New Releases Now Notes the innocence mission’s Positive Reviews

New Releases Now calls Midwinter Swimmers, the newest album from the innocence mission, “a tender, cinematic exploration of love, memory, and connection that feels as timeless as it is deeply personal… an album that strikes a delicate balance between expansive, cinematic soundscapes and the lo-fi intimacy of vintage folk-pop.” The site has an overview of the album’s critical reception, […]
Soundsphere Enjoys Leif Vollebekk’s Soulful Live Set

Soundsphere‘s review of Leif Vollebekk set last week in Leeds, UK takes note of the singer/songwriter’s “intimate and soulful tone. Known for his emotive vocals and masterful piano and guitar skills, Vollebekk captivated the audience with a selection of tracks that showcased his unique blend of folk and indie influences. His performance was both heartfelt and engaging… […]
New Music From Assemblage

Detroit’s legendary Westbound Records has teamed with vinyl specialist label Org Music to re-launch with a series of remastered, celebrated funk and soul albums. Founded in 1968 by Armen Boladian, Westbound proved to the world that thrilling sounds were still coming from Detroit, after Motown left the city. From humble beginnings, this important independent label soon grew to […]
The Second Disc Tells Denise LaSalle’s Story

Denise LaSalle is currently at radio with the ORG reissue of her Westbound Records debut, Trapped By A Thing Called Love. The Second Disc says the album’s title track “epitomizes the sound of Memphis soul just as much as the better-known Al Green record ‘Tired Of Being Alone,’” which was also arranged by Willie Mitchell. The site reviewed a previous reissue of […]
XPN Shares Leif Vollebekk Pics

Leif Vollebekk is currently performing shows in the UK in advance of his Canadian tour to support Revelation, which is at radio now from Secret City. WXPN hosted the multifaceted musician last month, and the site has some photos from the event. Check those out here, and see Vollebekk live: 2/14 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl 2/15 – Victoria, […]
Light Of My Life Enjoys the innocence mission’s New Opus

French website Light Of My Life has a review of the new album from the innocence mission. Via a translation, they say, “Their latest opus, Midwinter Swimmers, is a real pop/folk/dream pop gem… Those who once listened to The Sundays, Shelleyan Orphan or even Cocteau Twins will find here the same fragility, the same joy of putting notes on the colors that […]
AllMusic Says Denise LaSalle’s Debut Westbound LP Is A “Classic”

AllMusic has a review of Denise LaSalle‘s Trapped By A Thing Called Love. “Kicking off her Westbound stay with a gem,” the site wites, “LaSalle gave the world a new take on Southern soul with this late-nite entrée of Stax-y grooves and tales of love on the rocks. Trapped By a Thing Called Love… set the pace for other Dixie divas […]
Liverpool Sound and Vision Says Leif Vollebekk “Delivers Solace”

Liverpool Sound and Vision has a philosophical review of Revelation, Leif Vollebekk‘s philosophy-inspired new album. “Nobody should sail through life without feeling the pain that existence offers if they want to declare love from the highest mountain,” they say. “For Leif Vollebekk the outcome of Revelation is a response to the world as it was arguably once, and how we […]
Midwinter Swimmers is the innocence mission’s “Most Present” Album Yet, Writes Spectrum Culture

According to Spectrum Culture, the innocence mission‘s new album Midwinter Swimmers “is their most present yet… Naturalistic imagery paints vibrant strokes across the album’s 39 minutes, another immersive blurring of the lines between songs… The Innocence Mission’s thirteenth album is a quaint and embracing experience, instruments and poetry ebbing and flowing like a gentle tide.” The review can be found here. Midwinter […]
Sun Atoms Shares Video With Blood Makes Noise

Blood Makes Noise has coverage of “Take This Love,” by Sun Atoms. The track, writes the site, “is a deep dive into introspective lyrics, captured during a late-night recording session at Joshua Tree Recording Studios. The song’s lyrics explore themes of love and self-discovery, highlighted by the line ‘take this love and shove it up your heart.’ […]
Leif Vollebekk Goes Live and Direct With WYEP

