MoodFlow jan16

Taken from the single "Sugarcrush."
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/jogru-sugar-itunes

The debut album "Weird Sister" is out now on Slumberland Records (US) & Fortuna Pop! (UK)

LP/CD: smarturl.it/jgws-album
iTunes: smarturl.it/jgws-itunes

Thrilling Cardiff-based noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome will be releasing their terrific debut album via Fortuna POP! (Europe) and Slumberland (USA) in September. Brimming with irresistible pop melodies and spiked with dissonant fuzzy jangle, their songs are shot through with loud discordant feedback and super-fast, hardcore punk drumbeats. This album sees their first foray away from recording in a living room to a proper studio under the guidance of producer MJ of the much lauded Hookworms.

Kicking it against sexism and homophobia, nothing is off-limits, drawing inspiration from DIY scenes such as Riot Grrrl/noisepop/C86 /K Records as well as post hardcore like Drive Like Jehu/Converge and the art rock of The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine, Joanna Gruesome offer a staggeringly diverse album, unexpectedly quiet and surprisingly loud.

Joanna Gruesome comprise Alanna on vocals, Owen on guitar, Max on bass, George on guitar and Dave on drums. They all met in an anger management counseling group. During the course they were told that writing, making music, dancing or painting could relieve tension and help reduce feelings of anger. One initiative involved a project where they were assigned a group to compose and perform a song in front of other members. Initially they found each other infuriating but gradually acknowledged their musical chemistry and decided to continue with the band outside the therapy group.

Most of the album was written during a month long stay in a seedy west Brighton hotel (now closed down) called The Hell House. The residents were pretty strange, kept attempting occult rituals/using Ouija boards etc and many of the songs were written to distract from the weirdness. Heart-wrenching and exhilarating in equal measure, these are not cheerful songs.

Awash with nods to mental illness and the dark recesses of the mind, the record is littered with references to the devil or zombies and allusions to comic books. “Secret Surprise”, in which mental illness takes a physical form and is fought using razor blades. Or "Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers," which is about stealing a scooter and driving it into the ocean when you should be in school LEARNING. Or "Sugarcrush," about spending a summer burning knitwear.

They have built-up a phenomenal live reputation, blending obnoxiously loud guitars and the occasional band uniform, with a high energy performance dispersed with quieter reflection, boy/girl vocals and teenage angst.

“Abrasion, anger, attitude. One guitarist is in the audience, but this isn’t too much of a stretch. There are slower parts where the musicians take a second to breath. There are noisier bits where the musicians take a second to reflect. There are thumpy bits where the musicians take a second to dance and enjoy themselves. Everyone’s smiling. Everyone’s hugging themselves. What a glorious mess of a noise to be a part of. What a glorious sense of community.” Everett True, Collapse Board

"A brilliant band from Cardiff who love their fuzzy melodies and songs dripped in scuzzy reverb." Huw Stephens, Radio One.

Joanna Gruesome - Tugboat (Galaxie 500 cover)

Temples - Sun Structures

Veneer is from the upcoming EP out November 24th on Fortuna Pop! (EU) and Kanine Records (US)

US preorder link here: http://kaninerecords.com/product/september-girls-veneer

Veneer
out on a limb 
it’s never easy 
your nails are sharp
my heart is bleeding 

oh no not this time 
you’ll be mine 
mine tonight 

under your thumb you try to keep me 
under your spell is where you need me
oh no not this time

you’ll be mine 
mine tonight
passive
aggressive
vindictive 
intent 
they’ll know
you were here 
seductive veneer

they’ll know
they’ll know 
they’ll know
they’ll know
they’ll know

Veneer

Artist: Hey Elbow 
Title: Martin
Album: Every Other
Release date: 2015-04-14
Label: Adrian Recordings
Publishing: Adrian Recordings 
Writer: Julia Ringdahl, Liam Amner, Ellen Pettersson



https://www.facebook.com/heyelbowmusic

This is the second track to be let loose from Hey Elbows upcoming future debut album. First track was called Blanca, here’s Martin.

Hey Elbow consists of Julia Ringdahl, vocals and guitar, Ellen Petersson, horns and electronics, and drummer Liam Amner. With a background in jazz and an ear for distortion they create weird pop music with a big sound.  Hey Elbow's track "Martin" starts off with massive thunderous drums, around which an angular building of synths, edgy guitars, hiss and percussion gradually rises. The beautiful and minimalistic singing repeats one line eight times, and small effective variations in the melody lets the listener know that no more words are needed. The rest of the singing is wordless, and the cacophony calls it a day the second its mission is done.

Hey Elbow - Martin

Z aka Bernard Szajner – "Dune"

taken from the '5 Years of Bedroom Suck Records' compilation, available now.

http://bedroomsuckrecords.com/shop/bsr-050-va-5-years-of-bedroom-suck/

Terrible Truths - False Hope

'Into The Night' is taken from The Hanged Man's debut mini-album 'First Quarter Moon', out now via Kning Disk/Telegram Studios. 

Buy the limited edition 12" vinyl here: http://tgr.am/firstquartermoon
Listen on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/6Ub7x47sI1SRulOYGvDeHE

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http://www.facebook.com/kningdisk
http://www.facebook.com/TelegramStudios

Into The Night

'The Island' is taken from The Hanged Man's debut mini-album 'First Quarter Moon', out now via Kning Disk/Telegram Studios.

