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Benny Smiles is an Irish synthwave/retrowave producer based in London. Favouring electronic instruments, vintage synthesisers and drum machines, his most recent work nods to M83, Neon Indian, and Com Truise. Think Stranger Things / Drive / Hotline Miami soundtracks and you’re most of the way there.

“When We Touch” marks Benny's fourth release, and is the first single from his forthcoming “Fearless Leadership” EP. It follows the "Hotline Miami 2 EP”, which is featured in the cult video game Hotline Miami 2 and in Spotify’s Retrowave / Outrun editorial playlist, both of which have helped to garner an international audience and more than 5 million streams of the EP across various platforms.

Benny’s latest material follows a period of focus on his work in studio engineering, building his knowledge of old school recording techniques and equipment in some legendary recording studios, and learning first hand from some of the world’s most renowned record producers, songwriters, and artists. Having cultivated a collection of vintage analogue synthesisers and audio processors along the way, he now returns with a newfound appreciation for sonics, analogue imperfection, and the soul that lives in electronic instruments.

Prompted by the tongue-in-cheek artwork, the most pressing question about the Fearless Leadership EP thus far has been “is your face really that small?” And the answer is... it could be.

Benny Smiles has supported artists including London Grammar and Ghostpoet, and performed at festivals including Electric Picnic, Indiependence, Castlepalooza, and Ireland Music Week.

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The Halloween Dream EP finds the Welsh genre-agnostics further expanding their uncategorised sound, launching from a base of drum machine beats and sequenced synths into the realms of the indie rock anthem and beyond.

Lead track Delta Rain is a swooning slice of atmospheric electronica, propelled by a juddering bassline and augmented with gossamer guitar. An anthemic ode to anywhere that feels like home, singer Michael describes it as “a love song dedicated to a place rather than a person.”

October Kind is an elusive, intricate labyrinth of piano and guitar jangle, where tightly harmonised vocals are draped across an ever-shifting musical landscape. Conjuring an otherworldly atmosphere, the band call it “a catalogue of Autumnal memories and the intangible feelings they inspire.”

The EP is rounded out by a warped cover (the band’s first) of Super Furry Animals’ 1998 cult favourite The Man Don’t Give A Fuck. Twisting the original into new shape, the duo finds a new sense of aggression and intensity in contrast to moments of sublime serenity. “Gruff Rhys called this an all-purpose protest song” says multi-instumentalist Jon, “and there’s plenty to protest right now.”

Also included on the Bandcamp exclusive version of the release are Midnight Mass, a brand new demo for an epic spoken-word post-rock tune, and a striking instrumental version of The Man Don’t Give A Fuck.

The Halloween Dream EP was written, recorded, mixed and produced at home by childhood friends and longtime collaborators Jon (music) and Michael (words). Their purposeful DIY ethic, inspired by bands they sound nothing like, has so far spawned two albums (2022’s Un Diavolo In Casa and 2024’s Luminism) as well as a recent run of four standalone singles which they plan to extend to a series of ten. “We thought we’d release ten singles in about a year but we’re almost a year in and only at the halfway point. Deciding to make EPs instead of singles and making videos for every song has probably slowed us down a touch.”

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