Luca – From the Indie Obsessive Mailbox (Part V)

     Luca hails from Bemidji, Minnesota. Its members are Sean Murphy, Isaac Parthun, Melody Becker, Brian Oakes and Micah Eriksson. Beyond that, the only thing that we know about the band is that they are producing music we enjoy. Our personal favorites are “I’m Afraid” and “Tomorrow’s December.”

The email invitation to consider the band read:

“Hi Indie Obsessive!

      I'm Brian Oakes, I'm part of an indie-folk band named Luca, we just self-released our first album titled, "I'm Afraid" we think that what we have is good, and we want other people to hear it!  Depending on the success of this album we want to gauge what next steps we will take, possibly starting to play more shows and get into a studio to get quality recordings.
                  Brian"

Brian, if Luca plays in San Francisco, please let us know.

    Currently, Luca is generously allowing free downloads (“name your own price”) of their seven-track album that includes the two songs embedded below. The Bandcamp link for the download is http://luca-theband.bandcamp.com/album/im-afraid. Alternatively, if you prefer Noisetrade, the album can be downloaded by going to https://noisetrade.com/luca/im-afraid.

      “I’m Afraid” by Luca

      “Tomorrow's December” by Luca

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Racing Glaciers and Olivia Sebastianelli – From the Indie Obsessive Mailbox (Part IV)

     The Indie Obsessive post of February 3rd was dedicated to glaciers. It included two songs by the U.K. band Racing Glaciers. A few days later, we received a thank you and a heads-up that more was on the way. Specifically, songs from Racing Glaciers and another artist were to be released. The notice was:

     “Two tracks out next week; Racing Glaciers 'Moths' (mon/tues) & Olivia Sebastianelli 'Sunset' (thurs/fri).“ 

      Well, “Moths” is still not on Soundcloud, but it is available via Bandcamp. Better yet, “One Day We Will Lose Everything” is also available, and we might prefer it to the guitar-driven “Moths” (we’re at our greatest vulnerability when an Indie band breaks out the horn-guitar blend). Best yet, we also enjoy the song by Olivia Sebastianelli.

     Repeating the February 3 introduction:

     Racing Glaciers is from Macclesfield, Britain. The members are Tim Monaghan (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Danny Thorpe (guitar, backing vocals), Matt Scheepers (bass, Trumpet, backing vocals), Simon Millest (guitar), and Matt Welch (drums).

     “Moths” by Racing Glaciers

     “One Day We Will Lose Everything” by Racing GlaciersFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RacingGlaciers

     Olivia Sebastianelli is a Londoner with vocal power. 
     "Sunset"

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Website: http://www.oliviasebastianelli.com/

Red Sky – From the Indie Obsessive Mailbox (Part III)

     We don’t typically cover Metal bands, because other bloggers have a greater appreciation for the genre and are much better at describing the music within the genre. The same statement applies to the Rap genre. But to paraphrase Miles Davis, good music is good music regardless of what kind of music it is. So, we introduce Red Sky to Indie Obsessive.

     The email invitation to consider the video for the song “Il Flauto” by Red Sky was met with skepticism, since it referenced Rap. Specifically, the description stated, “Red Sky is a masked guitar player and a rapper, he merges most of all Rap and Rock, trying to destroy musical boundaries and create something unique and original with the best parts from every genre.” The skepticism didn’t stop us from heading toward the video. But wait, the video is full of vague sexual contact. The sexual content is not stuff we run away from, but we don’t gravitate toward it either. Still, “Play on video!” As we listened, it’s the guitar work that outweighed everything else. 

     “Il Flauto” by Red Sky from Milan, Italy.

          “Stelle” by Red Sky 

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Website: http://www.redsky.it/

     Since we’re in the neighborhood (in terms of genre), let’s visit some friends, namely Esli and the music of Ballerina Black. The members of this Los Angeles-based band are Bobby Moynahan (guitar, vocals), Esli Sugich (bass, guitar), Scott Eton (keyboards, guitar) and Romeo Mendoza (drums).

     The Ballerina Black song that first got our attention (January 2013) was Birth of a Felony.” 

     A more recent offering from Ballerina Black includes “Red Pencil.”

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