent acoustic guitar work threads its way through the impeccably detailed psychoactive electronica that melts just above the song and then drips through every note and word."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 16, 20252 min read


Waz-u - Vermillion: G major feat G9 LUV and Lilyg (Biodiversity Studios)
"Lilyg's vocal which immediately weaves its way through the soundscape, gently swirling the ambient electronica in its tailwinds"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 24, 20251 min read


Chris Lippincott, Maya de Vitry, David Williford - Over and Over (Self Release)
This is as serious a slice of alt-pop as you'll hear all year, honestly it's a really beautiful track - tune in.
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 17, 20251 min read


Sólstrauman - How The River Flows (Remix by Saltbreaker) [re:memory]
On the remix Saltbreaker opts for a warmer, smoother approach by largely ditching the surface noise and the minimal piano lines, exchanging them for more comforting sonic swathes
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 15, 20251 min read


blorgpulkfplorksickle - In the meadows, he saw trees of white flowers (Self Release)
It's a fine slice of liquid, D&B powered pop and another accomplished showcase for this restless producer
The Slow Music Movement
Mar 31, 20251 min read


Adios Ghost - D.Y.T. (Self Release)
The latest single is a feel nice slice of disco pop, with a debt to the sparklier sounds of Studio 54 and sepia saturated 80's synth pop
The Slow Music Movement
Mar 21, 20251 min read
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