Resavoir & Matt Gold - Horizon (International Anthem)
- The Slow Music Movement
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*** This blog post first appeared in TSMM's June 27th Newsletter, where you can get all the tips (and more) first ***
Chicago's Resavoir are a TSMM approved experimental indie jazz collective led by hip hop loving, indie rocking, jazz trumpeting Will Miller. I wasn’t familiar with Matt Gold but he’s a guitar favouring multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Chicago with some highly credible label references which I’m inclined to trust.
Together they’ve just released your favourite summer 2025 soundtrack, well as long as you're having a hot summer that is. The singles have been jumping out at me for a while and whilst the album has been available physically since May the digital, rather frustratingly, has only just been released, although I have to admit it’s been worth the wait.
Harking back to simpler times when social meant talking to people, the pair take a trip down the West Coast rather than through their Midwest home, creating their perfect road trip mixtape to play in their open top sports car. Eschewing modern digital workstations the pair opt for a decidedly 20th century, classily arranged, mildly orchestral jazz route; deftly weaving percussion, keys, vocals, strings, pedal steel, horns and wind instruments of all descriptions to pleasantly laid back, easy grooving, bossa nodding, smooth AOR winking, yacht rocking, warm and uplifting, soulful jazz effect. Sunday morning and summer lazing never sounded so good.
Playlist Companion
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