GEMS | Sinking Stone

The dark tale of young lovers is cinematically depicted in the epic new clip for GEMS’ Sinking Stone, taken from their phenomenal debut EP, Medusa. The Washington D.C. dream-wave/pop duo began making music together in 2012 but it was only until last year that we got to officially hear their debut - and a thoroughly impressive debut it was. Sinking Stone’s clip has been likened to Bonnie & Clyde and Romeo & Juliet in its destructive narrative of two ill-fated lovers, with the depiction of what is an inevitable journey that will lead to an abrupt end; “I need to know our love’s not a sinking stone."

SANSYOU | The Dilettante

Listeners will remember Washington DC three-piece Sansyou best by their Japanese inspired 2011 EP, When We Become Ghosts, which constructed a post-rock narrative around the photography of ethnologist, Fosco Maraini, of 1960’s Honshu pearl divers. The result was an inherently introspective record laced with ambient post-rock sounds replicating the noises of the submerged and the seafaring with oceanic guitar tones.