Jay Honeycomb

Gentle sounds of a flowing river introduce "Seasons Turn Like Pages", a naturalistic collection of songs from Saapato, the ambient music project of New York–based sound artist Brendan Principato. This field recording of water is eventually married with lush synths and ambient textures, though neither ever overtakes the other. Principato seems to view the music of nature and that made by humans to be on equal footing. At least, that is how he balances them on the eight tracks here.

Photo by Gervelemae jazz-rock fusion Are bands that stylize their name in all caps being purposefully obnoxious? Most definitely yes, and I personally and generally am not a fan of the practice. However, I’ll let it slide for Dublin’s SELL EVERYTHING, a band that transcends mediocrity on their recent single “Something New” through a watercolouresque approach to mood atmosphere.