Songs of August 2020

August 2020

New Music August 2020

We're back. The usual mish-mash of mostly recent stuff thrown together in a way that made sense to me at the time :) Pick of the week is Jaga Jazzist's "Apex" which reminds me a bit of 808 State, although I really like Koffee's "Pressure" too.

Jul 31 - Aug 06 2020

[Weekly Mix] 2020.08 (2)

MAVOY MUSIC FRIDAY - 28 AUGUST 2020

Taken from the album 'Pyramid', out now on Brainfeeder: https://jagajazzist.lnk.to/pyramidSo

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Apex

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Something's Changed

Death From Behind

About “Something in the Way”

We are excited to announce that Palberta's new single, "Something in the Way," will be out on 8/5. Since the release of the acclaimed Roach Goin' Down, Ani, Lily, and Nina have been busy touring the U.S., releasing a live benefit album and opening for Bikini Kill at Brooklyn Steel. All the while, they have been writing and perfecting new songs, a few of which entered the band's sets before the global pandemic shut live music down and postponed their first U.K./Europe tour, originally scheduled for April.   

"Something in the Way" marks the first Palberta release tracked in a professional studio environment. They found a great recording partnership with Matt Labozza (Palm, Shimmer) and took easily to putting down their new material in a studio setting while still experimenting with song-structure, as they do on the outro of "Something in the Way," a repeating motif from John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." 

The recording of "Something in the Way" achieves a clarity not heard on past Palberta releases. From the harmony vocals to the guitars that chime and caterwaul, Palberta's singular sound is brought into focus in Matt Labozza's recording. Below are some words from the band about how the song came to be and what it means to them.

About "Something in the Way" from Palberta 

"Something in the Way" started as many Palberta songs do, with one person playing a drum, guitar, or bass riff and then the other two building off of that initial feeling. As usual, we frantically but carefully guided each other to the end of the song. When we got there, we found ourselves fading into a tricked-out looped fragment of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." Coltrane's melody has a direct connection for us to our beautiful friend Pablo Ramirez, who passed in 2019. His view on life—"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL LIFE IS IN COLOR LIFE IS A W A Y"—impacted us all in such a positive way, and his beauty and genuine LOVE of life lives on through the thousands of people that he blessed through meeting. We dedicate this song to Psplifff and his mother, the amazing Mammasplifff, and all the beautiful people on the right side of history showing up right now. We love you! - Palberta

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Palberta - Something in the Way

Don’t get fooled by the angry riffs in Run,  this songs has a positive thing to say; while we’re busy running away from something bad, we might miss that we’re running into something a lot better. However, getting rid of scary doomsday stories you’ve been fed in the church bench since infancy, is hard. Run is full with blink and you’ll miss them-bible references paired with small town trash imagery. That makes a lot of sense for the most personal song on an album that will be titled Drive-through Chapel.

Musically, this song might bring to mind Swedish indie darlings Broder Daniel, and a hint of Swervedriver. Some inspiration was garnered from The Chipmunks 1988 song “The Wall” to evoke the right kind of bitter sweet. The limit of how high the BPM of a Shoegaze song is aptly pushed to leave the listener with a taste of blood in their mouth. Like running too fast does.

Spunsugar - Run

Why Are You So Afraid To Dance

Heavenly Bodies

'Ouroboros '20' from The Bright Light Social Hour's new album 'Jude Vol. II', out August 28, 2020.

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Ouroboros '20

Bags

Sir Chloe - July

Last Of The Loving

Your Four Walls

Teenage Bliss / Bowie '95

Bowie '95

Don't Look Down

‘Doomer’ is the brand new single from Obscura Hail, lifted from their forthcoming EP 'Siren' – out Friday 18 September via Remote Control Records/ Dot Dash.

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Siren

Doomer

Pressure

Dreamland

It’s All So Incredibly Loud

Reviving their propulsive, krautrock inspired sonic escapism, Austin-based instrumental quartet Thousand Foot Whale Claw are back with the new single “The Garden from Above.” Featuring members of S U R V I V E, Troller, Future Museums, and Single Lash, this amazing lineup of musicians fuse elements of psych-rock and minimal electronica into a smooth, cosmic jam that is instantly fun and engaging.

Layers of sequenced analog synthesizers and drum machines playfully entangle with effects-driven guitar and bass, seamlessly merging the foundational electronics with the dynamics of a rock band. As Thousand Foot Whale Claw continues to expand the scope of their creative repertoire, they have dropped a fresh and beautifully innovative offering with “The Garden from Above.”

FFO: Cluster • Mouse on Mars • Minami Deustsch • Cavern of the Antimatter

The Garden from Above

Thousand Foot Whale Claw - The Garden From Above

Breathe (Single Version) is mixed by Josiah Mazzaschi from The Cave Studio. Summer is an unreleased instrumental from the Self Titled record session.

Summer

Breathe (Single Version)

"Familiar Colors" out now on Refresh Records. Available on all streaming services.

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Familiar Colors

Young Mister - "Familiar Colors"

Buoyed by that emphatic riff, it's a track that yearns towards wide open spaces, capable of filling festival tents across the land - Clash Magazine.

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TUSK

HALLAN - MODERN ENGLAND

Out now on House Arrest

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Taken from You Might Be Happy Someday, released 2nd October. Pre-order the LP here - https://smarturl.it/redpinksandpurples
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Deep amidst San Francisco’s Richmond neighborhood misty air and washed-out pastel blocks, Glenn Donaldson has been diligently creating minor masterpieces with rudimentary home technology for some time now. With The Reds, Pinks & Purples, Donaldson has finally created a vivid reflection of this dreary scene. You Might be Happy Someday is an oblique strand of SF outer-avenue cloud cover that stretches across the Atlantic to the grey docks of Bristol as captured in Sarah Records’ fetishized insert photos.

Despite the deceptively congenial presentation, Happy is often a heavy record. After a litany of Donaldson’s past iterations (from experimental abstraction to post-punk and pop), The Reds, Pinks & Purples is Glenn D’s most personal project. Balanced awkwardly atop almost ironically upbeat jangles and rhythms Mitch Easter might have captured on his reel-to-reel are prime cuts of bummer pop. Almost every track is written in second person, creating a feeling of overheard private inner conversations-on-repeat: soft-lob criticisms, supportive friend advice and embarrassing confessions, You Might be Happy Someday is a smeared window into the (kindly) cynical thoughts of a romantic misanthrope.

Like the work of other U.S. depresso-pop purveyors East River Pipe, The Reds, Pinks & Purples’ mini-album is the kind of record that is both unsettling and comforting. When you’re four drinks deep and you’ve worn your Smiths records out, You Might Be Happy Someday is on deck to have wine spilled on it while you dance alone in the kitchen.

You Might Be Happy Someday is released on Tough Love on 2nd October. Fittingly, the record will be pressed on to 'pastel pink' colour vinyl, with a limited run of 300 copies.

The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Last Summer In A Rented Room

This is the demo version of Bathe Alone's cover of Madonna's "Take a Bow". The official studio version is out now on all streaming platforms.

This demo version was produced, mixed, and mastered by me, Bailey Crone of Bathe Alone.

Take a Bow (Madonna Cover) (DEMO)

Devonté Hynes - Piano Improv. 9

Adrian Recordings, Sweden.

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