Producer & Mix: Andy Kres
Master: Pat Coefficient

Heavy Heart

Counterweight

Oakland CA's Blue Ocean have been working around the fringes of the Bay Area indie scene since 2018, honing their very particular noise-disrupted racket into a unique and instantly identifiable sound. They blend elements of shoegaze, sunshine prism-pop, noise rock and electronics into a dense, sometimes disorienting soundworld that embodies a spectral mystery recalling forebears like Disco Inferno, Bark Psychosis and Flying Saucer Attack.

"Fertile State" is their debut album, following on the heels of 3 tape EPs and a LP drawn from those tapes that sold out instantly on release in 2021. Songs like "Ode," "Fertile State" and "Syncnine" show how much Blue Ocean has grown in the last few years. They've easily shrugged off many of the markers of their punk/indie roots, allowing their experimental urges free rein and and the noise to find it's own level. It's a bracing, invigorating album that truly rewards deep listening and points the way forward to an intriguing future.

Fertile State

Blue Ocean - Syncnine

Always

It Never Gave Me Anything describes a relationship between a person and an unwanted side of themselves. This side is so unlike how they want to be that they treat them as a separate entity, maybe even a person. It has always been there, ruining moments, talking to them and making sure that they never forget that it is present. A seemingly never ending list of things this "it" is responsible for is recited over a pulsating beat and bass riff that is both ominous and groovy at the same time. This paired with a wall of distorted guitars that show up in the bridges and choruses, creates a song that makes you question what mood the song leaves you with. As is typical of the band, the song plays with what emotion, as well as which genre, it evokes.

Spunsugar - It Never Gave Me Anything

Notre Dame Made Out of Flesh

Produced by Robert Smyth
Mixed by Ally Jowett
Produced by Paul Winstanly
Music written and performed by Flip Top Head 
Flute by Fran Larkin

Blitzcat Records © 

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Lyrics:
You see, in my prefacing background
Prefacing back

And with the lick of a flame you entered my mind,
Like the flickering of Alfred Street
But now it’s red
(Now it’s red)
And we’re all equivalent to the gulls of the night,
The foam rolls- a child in a ball pit
And i’m here and you’re there
And we’re thrown down, deep under so i’ll roll with it
And if you were sat on that box,
Steadfast, the opposite of her waves
I’d be there
I’d
Ankles scuffed, fingertips kissed with cold
Kiss me cold, please unfold

Alfred Street

"Getaway Car" epitomizes indie at its best. With gnarling vocals and jangle guitar melodies reminiscent of The La's, Bombay Bicycle Club's catchiness, and the poetic charm of The Smiths, it's a sonic thrill. This anthem of escape and adventure, echoing the spirit of Oasis and the storytelling of Bruce Springsteen, takes an unexpected turn with a reggae twist. Produced by Michael Smith, known for his work with Elvis Costello and Wolf Alice, "Getaway Car" is your ticket to a musical adventure.

Getaway Car

from Forthcoming album 'Flog' out in January.

Withering

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Beige Banquet - Animals
Out 27/10/2023

Produced by Beige Banquet
Tracked by Matt Green at Head Cold Studios in Summer 2023
Mixed by David Forcier
Mastered by David Forcier
Artwork by Joe Munsey 

Press requests, interviews, video collaborations etc all welcome.
Contact: beigebanquetband@gmail.com

Beige Banquet are a London-based five-piece playing a bleak yet high-powered style of dark punk. Underpinned by a propulsive and motorik rhythm section, they combine robotic and percussive vocal deliveries with industrial textures and abrasive guitars to create frantic and driving sound. The band are set to release their sophomore album 'Ornamental Hermit', and first as a full band, on the 13th March 2024.

Produced by Beige Banquet with the help of engineer Matt Green (Sniffany & The Nits, Artefact, Joanna Gruesome) at Head Cold Studios and mixed and mastered by David Forcier (Civic) ‘Animals’ captures the band in a professional studio environment, moving away from the lofi bedroom recordings of previous releases, the studio provided a perfect environment for the band to develop compositionally and explore a more textural approach.

Combining layers of noise and bursts of saturated percussion, with a driving rhythm section, ‘Animals’ is a taste of the richer and more dynamic sound of their future releases, and captures the raw power of the Beige Banquet live show for the first time.

Beige Banquet - Animals

lyrics:

i'm sitting inside 
the room that is now mine 
it comes in waves 
i want to take care of you somedays 

do you want to sit in my room 
and listen to music? 
i had something to tell you 
but i forgot it 

will you try not to lie? 
ignore the sword between your thighs 
the women that you've compromised 
ignore the fire in my eyes 

do you want to smoke on your roof 
and stare at the pavement? 
i imagine my body on the ground 
am i a good person? 

i recall my hands around your throat 
in the darkness of our hole 
the colors are all muddy now 
my angry footprint on your mouth 

do you want to sit on a hill 
and fall down with me? 
we could make more coffee 
or just fall back asleep
credits
released December 31, 2014 
susannah cutler plays acoustic guitar, keyboard, and sings 
dave benton plays electric guitar, drums, and sings 
written by susannah cutler 
arranged by susannah cutler and dave benton 
recorded by dave benton at tchotchke's place

fire in my eyes (demo version)

Adrian Recordings, Sweden.

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Spunsugar - It Never Gave Me Anything

Adrian Recordings

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