RecordSoup

#4 Hello again! Sorry it’s been so long since my last update, things have been incredibly busy recently! Last week I was in Reykjavik in Iceland and whilst I was there I found a wee gem of a record store called Lucky Records. I wanted to share some pictures with you because inside this place there was so much to look at and to listen to. The staff here were incredibly friendly and helpful and some of them are DJs themselves meaning they are 100% up to date with the newest releases. Don’t get me wrong, many parts of this shop sell only Icelandic records which is great if you like Björk, but is generally a bit niche for the average tourist customer. But the variety of music in this store really is endless and they  also sell movies, tapes and posters. I will link their Instagram page below as each day they post the records they are playing over their stereo that day. There is always music from all genres and artists played in the shop and this is, in my opinion, what makes th...

#3 Hello,  I’ve got some very exciting new stuff to share with you this today! Last night New Zealand’s very own Lontalius released two new beautiful tracks and they are well worth a listen.  For those of you who might not be familiar with Lontalius, he is a singer/songwriter from New Zealand. His debut album was released in 2016 after he’d signed to Partisan Records in New York and was a melancholy selection of gorgeous subdued tracks filled with echoing guitars and enchanting vocals. Eddie Johnston chose the stage name ‘Lontalius’ - a species of butterfly which can be found in Borneo and the Philippines.  His music would suit fans of nothing, nowhere and LUND.  His new tracks ‘I Wanted Him’ and ‘That Includes You’ caught my attention as they are the first we have heard from Lontalius since 2016 apart from the occasional feature on a couple of other tracks.  This first of the two tracks ‘I Wanted Him’ is a beautiful echoey love song which document...