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beneath us, the waves is a project of Warsaw-based, Scottish musician and composer, . Neil’s music is a glacial snowdrift of ambient soundscapes and haunting, elegant modern-classical compositions. It sounds like Ólafur Arnalds and Jóhann Jóhannsson conspiring in secret with Jónsi & Alex and Library Tapes and draws further influences from Sigur rós, Mogwai, Arvo Pärt and Fryderyk Chopin.

Neil Milton/Beneath us, the waves make some stunning ambient, ethereal, Sigur Rós-esque sounding tunes. I’m not going to tell you which ones to listen to, just hit MySpace and see what you find.

This week my band of the week is Weezer. It’s great to hear that one of my most favourite bands are back with a brand new album. Trainwrecks is one of the album highlights. Enjoy!

I’ve been waiting for a while to have Come On Gang as my band of the week… but the wait is over – Come On Gang’s first single is out now!! Fortune Favours The Brave is so catchy you’ll be humming it at bus stops and the video is awesome too – can you name any other band with a tiger fighting a dinosaur in their first music video? No, I didn’t think so. You can even get a free copy if you sign up to their mailing list. Enjoy.

My band of the week may sound a bit like Beirut (I think it might be the trumpets and the style of the lead vocals) but that doesn’t stop Fanfarlo‘s first album Reservoir from being any less enchanting. The Walls Are Coming Down is a particularly sweet tune. Enjoy.