Sometimes at work I get the chance to sit in a room all on my own. It’s great because I get so much more work done when I’m not distracted by the day to day nonsense of office life, but even better, I get to listen to as much music as I like without someone asking me to turn it down/off or play something more tuneful!
The downside is when I then discover a fantastic piece of music or album and can’t share it with anyone. So I thought I’d share it with you instead, aren’t you lucky? The music I’ve been listening to this morning is the debut album from House of Wolves, “Fold In The Wind”.
House of Wolves is the solo creation of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and former The Coral Sea frontman, Rey Villalobos. The name comes from the Spanish to English translation of his name, hold on, this is the second band I’ve liked that’s done that, I wonder what that means?
Although a Los Angeles resident, his family hails from Mexico and the Italian Adriatic coast and hints of this mixed background can be heard in his music. What I particularly love about this guy is that he cites Chopin as his first and main musical influence, very classy!
He’s had previous songs played on some TV shows and has toured with the likes of Sharon Van Etten, Villagers, White Rabbits, The Middle East and Avi Buffalo. The album is slated for release on June 17th.
I’ve included a couple of tracks from the album here to get those taste buds going. Firstly the beautifully plaintive “50′s”, with tender vocals and a muted trumpet backing it gave me goosebumps when I first heard it. The second, “Jealous”, has an echo effect applied to his voice giving it an otherworldly sound as he sings over an acoustic guitar and is absolutely gorgeous.
These two tracks alone would definitely earn him our “Ones To Watch” label but if you’re in any doubt you can get a digital version of his album from his bandcamp page right now.
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