Only this moment holds us together...

Another post that is slightly less focussed, you'll have to forgive me for a few days as now I'm without the internet at home, reviewing new music is pretty tough, considering I cant get any. I'm actually buying lots of music at the moment but as Im sure you've all guessed, its on vinyl so I'm not even thinking about playing it.

Quickly, I'd like to say thank you to two people I've had quite serios conversations with in the last few days, you both totally got that I'm not acting normally but that its only temporary and gave me some sound advice and I really appreciate your patience. So yeah, thanks a bunch.

I've picked up a few releases recently that I've spoken about already but finally got around to forking out the money for. The first of these is the Mumford and Sons EP released last month for only a fiver from the Rough Trade online store. These folk/bluegrass hipsters are already putting the touches to their second ep and have jsut announced a mammoth tour in support of both their first EP and to raise awareness for their second. Momentum seems to be growing behind the bad with supportive reviews from the Guardian, Q and Drowned In Sound and though commitments to Laura Marling are increasing, there is still plenty of time for the band to grow and develop and flourish in a folk-filled world. Check out a video of my favourite track, White Blank Page, below.

Also new to my CD collection is the digipack version of Royksopp's The Understanding. Released with an extra CD containing 5 new songs, Royksopp's second album is a diverse and oddly paced album which drew little praise from critics but was exploited just as heavily by advertisers as their first album. Triumphant, 49 percent, Beautiful Day Without You all showcase Royksopp's polished norwegian electronica but for me, it is Only This Moment that see's Royksopp step in a new directino and reap the rewards of attempting something different. Relying heavily on call and answer throughout the track, the syncopated bass and snare beats power the song forwards whilst the smooth snyth and delicate subject matterflow over the top. Its clear from the lyrics below that the song approaches someone unwilling to let themselves go in a relatinoship, scared to open themselves up. They are then offered an ultimatum, the suggestion that if they don't open up, they could ruin a possibly fantastic opportunity.

"Stay or forever go

Play or you'll never know

What heaven decided

You can't deny it's

All you've been waiting for

Stay or forever go

Play or you'll never know

Your spirit's divided

You will decide if I'm

All you've been waiting for"

Finally, Lykke Li has been receiving a lot of press recently, being pushed heavily on 6 music in addition to an insightful interview in the NME this week which wrongly quoted the lyrics to Little Bit, despite having a face to face interview with her, them being printed in the album booklet and being all over the net. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the NME but for a national music magazine, that's pretty shoddy journalism. Anyway, that was all forgotten when I got my hands on an extreeeemly limited 12" of I'm Good, I'm Gone, pressed on heavyweight vinyl, released back at the beginning of June. New single Breaking It Up was released this week and the promotion seems to be paying off as festival performances become increasingly busy and tickets begin to fly off the binary shelves for her Autum tour. I'm heading to the Scala date for another spine-tingling performance and for the first time in a long time, I'm beginning to crave the second album long before I've grown tired of the first. It's Bloc Party syndrome all over again.

Video's galore below, enjoy.