Song Of The Week (01/19/19)

Gadget and the Cloud – “Too Soon To Say”

I’ve talked about Gadget and the Cloud a few times before. I’m continually impressed with how Kelly Doherty progresses as an artist. I really liked her first release, October 31st. Her 2018 full length, Songs For Sad People To Dance To, was one of my favorite records from last year.

If I’m being honest, I don’t know a goddamn thing about this kind of music. Like, is this downtempo? Is it lofi? Can we safely call it ambient? No fucking idea. I know that I like it though. Moody synths and a great vibe. “Too Soon To Say” has me looking forward to whatever she does next.

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Song Of The Week (6/9/17) // gadget and the cloud – “Continue”

This blog will be seven years old on Tuesday. I figure I should finally do a new feature or something. Song of the week is the way to go, I guess.

I primarily focus on full records around here, but there are great singles and videos floating around. Here is a thing you should listen to.

gadget and the cloud – “Continue”

There is a new(ish) gadget and the cloud song out. It actually came out last month, but I’m really slow about things. “Continue” is yet another great track from Kelly Doherty. Subscribe to her Soundcloud for more chilled out tracks and instrumental beats.

REVIEW: Gadget and the Cloud – “October 31st”

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Cork, Ireland’s Kelly Doherty makes some pretty great music under the name Gadget and the Cloud. October 31st is a hell of an EP, and is definitely worth checking out. It is a great instrumental electronic/ambient type sound. Strong influences from post-rock and electronic indie.

Things fluctuate between delicate and ambient and noisy and jarring. Everything has it’s own flavor. “Grove,” clocking in at just under three minutes, sets the tone perfectly. It is very chill, and almost droney. It transitions perfectly into “Flake,” which has a larger sound to it. It’s more cinematic, I suppose.

“Trace” serves as an interesting transition. It has a similar energy to the aforementioned songs, but has a darker sound to it overall. It works to ease into the darker sounding “October 30th” and “October 31st.” The former is very quiet, with a static sound throughout. It has an almost foreboding sound to it. “October 31st” kicks that up even higher.

Gadget and the Cloud is a very interesting project overall. There are bits and pieces of stuff like Boards Of Canada, Ricky Eat Acid, and Coma Cinema. Doherty never leans too heavily on any particular influence, and has a definite voice of her own. I can’t wait to hear more

Gadget and the Cloud (Soundcloud)
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PS: This is on Bandcamp, but more recent songs are already up on Soundcloud.