New Buffalo
Intimate, keyboard-driven pop that feels like a shared secret. Soft electronic beats and breathy vocals create a warm, private world for quiet afternoons.
Intimate, keyboard-driven pop that feels like a shared secret. Soft electronic beats and breathy vocals create a warm, private world for quiet afternoons.
New Buffalo sounds like the quietest corner of a sunny room. It is music built on the delicate interplay between vintage keyboard melodies and Sally Seltmann's whisper-soft, double-tracked vocals. The production often feels like a high-quality home recording, retaining a sense of intimacy and tactile warmth that studio polish usually buffs away. It is sophisticated without being cold, using subtle electronic pulses to ground its airy, melodic structures.
What makes this project distinctive is the way it bridges the gap between 1960s sunshine pop and modern indie-electronic sensibilities. While many of her contemporaries leaned into folk or rock, Seltmann prioritized the Casio keyboard and the drum machine, creating a sound that is both whimsical and deeply grounded in classic songwriting. There is a specific 'Melbourne' quality to the music: understated, artistic, and unhurried.
Start with 'The Last Beautiful Day' to experience the project's peak creative isolation. It is an album that captures a specific moment in the mid-2000s when indie pop was discovering its heart through minimalist electronics. It is the perfect companion for anyone who finds beauty in the small, domestic details of life.
Sally Mary Seltmann (born Sally Mary Russell, 11 September 1975), is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Record producer. From 2000 to 2009, Seltmann used the stage name, New Buffalo. Under that name, Seltmann wrote, performed, arranged and produced her debut album, The Last Beautiful Day in September 2004. Her second album, Somewhere, Anywhere appeared in March 2007. Seltmann and Canadian singer-songwriter Feist, co-wrote the song "1234" (originally "Sally's Song") which was featured in a 2007 iPod Nano commercial. It became a Top 10 hit on the United States Billboard Hot 100 for Feist. Seltmann is married to Darren Seltmann formerly of electronic music group, The Avalanches. In April 2010, Seltmann released her third solo album, Heart That's Pounding. Late that year, she formed an indie rock trio, Seeker Lover Keeper, with fellow Australians Sarah Blasko and Holly Throsby. They issued a self-titled album in June 2011, which peaked at number three on the ARIA Albums Chart. In 2013, Seltmann released her fourth solo album, Hey Daydreamer. In April 2018, Allen & Unwin published Sally Seltmann's debut novel Lovesome. As a songwriter, Seltmann has won Australasian Performing Right Association awards for Professional Development – Pop/Dance Music in 2001 and Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year in 2008. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 she was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album for Somewhere, Anywhere.
Shares indie pop, chamber pop, dream pop (subgenres); analog warmth, minimalist, bedroom production (production style)
Shares indie pop, chamber pop, dream pop (subgenres); bedroom production, minimalist, analog warmth (production style)
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Shares indie pop, chamber pop (subgenres); wistful, tender, contemplative (moods)
Shares indie pop, chamber pop, dream pop (subgenres); serene, contemplative, wistful (moods)
Shares indie pop, chamber pop, dream pop (subgenres); bedroom production, minimalist, analog warmth (production style)
Shares indie pop, chamber pop, dream pop (subgenres); bedroom production, minimalist, analog warmth (production style)
Shares indie pop, chamber pop, dream pop (subgenres); bedroom production, minimalist, analog warmth (production style)
Shares indie pop, chamber pop, dream pop (subgenres); wistful, tender, contemplative (moods)
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Shares dream pop, autumn walk, tender, sunday morning (subgenre)
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