DIVE plunges into an aquatic soundscape of blur-soaked loops and echoing underwater vocals. Following the gaze through the shoes and into the chill waves, the founder of the band, Z. Cole Smith, was the guitarist for Captured Tracks labelmate Beach Fossils, and the two bands certainly share a similar aesthetic. They also both have a water-based name, but you already picked up on that, right? (They also remind me of Beat Connection, especially the song "In The Water" but maybe that's taking things just a little off the deep end. Shit.) The vocals unwind into themselves, male and female voices coming together and falling back apart, like jellyfish in a twilight tide. DIVE has released two 7 inches and have an EP set to debut in March. Catch their last New York show before the band departs on tour, with a stop in Austin as part of Capture Tracks' SXSW showcase. – allison levin
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Which of these acts should be The Deli's next NYC Artist of the Month?
We've always been big fans of Luke Temple, and it's good to see that, together with the Here We Go Magic crew, the man is keeping at it with increasingly beautiful records and videos. The band's new album "A Different Ship" (stream it here) will be out on May 8, and betrays at least a partial return to Luke Temple's more intimate and melodic sound from his solo repertoire - in this regard, lend a ear to "Hard to Be Close," "Alone but Moving" and "Over the Ocean". This is welcome news for fans like us who always thought that in most HWGM material Luke's noteworthy songwriting skills seemed a little sacrificed on the altar of textural experimentation. This doesn't mean that the band's signature hypnotic, impressionistic sound is lost - it's just that these two elements work together better than they did in past records, and this is what makes this album one of the NYC highlights of the year so far. Indeed, this collection also features songs more in line with the band's past releases ("Make Up your Mind", "I Believe in Action"), which follow on the steps of brainy-pop icons like Brian Eno and The Feelies, but there's definitely a balance here, also betrayed by the almost perfect alternation of melodic songs and less traditional ones.The just released video of "How Do I Know," telling the story of a rejected dancing robot that ends up revitalizing an older man's appreciation for life, seems to reflect on this brain/heart, mechanic/organic dichotomies and somehow bring them to unity. - PDG
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