Well, this is a delight — eight minutes-plus of very lovely acoustic guitar music from wunderkind Daniel Bachman, off his forthcoming album River, to be released by Three Lobed in eleven weeks. The label just shared the track, and I can't wait to hear the whole thing. You can also pre-order the record at that link.
This is true Sunday afternoon music — thoughtful, relaxing, and melodic.
Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...