Casiotone For Bears, by Pequena Fiera (CD on AEIOU)

 

This record left our Phil feeling happy.

New label alert... Ok here's a bunch of stuff from a great new label called AEIOU fromSpain we just heard of. We liked the gear so much we got it all and and we're gonna try and squeeze some towels in the suitcase 'n all. If you click on the items the label gives you exactly the kind of description we'd give you and they're totally spot on. The 3" CD's are all limited to 50 and all come with small toys inside and far too many brightly coloured paper circles. Warning... do not open over a freshly hoovered floor as you will be extremely fucked off... be extremely careful opening these as you will make a huge sodding mess (like I did).... Mess aside here's a few words about a handful of 'em....

Paquena Fiera- Mini Songs With No Words.... 6 tracks of Mum/ Sigur Ros- esque floaty twinkly electronics. There's also a full length CD by these guys which I've not had chance to play yet.

Bloetrood- Roetbloed 3" CD is lo fi Americana influenced singer songwriter gear. The Vocals are great... they've been doubled up to give it a bit of a Hood feel.... probably for fans of the Microphones I reckon.

Le Rainbow Toy Orchestra- In Love With Toys EP...Twinkly lo fi toytown electronics with hints of Yann Tiersen. I reckon there's a dash of Amiina in there somewhere.

Old Time Rainbow- Colour By Numbers... gentle tweeness for fans of Weepop. Boy/girl vocals...you know the kind of thing... almost like a stripped down C86 band...

So Quiet- Words Make Me Feel Ugly EP... some Polish dude making some delicate singer songwriter gear with some quirky electronics and noises underneath. Unusual but it works...

I think fans of the Weepop label will lap this lot up. All well sexy and ltd to 50... we've only got a handful of each of 'em!