This will forthwith be a best of the month feature. But today I present the best music of one of the wettest Summers on record here in the UK. Click the dates to read the original post and to download or stream the music.

You may notice a lot of music from the last few weeks - I’ve been trying hard to up the quality of the music, of the writing, and to post every couple of days, which I hope is paying off in the amount of music you enjoy from NBGL.

29th August: Genod Droog: … a fanfare, lush whispered vocals washing down a river of electronic rapids and churned up Massive-Attack like whitewater.

20th August: Tunng: ..frail but determined guitar gets reinforced, found sounds and electronic flourishes become distant echoes, and you’d expect them to become lost again before you have the time to appreciate

15th August: Buttonhead: …folk that is a triumph of brightness… at moments frantic, melodies become epic and evolutionary, shedding shards of rainbows and sorrowful laments.

3rd August: After Christmas: … Their indie-pop acquired energy is a little too much for you… Or alternately… Like your Grandaddy kicking you in The Shins for insulting his newly aquired Flaming Lips, which he went to great effort to come by.

26th July: Sleeping States: Tremoring psch-folk… perhaps awaking after a long nights sleep… like the dream memories that wash out of you, before retreating back in on itself, bringing you back to the world of us.

26th June: Windmill: pop songs with grand proportions and grand gestures… songs that are sung down to the floor when the sun is out, or upwards when the sky begins to fall, always bringing to mind expansive landscapes and wide open spaces.

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And news from the Nothing But Green Lights alumni:

Slow Club are recording a new video for their new single and are set to tour the U.K with Mercury Music Prize nominated and NBGL featuree Fionn Regan.

Sleeping States‘ album is out on Tome Records on 10th September. I’m excited.

The fantastic Magic Arm plays a show in London supporting Emma Pollock who has an album out on 4AD in September.

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