I have been a huge fan of the label Captured Tracks since I first heard anything on that label. There are just some labels that you can always count on. You can trust them to bring you the best of a particular genre. I can honestly say that I love Captured Tracks. They released two of my favorite albums last year by The Soft Moon and Wild Nothing. They both ended up in the top ten of my Top 50 Albums of 2010. I have been closely following this label ever since I first discovered them. If you are a fan of shoegaze and what it has evolved into in the recent years then this label is for you. The releases on this label tend to be on the dark side of things. The label really is as consistent as a label like 4AD. Maybe even more so. I have yet to be disappointed. In November of last year Captured Tracks released the Golden Haze EP by Wild Nothing and the Land & Fixed album by Blank Dogs. Idle Labor by Craft Spells was released by Captured Tracks this last April. And I of course fell in love with this album as well. It is dreamy and gazey and just a beautiful little album. A bit more pop music than the releases from The Soft Moon and Wild Nothing. But still a fantastic album. The excellent Soft Metals album was released in August of this year. Captured Tracks has done it again and released two new albums this first week in November. A new EP from one of my favorites The Soft Moon. And the debut album from Blouse.

I am really happy to have some new songs by The Soft Moon. I really have probably listened to the self titled album too much. I just couldn't stop. But now we have a new EP from the brilliant Soft Moon. It is dark and weird and the perfect album to get you ready for these winter months. The Total Decay EP is out on CD and LP.

Check out the video for "Total Decay" from the new Total Decay EP by The Soft Moon...




Also out this week is the debut album from Blouse. They have released a couple of 7"s over the last couple months. But the time has finally come for their debut album. Blouse are more Pale Saints meets Glass Candy than the Joy Division meets Trans Am sounds of The Soft Moon. A more dreamy and less electro version of Ladytron. They are the more dreamy side of Captured Tracks. They also have a fantastic female singer in Blouse named Charlie Hilton. I really love this new album. Which is not surprising. I really end up sounding like a broken record with my going on about my love of Captured Tracks. I just can't get enough. And this new Blouse album is beautiful. You should love it with me.



Listen to "In Black" by Blouse from the album Blouse...




also out 10/25...






Let The Poison Out by The Beets












Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay










Howl of the Lonely Crowd by Comet Gain











Audio Video Disco by Justice











Nightlife by Phantogram












A Very She & Him Christmas by She & Him










Handover by Skinny Puppy











Essential Phil Spector by Phil Spector










Live Music by Strange Boys












Tarot Classics by Surfer Blood










Fac. Dance by Various Artists











Automatic by VNV Nation











Bad As Me by Tom Waits







also out 11/1...






Blouse by Blouse











Long Live The King by The Decemberists











Ceremonials by Florence & The Machine











Exits & All the Rest by Girl In A Coma










Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica











Total Decay EP  by The Soft Moon












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