Chanel Beads shares eclectic collection ‘Eternal Music’, an exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover

NME’s latest stars of The Cover, Chanel Beads, have created an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below. READ MORE: Chanel Beads: the stuff of waking dreams The rising New York band are on this week’s (July 27) edition of The Cover, a manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Chanel Beads’ profile here, written by Priya Elan and featuring photography by Eve Alpert. Alongside their The Cover story, Chanel Beads have curated an exclusive playlist, titled ‘Eternal Music’. The eclectic collection includes tracks by director Hal Hartley, Puerto Rican rapper Don Omar and Scottish rock band Cocteau Twins, among others. Listen to the full playlist on Spotify below and on Apple Music. It’s hard not to fall under the spell of Chanel Beads. Their dreamlike sound is an amalgam of melancholic new age, ’80s new wave, hypnagogic psychedelia, nursery-rhyme sweetness and ‘found sounds’. It’s a sonic hybrid that feels wholly otherworldly, located in a liminal zone beyond space and time. There’s a surreal cinematic quality to it, echoing the met...