Who’s Phantom One? Who’s Number Two?

Nimbus Coleman “Who Is The Governess?” – I’m not certain if I’ve ever heard a record quite like Nimbus Coleman’s. In terms of structure, it recalls Guided By Voices’ Alien Lanes – many short songs which mostly sound incomplete on their own, but flow together cohesively as an album. That’s where the GBV similarities end, though. Coleman favors very crisp production and clean sounds, and much of the album has a lazy, easy going island sound tweaked by strange song structures and unexpected stylistic tangents. Imagine the world’s strangest island cruise bossanova band, and you’re halfway there.

“Who Is The Governess?” opens the album with an opening twenty seconds which comes as close to sounding like Loveless-era My Bloody Valentine as anything I’ve ever heard, but then settles into a soothing bass-and-bongos groove with pleasantly oooooh-ing vocals.

Readers should note that Nimbus Coleman’s record is a self-released solo home recording, and it is not yet commercially available. If you are interested in hearing the rest of his album, please write him at nimbuscoleman @ yahoo.com

Headman “So Then” – This is a song I’ve been meaning to post for a little while now. Fans of the DFA should love this, since the live post-punk/disco aesthetic is about the same. It’s a pretty simple track, but it once you get into it, it is unstoppable.