The lightest, gentlest, relaxing, almost childlike songs. I'll start with some Shelby Sifers:Shelby Sifers - Start Taking Napshttps://youtu.be/1dgRcMYpMfAShelby Sifers - Things Are Beautifulhttps://youtu.be/3wIOkU4RNEQ
Free Cake For Every Creature - In Your Carhttps://youtu.be/9O8rf6kN5aEFree Cake For Every Creature - Around Youhttps://youtu.be/5bJrv5Z4sjc
Aga Ujma - Nighthttps://youtu.be/flbT5HLiPeI
Lau Nau - Painovoimaa, valoahttps://youtu.be/NXDKO9v8hSc
Colleen - Humming Fieldshttps://youtu.be/XF52Hd1WX08
Little Wings - Look At What The Light Did Nowhttps://youtu.be/68ioOvqKIjc
Lullatone - Floating Awayhttps://youtu.be/ECTLZnLuPVI
PWRFL Power - Alma Songhttps://youtu.be/J6wAFSPJ_q8
Florist - What I Wanted To Holdhttps://youtu.be/TsEqf5_RFMQ
Mealworm - Meal Planshttps://youtu.be/fnC56fp5Eq8
I'll contributeGutevolk / kikyu ni nottehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS5_Z0E5bi8She also released two albums under her name, Hirono Nishiyama, which are super cute and childlikeStina Nordenstam / soon after christmashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkEU57sMjUo
>>121565168Beautiful. Both of them.Also saved.
The Winks - Crime Scene(can't find a link)
Mountain Man - Animal Trackshttps://youtu.be/ePwi5M2AJAQ
Family Planning - Strawberry Tarthttps://youtu.be/x_G4iKJRMI4
Kimya Dawson / velvet rabbithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2lNDhvhVI
Lomelda - Kisseshttps://youtu.be/Pf1h_zBXoK4
>>121565645I haven't heard this in almost 20 years. Thank you!
Cat Power / colors and the kidshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOTw26B8U2gTakagi Masakatsu / girlshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwf0RLCuC5A
Natasha Allegri - Move Bitchhttps://youtu.be/Pz1MQljLuzw(no really)
>>121565761Chan Marshall always sounds sad or makes me a little sad. I love her, though.The Takagi Masakatsu vid was beautiful, too!
>>121564988>>121564988>>121564945love these, thanks
Pram - Milkyhttps://youtu.be/RQE9b6NgebI
>>121565919np!
Angelo De Augustine - Crazy, Stoned, and Gonehttps://youtu.be/68D_lhofCzk
>>121565891Oh yeah, no doubt. I had a coworker who would have romantic dalliances and whenever they failed (it was frequent) he would play her, lol. Lenny Breau / new york city (personal favourite)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1KcBLlqpkg
Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Dayhttps://youtu.be/7-HDcMplduA
José González - Honey Honeyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlfoQdzgpac(nice thread btw, love the formatting) :D
Eloise / wanderlusthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRFWq1Iv6-M
>>121566101I hadn't heard Lenny Breau before. Saved and shared with a friend already. He reminds me a little bit of Michael Franks.
Frakkur (Jónsi) - PP1https://youtu.be/zU9f8NYy9uc
>>121566218Thanks!
Kitty Craft - Locked Groovehttps://youtu.be/xlKbglHXEQI
Here's another by Free Cake For Every Creature:Free Cake For Every Creature - All You Gotta Be When You're 23 Is Yourselfhttps://youtu.be/5fe7lP8WXD4
Duo Ruut - Tantsma kutsumine (amazing live version)https://youtu.be/oNxMMLFydxYDuo Ruut - Tantsma kutsumine (slightly softer album version)https://youtu.be/W2RRF4b4m58
>>121567015this one is awesome. love that vocal interplay
>>121567034I *just* heard it for the first time two nights ago, and it was such a dopamine release.