Buy the limited edition 12" vinyl here: http://tgr.am/firstquartermoon
Listen on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/6Ub7x47sI1SRulOYGvDeHE

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The Island

Taken from the LP: "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Think" - Released on March 23rd Worldwide


Australia:
iTunes: Pre-order full album and get instant download of Pedestrian At Best http://smarturl.it/sometimesisit
Courtney's special pre-order: Deluxe orange LP/LP/CD with custom-made tote bag 'link'

UK/Europe/Rest of World:
iTunes: Pre-order full album and get instant download of Pedestrian At Best http://smarturl.it/sometimesisit
Amazon: Standard LP and CD http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitamzlp 
Rough Trade: Deluxe orange vinyl gatefold LP and CD http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitrt 
Courtney's special pre-order: Deluxe orange LP/LP/CD with custom-made tote bag 'link'
Recordstore: Standard LP and singed print http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitrs

USA/Canada:
iTunes: Pre-order full album and get instant download of Pedestrian At Best http://smarturl.it/sometimesisit
Amazon: Standard LP and CD http://smarturl.it/sometimesisitamzlp 
Courtney's special pre-order: Deluxe orange LP/LP/CD with custom-made tote bag http://po.st/sometimesisitmp

Listen:
http://po.st/SpotifyCB

Pedestrian At Best Available on 7" 16th March 2015 (pre-order link to Rough Trade)

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Clip by Charlie Ford @ http://www.charliefofo.com

PEDESTRIAN AT BEST was written by Courtney Barnett

I love you I hate you 
I’m on the fence it all depends 
whether I’m up I’m down 
I’m on the mend 
transcending all reality. 
I like you despise you admire you 
what are we gonna do 
when everything all falls through? 
I must confess I’ve made a mess 
of what should be a small success 
but I digress 
at least I’ve tried my very best I guess. 
This that the other 
why even bother, 
it won’t be with me on my death bed, 
but I’ll still be in your head.

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you. 
Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you. 
Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey. 
I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

My internal monologue 
is saturated analogue, 
It’s scratched and drifting, 
I’ve become attached to the idea 
it’s all a shifting dream bitter sweet philosophy, 
I’ve got no idea how I even got here. 
I’m resentful 
I’m having an existential time crisis, 
what bliss, daylight savings won’t fix this mess. 
Underworked and oversexed 
I must express my disinterest, 
the rats are back inside my head 
what would Freud have said?

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you. 
Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you. 
Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey. 
I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

I wanna wash out my head with turpentine and cyanide,
I dislike this internal diatribe 
when I try to catch your eye 
I hate seeing you crying in the kitchen 
I don’t know why it affects me like this when you’re not even mine to consider.
Erroneous.
Harmonious.
I’m hardly sanctimonious.
Dirty clothes, I suppose, 
we all outgrow ourselves.
I’m a fake, 
I’m a phoney, 
I’m awake, 
I’m alone, 
I’m homely, 
I’m a Scorpio.

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you. 
Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you. 
Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey. 
I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

Buy on iTunes

Pedestrian At Best

Arte por Diego Chacón.      http://www.omstart.tumblr.com/

Sueños De Un Bebé Sodomita

ON AN ON’s new album 'And The Wave Has Two Sides' is out now.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Topzt1UZCz8GQlP7Zsu0M
iTunes: apple.co/1GrEGL9

And the Wave Has Two Sides

Drifting

ON AN ON - Drifting

B-side from Sunflower Bean's Fat Possum debut 7" - due out July 24 worldwide.

7/25 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint
7/30 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade

Pre Order the limited edition 7"

Fat Possum - smarturl.it/SB.7inch.FatPossum 
Rough Trade - smarturl.it/SB.7inch.RoughTrade
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/i-hear-voices-stalker-single/id999181963

Sunflower Bean - The Stalker

American Wrestlers debut album out now on Fat Possum

http://roughtrade.com/albums/91092

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/american-wrestlers/id961647576

American Wrestlers - Holy

Remixed by Donny Benet at Donnyland Studios
Additional mixing by Ivan Vizintin
Original version taken from the Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders album 'Playmates', out now on Fat Possum & Self Portrait.
bit.ly/JLDLplaymatesiTunes

'Her Hands' (Donny Benet Special Edition)

7" in stores October 16 on Fat Possum Records
Pre-Order: http://store.fatpossum.com/products/necromancer-take-it-easy

On Tour:
10/08 Oxford MS @ Proud Larry's
10/09 Nashville TN @ The Basement 
10/10 Nashville TN @ The 5 Spot Spot 
10/13 Philadelphia PA @ MilkBoy 
10/14 New York NY @ Santos Party House - CMJ
10/15 New York NY @ Mercury Lounge - CMJ
10/16 Cambridge MA @ Toad 
10/17 Williamston MA @ Wind-Up Fest
10/20 Chicago IL @ Thalia Hall w/ @The Maccabees
10/22 St. Louis MO @ Blueberry Hill Duck Room
10/23 Little Rock AR @ Stickyz

Seratones - Take It Easy

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Produced by Foreign Air
Mixed by Andrew Maury
Mastered by Joe LaPorta
Art by Bryan Olsen

iTunes: http://apple.co/1TuLtJV 
Spotify: spoti.fi/1QqBvCQ

For the Light

Free Animal

Throughout the months I worked on Savage Hills Ballroom, I became possessed by a concept. If we had the ability to accept our blemishes, seeing that it's our fuck ups & flaws that make us distinct & force us to advance as individuals & as a society, we could start understanding each other. The world swims in judgement. It makes us feel good to think someone else is worse than us. We're born into this mindset - & much of it is rooted in self-loathing rather than merely learning from our weaknesses. We bury who we really are because we don't think anyone will accept us. SHB is grounded in satire. It is a microcosm of a perfect society, decorated in gold & elegance to serve as a mockery of how we present ourselves to those around us. I wrote I've Seen as a farewell song to this ballroom..just gonna stay a while longer. See you outside. +++ WASTING 4 U +++ 

 .Trevor Powers 

Savage Hills Ballroom: http://smarturl.it/ylshb

MoodFlow jan16

Akshay De