Novo Amor - Birthplace (October 19, 2018) Album

Debut album from Welsh multi-instrumentalist Ali John Meredith-Lacey out October 19th on All Points.



1. Emigrate

2. Birthplace

3. Utican

4. Seneca

5. Anniversary

6. 13494

7. State Lines

8. Sleepless

9. Repeat After Death

10. Oh, Round Lake

 

One of my favorite videos of the year. It took them 250 free dives to get the all of the footage they needed.

Watch this stunning music video from Novo Amor that sends a powerful message about our effect on the natural world

 

One of my favorite songs of the year so far, Bon Iver/James Vincent McMorrow vibes

 

gonna be a great one

 

I’m very excited about this. “Birthplace” and “Utican” are both beautiful.

Hopefully Atlanta’s weather cooperates before this comes out so I can get the full fall vibes instead of gross mid-80s temperatures forever and ever

 

Excited for this to come out Friday!!

 

Also this is wild but I found out about Ed Tullet a long long time ago, even before his EP Trawl came out. Surprised he’s doing so well now

Edit: just realized he was on Equal Vision Records back in 2011/2012 when he released an album, Never Joy. This is wild

 

WOW I did not see a song like Emigrate coming

 

Didn't know this was coming out. Nice surprise.

 

Major Sufjan vibes

 

this was so pleasant to listen to while making breakfast this morning. really enjoying this one, especially Anniversary.

 

Oh man. "Anniversary" is stunning.

 

Yeah emigrate is fantastic. Glad I finally got into these guys

 

Ummm what on earth, this is absolutely gorgeous. This really needs more attention

 

Yo this is AMAZING. The most similar thing to Bon Iver I have ever heard

 

Oh boy I love this so far. Glad I stumbled across this thread

 

This albums about to wreck me all winter long holy shit. Bout to replay again.

 

Interesting

 

This is good but so strongly apes Bon Iver that it's hard to compliment without referencing previous work. It's certainly pretty.

 

Imo that’s okay! I’m cool with acknowledging this is basically a Bon Iver clone and continuing to praise both. Especially in a world where Bon Iver has starting taking (really awesome) steps away from this exact sound and probably won’t make a record like this one again

 

Instrumentation is pretty different from Bon Iver. This is a lot more chamber pop and less electronic influenced. If you’re not listening for the superb production with those arrangements, you’re missing what makes this better than your average dude strumming a guitar and trying to be Bon Iver.

 

Yeah, Bon Iver's discography is full of all-timers. If this sounds exactly like it, then that's a huge compliment.

 

There's nothing wrong with trying to sound like the great musician on planet earth. This guy is certainly good at it. He's also a great lyric writer.

I'm hoping he'll come to the US one day.

edit: Wow nevermind I guess he's coming this fall! Maybe I'll go down to Chicago next month. Really interested to hear/see his live show.

 

It sounds like BI,BI to me. Very similar vibes/arrangements

 

Yeah, production and arrangement wise this album is an ace.