Nate Connelly released his debut album A Dream About Being Lost on December 23. This might seem a strange date to release your debut album on, but what matters is that you hear it. It’s a wonderful slice of atmosphere, soulful vocals and edgy electronica. Comparisons have been drawn with James Blake, apparently – but if you like the likes of Bonobo, Thom Yorke’s solo stuff, Boards of Canada and indeed much of what has been released on the Warp label, I think you’ll enjoy this,
The video for ‘You Echo’ deals with the ‘controversial issue of Bath Salts abuse’ (can’t say I know much about it, but it is a rather wonderful piece of music and a good, if rather disturbing video).
This, meanwhile, is the album’s opening track:
He also has this DJ mix available as a free download:
A Dream About Being Lost is out now via www.blindcolour.com and available to download via iTunes, Juno, Boomkat or Amazon.
If your appetite is whetted, stream the entire album below:
that video is indeed harrowing. but the music is rather lovely, if somewhat lonely.
Yes, some electronica can be really, really sad. I felt the same about Burial’s Untrue LP.