Blue Divers, by Blue Divers

Blue Divers

by Blue Divers

supported by

Joe Borreson Woozy, wandering, drifting and swaying are all words that might represent the aural tellings of this album by the mysterious Aussies collective called Blue Divers. Some of this recalls Yo La Tengos prettiest instrumentals to me with guitars, keys, and muffled percussion that creates a sonic palette that's akin to the last rays of sun on a late afternoon, just as it’s setting and singing you sweetly home. Favorite track: Midday Dirt.

Emmerich Like a small gathering of close friends, it’s devotedly casual and yet overflowing with life. underscoremusicmagazine.com/ten-quiet-masterpieces-from-a-deafening-year

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$7 AUD or more
Limited Edition Vinyl LP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited to 150 copies with hand printed covers for the Private Eyes series.

Includes unlimited streaming of Blue Divers via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

1.	Dogs 01:42	buy track
2.	Lately 02:09	buy track
3.	Midday Dirt 06:48	buy track
4.	Travellers 01:21	buy track
5.	Wholly 02:28	buy track
6.	Lessons from High & Blue 05:27	buy track
7.	Tide's Out 02:11	buy track
8.	Closely 02:33	buy track
9.	Bending 03:17	buy track
10.	Kitchen Light On 03:22	buy track

about

Blue Divers are an experimental, instrumental group led by Alec Marshall (Hot Palms, Sui Zhen). Currently based in Thirroul, NSW, the project is named after the bushcare group in Marshall’s hometown of Towradgi. Made up of a rotating ensemble of players, Blue Divers is the fruition of numerous years of improvisation and experimentation in various live spaces and studio sessions around the country.

Their debut longplayer, Blue Divers, spawned out of time spent in isolation earlier this year. Encouraged by label head Joe Alexander to contribute to the Private Eyes series, Alec initially thought he was contributing a single to a compilation album. When realising a whole record was on the cards, Marshall scrounged whatever recording gear he had laying around - old tape recorders, a cheap interface, a microphone and his brother’s work laptop, and began recording as Covid lockdowns set in earlier this year.

Powered by his own limitations, Marshall invites us into his uplifting and at times insular world, a world that glistens like the salt-thickened air of the coastal regions where this music was created. The record is a series of ephemeral soundscapes that act as personal moments in time. Like a daydream, each song daintily weaves into another with ease. As a result, Blue Divers feels more like a mediation than a traditional album.

The intimacy in the record is highlighted by the subtle nuance of guitar that weaves through delicate piano playing and the warm sounds of tape saturation that carry each track. It is as if the listener is sitting on the bedroom floor, watching the band record - despite Alec and his collaborators Jordan Ireland (The Middle East), Ashley Bundang (Classic, Sui Zhen, Totally Mild) and Carla Oliver (Badskin) being forced to collaborate remotely via the internet.

credits

released October 16, 2020

Alec Marshall: guitar, synth, organ, percussion, bass
Jordan Ireland: piano, sampler keyboard, flute
Ashley Bundang: synth (tracks 5, 6)
Carla Oliver: guitar (track 7)

All tracks recorded at home by the performers, except 'Bending', recorded by Jez Player. Mixed by Jordan Ireland. Mastered by Mikey Young.

Private Eyes #1

All tracks © ℗ 2020 Blue Divers, under exclusive license to Bedroom Suck Records. BSR - 091.

license

total		USD

about

Blue Divers Thirroul, Australia

We play a show with 33 (Mary Pearson Andrew) and Troth 16 May at Wombarra Bowling Club !

contact / help

Contact Blue Divers

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Blue Divers, you may also like:

A Cassowary Apart
by Andrew Tuttle & Padang Food Tigers

supported by 13 fans who also own “Blue Divers”

The realms of tastefully dreamy ambient folk are far and few, but Padang Food Tigers and Andrew Tuttle might carry the torch and lead the path and I am happy to tag along. This collaborative release seem exemplary even with only 2 tracks shared of smeared saturated tones brightened with banjo, slide guitar and piano. Joe Borreson
go to album
Fuubutsushi (風物詩)
by Jusell, Prymek, Sage, Shiroishi

supported by 11 fans who also own “Blue Divers”

So many memories flashback when I was listening in the bed. hetong
go to album
Jar
by KMRU

supported by 10 fans who also own “Blue Divers”

Dynamic, totally immersive sound that transports you elsewhere. Essential. LambBotwood
go to album
Oil in the Mangroves
by Low Flung

Low Flung fuses field recordings and organic instruments with synthesized soundscapes. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 19, 2020
go to album
Expiration Compositions
by The Greatest Hoax

A conceptual album exploring the notion of peaceful death. Somber piano and ambient textures, reflecting a sense of joy for one's life. Bandcamp New & Notable May 30, 2017
go to album
Symphony Of Blooming Fields & Pulsing Planets
by Late Bloøm

The new album from Late Bloøm is full of hushed, soothing compositions that sit between ambient & classical minimalism, whispery & stirring. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 30, 2020
go to album
Peel
by KMRU

supported by 10 fans who also own “Blue Divers”

Purely brilliant ambiant music. It is light in tone, and passes very well as background music, but if one decides to give it a thorough listening, they will discover rich compositions and details. Thibaut Devigne
go to album