Harp Mix Tape II

This week's playlist starts with some rock and ends with some chamber pop and dreaminess. To purchase the albums heard here, click on any of the links in the notes below.  To hear this playlist on BNDCMPR where you can purchase the individual song, head to Harp Mix Tape II. 

Maobi is a rock band with a harp and live painting hailing from Angoulême, France. It's kind of proggy and makes good use of pedal slides The singer really reminds me of someone and I just can't quite place it! Who does he sound like? So frustrating. This album is called The Fire Within.

Next is Kaukaisu from Helsinki, Finland. It is throat singing and harp and bells. And eggbeaters? Ok! Laiva is on the album Käsky ja Hyräily.

Track 3 is by Descofar from the album Krai.  Also from France, this is a band that that uses two electric harps, percussion, and electronics. Or as they describe it: it’s like O’Carolan fell into a cauldron of LSD and loved it." It's kind of like celtic heavy metal?

Then we have a little bit of nostalgia in the form of The Definite Articles, whose album King Merriweather is an orchestral rock masterpiece, and reminds me of The Decemberists. But with the welcome addition of a harp.

Track 5 is from rbke who plays self-described chamber pop, with some lovely vocals. The whole album whim is pretty nice.

Wrapping things up, we have Sarita Idaliea with some great layered shoegaze-y harmonies and harp and a bit of crunchy guitar. It's a nice little two song release - I had trouble deciding which track to put in the playlist. It's called Transfiguration. So dreamy.