New band of the day: Vancouver Sleep Clinic

Despite what their name might suggest, this is a young band from Brisbane, Australia. Mostly the work of the 17-year old Tim Bettinson, so far they've released just two hauntingly beautiful tracks, but that's enough to make me think that they've got a bright future ahead of them. The first track, 'Vapour', came out at the end of July, and shows that it's possible to make gorgeous music even if you've only got a crappy laptop, a couple of battered microphones and a free trial version of Pro-Tools to work with.



The second, 'Collapse', emerged at the start of the year, and develops their sound to become even more intense and touching. I know what you're thinking and yes, he does sound quite a lot like Justin Vernon, but that doesn't stop these being brilliant tracks.



I'll be watching these guys carefully in 2014 as I think, and hope, that they'll be releasing some more stunning music.

PS Thanks to Ben Watt for introducing me to this band via his last 6mix broadcast on BBC 6music.

New music: 'Oh My Sexy Lord' by Marijuana Deathsquads

OK, so the album isn't actually here yet (it's out on October 15th), but if this face-meltingly psychedelic advert for it is anything to go by then we're in for a treat. Play in full screen mode, just stare at it for a while and see what happens...

Marijuana Deathsquads "Oh My Sexy Lord" from Isaac Gale on Vimeo.

Track of the Day: 'Tiff' by Poliça

5 reasons why this track is better than anything off 'Give You The Ghost', last year's album by Poliça.

1. It doesn't use that really annoying auto-tune / vocoder effect that, in my opinion, completely ruined the album.
2. As a result of 1, you can here the loveliness of Channy Leaneagh's voice - even the potty-mouthed bits.
3. It features the equally lovely Justin Vernon (from Bon Iver)
4. It sounds like it belongs on 'Relayted', the 2010 album by Gayngs, which is one of my favourite albums from the last few years. This gives me hope that there might be another Gayngs album on the horizon.
5. It's named after ex-racing driver, ex-Top Gear presenter and current Fifth Gear presenter Tiff Needell

The single is out digitally today from all good online stores. Listen to it below.

PS Number 5 might not be 100% true...