News The Neu Bulletin (26th November 2013)

The Neu Bulletin provides a daily dose of new music tips, all in the name of exposing you to something fresh and exciting.

Every day we offer up a choice show, a song of the day and a little something extra that’s caught our attention. Check back here every day for your latest Neu Bulletin delivery.

THE GIG
Jaakko Eino Kalevi - London, Servant Jazz Quarters


Helsinki-based Jaakko Eino Kalevi has signed up to Domino imprint Weird World for the release of his next EP - judging by the songs unveiled so far, it’s a wild fusion of Twin Peaks-worthy mistiness and some funk & dub nodding oddball-pop.

THE BIG NEU THING
Johanna Glaza - Gravity Of Your Face


London songwriter Johanna Glaza’s debut EP is filled to the brim with stirring, explorative works. They’re complex beings; swimming around in different directions rather than floating in a happy stream. ‘Gravity of Your Face’ is arguably the most emotionally fraught track on ‘Silence Is Kind’. It’s a meeting ground between the bold bellows of Zola Jesus and the choral hum of Sigur Ros, making for something terrifyingly touching.

OTHER NEU BUSINESS
Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Collapse


Is a Vancouver Sleep Clinic the place where young musicians go to recover after spending too much time in winter cabins following nasty break-ups? Because ‘Collapse’ sure as hell sounds like it’s come from the Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver school of emotional falsetto-ed loveliness. Not that this is a particularly bad thing. In fact, 17 year old Tim Bettinson does things a little differently. His words are clearer than ol’ Vernon’s. Less mumbling, more mourning, there’s a distinct, gleaming beauty to his early work, and that’s what makes a track like ‘Collapse’ stand out.