Study Your Mouth Movements

Solex + Maarten Altena Ensemble “Go Easy on the Fun Fund” – Elisabeth Esselink has flirted with jazz sounds on every Solex record, but for this recording for Konkurrent’s In The Fishtank series, she got to collaborate with a full ten piece jazz ensemble. The results are not very far off from the typical Solex sound, but with a looser feeling and more expressive leads. On this particular track, Esselink’s vocal cadence recalls Kim Gordon in spoken word mode, but no one could ever confuse her bright, girly voice for Gordon’s guttural tone. (Click here to buy it from Midheaven.)

Dr. Dog “The World May Never Know” – At this point in time, there is hardly a need for more 70s soft rock pastiches, but when a song as lovely and agreeable as this comes along, it’s easy to forgive the glut of bands out there trying to write their own Fleetwood Mac and Todd Rundgren songs. Nice reverb on the drum fills, by the way. (Click here to buy it from Devil In The Woods.)