Fook! we didn’t think we’d have this much to share, but we do. So here’s your afternoon edition! Tracks from Lillian Todd Jones, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Teen Daze, Woodpecker Woolliams; plus videos from Die Mason Die, Lillian Todd Jones, Menomena, and Thus:Owls.

Listen:

Lillian Todd Jones – “Butter Soul”
from to be announced
Apparently, Ms. Jones is working on an album and has a few songs to check out on SoundCloud. Something about Lillian reminds me of Fiona Apple, except Ms. Jones has a wild streak. Great indie pop sound drives this track. Peep the video below.

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Saturday Looks Good To Me – “Sunglasses”
from Sunglasses 7″
out November 7 on Polyvinyl
They’ll be in Asheville (11/16) and Durham (11/17) shortly after the release of this single. This is the first batch of new songs the band has released since 2008. Pre-order the 7″ on blue vinyl / MP3 here.

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Teen Daze – “Divided Loyalties”
from The Inner Mansions
out November 6 on Lefse Records
This is about as close to blissed out as chill wave gets. Great textures abound on this track.

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Woodpecker Woolliams – “Gull” 
From The Bird School of Being Human
out now on Robot Elephant Records
Woodpecker Woolliams is “a one-woman experimentalist blending folk, drone, noise and found-sounds.” She dabbles with harp on this track, which is consistent with her theme of generating “stories of birds, murder and madness.” It’s not exactly terrifying, but the long ago tension I experienced while watching Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” has suddenly resurfaced. Check out her latest recording, Patroyska, on Bandcamp.

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Watch:

Die Mason Die – “Lost”
from debut EP
out 11/5
An absolutely haunting song, from Die Mason Die, a new band led by 19 year old Samuel Mason.  Despite his young age, Mason has lived a life. Born in Wales, Reared in Australia, and now to London.  ‘Lost’  is the first single under release.

Lillian Todd Jones – “Butter Soul”
(single)
Those eyes! They look right through you. Intense video, nice complement to this track.

Menomena – “Plumage”
from Moms
out now on Barsuk
I think I’d like hanging out with these guys. This video has a weird fight club vibe to it. Lots o’ costume changes…hence, the name plumage. Oh, and this album kicks ass. I had a laugh the other day when the kid on Sirius XM pronounced the band name as MEE-KNOW-MEE-NAH. Seriously, I am not evil.

Thus:Owls – “White Nights”
from Harbours
out now on Avalanche
Stunning video and song. A beautiful indie folk tune that does a good job of orchestrating piano and what sounds like a full string session.

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Cheers…