XHM #602 - "The sun's gone dim and the sky's turned black" (2022 May 09)

Exploding Head Movies

Iceland is on the mind as we profile a few recent posthumous releases by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, including 2 film scores from Chinese films that are now streaming in North America: Blind Massage & The Shadow Play. We also talk about concerts in Vancouver this week as we play catchup from the CITR web server outage, including the Verboden Festival.
Jónsi: Salt Licorice [w.Robyn] (Shiver, 2020) Krúnk
Sigur Rós: Rembihnútur [Liminal re-work by Paul Corley] (@0, 2021) Ahead of our Time
Fontaines DC: A Hero's Death [Soulwax remix] (2021) Partisan
Future Islands: Plastic Beach (As Long As You Are, 2020) 4AD
Sigur Rós: 65º27'29.1'N 15º31'56.0'W (Route One, 2018) Krúnk
bbno$: Mathematics (2022) self-released
!!! My Fault (Wallop, 2019) Warp
Deborah Martin & Jill Haley: Verdant Sanctuary (The Silence of Grace, 2021) Spotted Peccary
Adult. Our Bodies Weren't Wrong (Becoming Undone, 2022) Dais
Minimal Violence: Untitled Dream Sequence (InDreams, 2019) Technicolour
Gazelle Twin: Triumph (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne [Amazon Original Soundtrack], 2020) Invada
Peaches: Fuck the Pain Away (The Teaches of Peaches, 2000) Kitty-Yo
Oleska Suyhodolyak: Gutsul Kolomyika [Dance Song] (Music of Ukraine, 1951) Ethnic Folkways
Hymns57: Pretty Little Lightning Boy (Swallow Split Ends Between, 2021) self-released
Prince Josh: One Time [w.Orit] (2021) Hand Drawn Dracula
Lyra Pramuk: Tendril (Fountain, 2020) Bedroom Community
Plastikman & Chilly Gonzales: Ekko [in Key] (Consumed in Key, 2022) Turbo
Pilotpriest: I Just Woke Up (2022) self-released
Tor: City 66 (Oasis Sky, 2021) Eleuthera
Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson: Desacrelasation (Negative Chambers, 2017) Miasmah
Kidsø: Breathing (2022) esc/ctrl
Hildur Guðnadóttir & Sam Slater: Shipping Forecast (Battlefield 2042 OST, 2021) Lakeshore
Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough: Mound Dweller (The Northman OST, 2022) Focus Features
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Head Full of Mush (Gold Dust EP, 2021) Redbird
Jóhann Jóhannsson, ACME, Paul Hiller & Theatre of Voices: The Last Foul Wind I Ever Knew (Drone Mass, 2022) Deutsche Grammophon
Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrup: Dr Wang (Blind Massage OST, 2022) self-released
Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrup: Sight of Love (Blind Massage OST, 2022) self-released
Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrup: Alibi (The Shadow Play OST, 2022) self-released
Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrup: Midnight Highway (The Shadow Play OST, 2022) self-released
The Cory Weeds Quartet: Blossoms in May (Big Weeds, 2007) Cellar Live
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