If you’ve been following Groovescapes for a while, you might remember this post featuring local, indie group Sun Hotel… If not, here’s another chance to get to know them. Last weekend these college-rock do-it-yourselfers released their second EP Team Spirit. As for myself, I’ve listen to the disc a handful of times over the past few days, and I’m picking up some heavy Crooked Rain-era Pavement vibes – a mix of smashing drums, jangling guitars, irreverent feedback, and astutely bewildering lyrics… Ahhhh, the beauty of blissful belligerence. Also at it again is Caddywhompus guitarist Chris Rehm, who, when left to his own devices, churns out eerie, ambient soundscapes and creepy, electro-acoustic pop tunes by the boatload. Before releasing his most recent EP, Salivary Stones, digitally, Rehm made the six-song set available for $5 on cassette tape – that’s right, cassette tape! Who even has a tape player anymore… Apparently quite a few people because last I heard Rehm had already moved all of the copies he packaged, 50 in total (if I remember correctly). Luckily for you, you can download both of these albums for FREE… So, give a listen below, and head on over to sunhotel.bandcamp.com and chrisrehm.bandcamp to snag the rest of the tracks!

MP3: Sun Hotel – Plantation Land
MP3: Sun Hotel – Honey
MP3: Chris Rehm – Soggy
MP3: Chris Rehm – (Not Thinking About the Future)