Steffan Morris / Beatson,Alastair * Brahms: Cellos Sonatas [New CD] Outlaw Country Vampire Weekend * Contra [180

Vampire Weekend * Contra [180 G Vinyl Record LP]

Made from soft

meticulously detailed record that includes everything from folk to prog via baroque pop and touches of alt-rock - with nods to everything from Joanna Newsom to Randy Newman via Fiona Apple and Janis Ian - yet all the while retaining that unmistakably unique sound that only this combination of musicians can come up with

Tate McRae * Think Later [New LP]

groove-heavy

Steffan Morris / Beatson,Alastair * Brahms: Cellos Sonatas [New CD] Outlaw Country Vampire Weekend * Contra [180Brahms' Cello Sonata No. 1 was composed at a time of great emotional upheaval in 1865. His mother was dying, and the composer having visited her in Hamburg, had immersed himself in the music of Bach for solace. The finale of the sonata has an uncanny resemblance to Contrapunctus XIII from The Art of Fugue. The second sonata is a product of the tranquil summer holiday Brahms spent in the scenic lakeside suburb of Hofstetten, outside Thun in Switzerland