In a recent interview with Pittsburgh’s WYEP, Leif Vollebekk explains that the vocals on his new album Revelation are “all one takes. No, that one was… yeah, that was… I mean, the one taken then told us that we’d redo it, like, a few months later if I wanted another take. But I like to record live with the […]
No Workhorse Marvels At The “Exceptional Finesse” the innocence mission Displays On New LP Midwinter Swimmers

About the innocence mission, No Workhorse writes, “Both celebrated and under-appreciated, their other-worldly, meditative folk music always contains an undercurrent of comfort. They don’t often change what they do but manage to stay true to their distinctive sound without ever feeling stale.” According to the site, new album Midwinter Swimmers – at radio now – is “a rich, subtly textured record, […]
The Big Takeover Shares Springhouse Details

The Big Takeover has the premiere of Springhouse‘s “Moving Van” video, as well as details on the upcoming deluxe reissue of the band’s album From Now To OK. According to the site, “All physical formats will be presented in a beautiful package from designer Bruce Licher. The new LP edition will be made available on black vinyl as […]
New Release From Denise LaSalle

Detroit’s legendary Westbound Records has teamed with vinyl specialist label Org Music to re-launch with a series of remastered, celebrated funk and soul albums. The series kicked off with Ohio Players’ landmark 1973 release, Pleasure, followed by The Counts’ What’s Up Front That-Counts, Assemblage’s Album, Dennis Coffey Finger Pickin’ Good, and two by Eramus Hall—the new rarities LP Lost and Found, and Your Love Is My Desire, one of the most […]
The Alternate Root Cheers The “Sheer Beauty” of the innocence mission’s New LP

The Alternate Root has a review of the new album from the innocence mission and writes that Midwinter Swimmers “offers series of songs best suited for the morning after rather than the revelry of a festive night before. Nevertheless, the sheer beauty of the proceedings offers a unique luster that’s quietly comforting and consistently affecting as well.” Read the full […]
The Current Shares Vollebekk Pics

The Current has photos from Leif Vollebekk’s MicroShow for The Current at Steady Pour restaurant and bar in Minneapolis last Friday, January 17. Check out the full gallery here! Vollebekk is currently supporting his new album Revelation, which is at radio now from Secret City Records, and will be embarking on a Canadian tour soon: 2/14 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl 2/15 – […]
Ink19 Praises The “Evocative and Meaningful” New Release From the innocence mission

According to Ink19, the new album from the innocence mission is “an insular, slightly lo-fi album of vaporous quiet-core musings on absence and memory as evocative and meaningful as its title [Midwinter Swimmers]… Like walking in on a small book club of introverts in a closed library, experiencing Midwinter Swimmers feels intrusive and yet, it’s also welcoming, even […]
Post-Punk Digs The Pomp and Pretense-Free Sounds of Sun Atoms

Sun Atoms’ new LP Everything Forever, writes Post-Punk.com, “suggests horizons just out of reach, merging shadowed rhythms, hushed tones, brooding bass lines, and guitars that oscillate between abrasive bursts and chiming clarity. Its strength lies in its architecture, transcending familiar fragments to become something wholly alive and innovative. On tracks like ‘Mandatory,’ echoes of David Bowie’s Blackstar emerge in forlorn, sax-laden […]
New Release From Leif Vollebekk

Multi-instrumentalist Leif Vollebekk has released a new radio edit of “Rock and Roll,” the opening track on his new album Revelation and a “song you need to know” according to Rolling Stone. Revelation has been raved about by critics and fans alike since its release on September 27. Bedroom Disco has called it “by far the best work by this talented singer-songwriter to […]
KLOF Lauds the innocence mission’s “Sparkling Clarity”

Of the innocence mission, KLOF Mag writes, “they have certainly made the most of their time, creating thirteen albums of sparkling clarity and coherent vision since their 1989 debut, and they show no sign of slowing up. Picking a favourite Innocence Mission album is something of a fool’s errand, given the way in which all of their music […]