Whatever, Dad - Death of a Phone Callhttps://youtu.be/j3p8LU2ZJSg
Mandolin Orange - Wake Mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1fY-23ffl0(They're in a band called Watchhouse now, but I love this song and all their harmonies)
Helena Deland - Saying Somethinghttps://youtu.be/w4bdQocPWb4
Tinyfolk - Series of Thingshttps://youtu.be/XS3354AMHYw
Watercolor Paintings - Telephone Wireshttps://youtu.be/0UbOfdLnqZM
Glass Cake - Small Hands, Long Reachhttps://youtu.be/Ni1lBfAxpXk
Madeline Ava - Cheer Up, Buttercuphttps://youtu.be/0xK0GIjVtQA
Kría Brekkan - Place of Youhttps://youtu.be/JNIcrLj3QWU
OP here - I think I've run out of songs. If you have any songs that fit the thread, please post them! Everyone's contributions have been great!
>>121565919If you liked Colleen - Humming Fields, you'll probably like Aga Ujma's "In the Ocean". The two songs are similar in many ways.Aga Ujma - In the Oceanhttps://youtu.be/cQWm4uRSKTE
(boomp)
>>121564813This is the sort of easy-going, sunny fun that will get you grooving and swigging that bright bottle of Pepsi-Cola in no time! Boom boomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM0Nu_WkfRQ
Mum - Green Grass of Tunnelhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LEM3Jkrwug0
Comfy thread.>>121564849>>121566904Good shit. I think these two are married.>Ylayali - Golden Hourhttps://ylayali.bandcamp.com/track/golden-hour>Ylayali - He Needs Mehttps://ylayali.bandcamp.com/track/he-needs-me-2>Ylayali - Woodpeckerhttps://ylayali.bandcamp.com/track/woodpeckerLots of his stuff from 2019 on suits this thread, though Magic Eye and Shadow on the Grass are probably his gentlest album from that time.
>>121574604Also gonna give a big rec for 22º Halo. Ylayali does drums.>22º Halo - New Valley Pt. 2https://22halo.bandcamp.com/track/new-valley-pt-2>22º Halo - 40 Secondshttps://22halo.bandcamp.com/track/40-secondsI have a feeling there's a lot of really nice soft, gentle stuff the Philly scene.>>121572600Super album.
>>121569181>>121569358Yellowcore>Tex Patrello - Yellow CurseFound out while grabbing the link for this that they've got a new album coming in May.
Last rec before bed is Grouper's latest album, Shade. This song especially. Very pretty stuff.>Grouper - The way her hair fallshttps://grouper.bandcamp.com/track/the-way-her-hair-falls>>121574927Shit, the link:https://texpatrello.bandcamp.com/track/yellow-curse
>>121574990And jeez, Promise is a beautiful follow-up to that track.
>>121564988lullatone always reminds me of this albumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkpZxS7hd4>>121569358had no idea she made more music than her cover of itaots (the album), which was sometimes posted in sharethreads when they and nmh were still a thing around herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUXP8jUS-3Q
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Sleepinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVVOUBDR39s
>>121565812I love this, better than the original.
>>121564813I met Shelby once a long time ago at a Jordaan Mason show, a very kind soul...My personalized recommendations for you are Loneliest Bug by Minda Lacey as well as To Speak by Chrissy Barnacle!! you might also like Mirah and Mage Tears
>>121576384I've listened to Mirah for years (Don't Die in Me is one of my favorite songs), but I don't know the others you mentioned. I'll check them out.Shelby seems like she'd be incredibly nice. I first heard her in 2007 and have never seen her live.
>>121576384>>121576464So I have heard Minda Lacey before! Thanks for reminding me. I couldn't find Chrissy's Barnacle's "To Speak", but I did listen to two amazing live versions of "Hazelnuts". Also, this Mage Tears song fits this thread pretty well, so thank you!:mage tears - i like to think you're the leaveshttps://youtu.be/yB0QpfbVwkw
>>121574604Listening to Golden Hour now, and it's like a back massager for my brain.
>>121564813doesn't count probably, this might actually just be a children's songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5IKpHTEuY0
>>121576861four generations of overplay have kinda sucked the magic out of that song
Pedro Ricardo / Cantar das Kandakinhashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-qu_E3J6MU
>>121579512Kinda sounds a bit like a male Juana Molina. Nice!
>>121564813There are lots of gentle songs, but there's a very small group of musical artists who fall into that mousey/elf-like voiced category of artists like Aga Ujma, Kría Brekkan and FCFEC. I don't know any others than those posted here already.
