Me and the Bees

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The Hylozoists - Details At Five

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While this is equal part TNT era Tortoise and Dots and Loops era Stereolab, I think a more satisfying reference point might be the Softies song 'Me and the Bees'. Think of it as the instrumental realization of the lyric, "Now it's just me and the bees, in a cyclone of falling leaves": all of vibraphones and glockenspeils, buzzing swirling around a simple melody which manages to change over the course of the song almost without the listener noticing, capturing the chaos of lying on your back in your back yard, the sun beating down on your face while you drift in and out of sleep. Or maybe it's just that, like 'Me and the Bees', it's just one of those end of summer songs, capturing the subtle changes in the colour of the leaves that Amy refers to in the last post.

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Ecstatic Sunshine - Ramontana

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This song is difficult to categorize. Minimalist prog (is that even possible?) with a sense of humour? Post-math rock? Or better yet, post-yacht rock?

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