Feb 20, 2019
“i used to think love was bobby pins lost in bed”
hits like a heavy blanket wrapping a depressed soul.
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“i used to think love was bobby pins lost in bed”
hits like a heavy blanket wrapping a depressed soul.
Gia Margaret — There's Always Glimmer. 2018 : Orindal.
2/19/23.
Somehow missed this Dear Nora album when it came out in October. The arrangements are restrained and intimate with unexpected textures, and it is always enjoyable to hear Katy Davidson's unique perspective and beautiful singing. Chris Cohen provides an excellent intro text that captures what is so distinctive about Dear Nora records: "To me, the great strength of Dear Nora’s music is that it takes stock of its time and place and captures something that we can revisit later. The lyrics on human futures are written from multiple perspectives but they come from a world of people who travel great distances and are faced with too many options. Katy writes about our being incessantly surveilled and barely tethered to the physical universe and the life around us. Observation of the everyday and of our endlessly referential pop culture serves as a way to understand personal experience through poetic language..." This is out on Orindal Records.
Katy Davidson introduces you to 'human futures', premiering early over at The Talkhouse today! The album drops this Friday, Oct. 28th on Orindal Records:
Katy Davidson introduces the premiere of the “cult” band’s new record.
"I’m just gonna come right out and say it: This is the best one.
Everyone can go ahead and disagree with me, and dig in their heels re: their sentimental attachment to Mountain Rock, Skulls Example, or the Three States compilation (and don’t get me wrong, I love those albums). But time will be the ultimate authority, and when we’re all old, and/or whenever our fanbase reaches middle age, which could take quite a while since the majority of them appear to be quite young (the analytics support this), or whenever we’re all dead and these recordings are basically forgotten, but then some esoteric reissue label in 2090 will discover them while sifting through the dusty corners of Spotify or whichever streaming service (or futuristic music-playing platform we haven’t thought of) is dominant then, that’s when people will agree with me."
It's time for Beginnings, the podcast where writer and performer Andy Beckerman talks to the comedians, writers, filmmakers and musicians he admires about their earliest creative experiences and the numerous ways in which a creative life can unfold.
On today's episode, I talk to musician Katy Davidson AKA Dear Nora. Originally from Arizona, Katy has been making music for decades now under the name Dear Nora, starting with the Make You Smile 7" in 2000 on Magic Marker Records. They took a long break from the moniker after 2008's Three States, but picked it up again with 2018's Skulls Example which is one of the best albums Katy's ever recorded. Their new album, Human Features, will be released on Orindal Records at the end of October, and it's fantastic!
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Dear Nora announces new LP 'human futures', shares video for lead single "scrolls of doom" courtesy of Stereogum!
Back in 2018, Katy Davidson released their first album as Dear Nora in over a decade, the excellent Skulls Example. Today, Dear Nora is anno
“scrolls of doom” is "a seasick sing-song about capitalism and consumption." human futures arrives Oct. 28th on Orindal Records! Watch below:
Pitchfork reviews the new covers collection from Wednesday, 'Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling 'Em Up', out now on Orindal Records!
Read Sam Sodomsky’s review of the album.
"Led by vocalist and guitarist Karly Hartzman, Wednesday have a knack for wrapping fragile, well-crafted songs in cozy blankets of noise."
10/11/21.
I learned about Macie Stewart's "Mouth Full of Glass" because Humphreys & Keen (Able Tasmans) bought it. Frankly, I learn about many great releases from the people I follow on Bandcamp.
Macie Stewart (Chicago, Illinois) is one-half of the band OHMME, who have released great work via Joyful Noise Recordings.
This album reminds me of something that might be released by NNA Tapes (Ryan Power). It also makes me think of one of my favorite unsung bands - Busman's Holiday.
This is released by Orindal Records (Chicago) who have also released works by Dear Nora among others.
