Emil Friis has released “Hollow Hands”, a four-track EP recorded in his Copenhagen studio through the autumn of 2025, following his album “Moving Images”. The Danish composer reshapes the sound of the piano itself, running it through ribbon microphones, Moog filters and a Wellspring reverb, with field recordings from southern Italy deepening the atmosphere. Kevin Brooks directs the accompanying film.
Rowena Wise picks ten objects from her home ahead of her second album, “Bad Things Feel Good*”. A monocular she whips out like a cowboy to watch birds. A wizard lamp that glows red while she records. Stones from a Portuguese beach. Her first guitar, nylon-strung, made by her father. Revealing and surprising from the start.
Horse Feathers have shared a demo of “Like Lavender”, recorded in one solitary take in a stairwell in NE Portland, ahead of the 20th anniversary reissue of “Words Are Dead” on August 28th via Kill Rock Stars. Justin Ringle wrote the song as he was crashing out of his old life in Idaho — a small portrait of a heartbroken young man.
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