Set. No. 2 (pretty rockin)

Meowch is your appetizer (no, you don't get dessert FIRST) to nibble on while Giant Drag's long, LONG awaited album "Waking Up Is Hard To Do" is getting prepped for a late fall release on Roar Scratch Records/Cobraside. I've dotted my i's and crossed my t's and at last we have a late fall release with an actual set-in-stone release date coming way soon. This song is the first coming your way free to freak you out because you have no idea what this record is going to sound like...the answer? A lot of things. Enjoy, and don't be scared.
xo Annie  

Meowch

Appears digitally on Art Is Hard Records' 'Family Portrait' split 7", released June 18 and also featuring Gum, Joanna Gruesome, and KEEL HER. More info and orders here: http://artishardrecords.bandcamp.com/album/family-portrait

Revolution Summer

http://soundcloud.com/fearandrecords/playlounge-sweet-tooth

Taken from Thrash Magic:

http://soundcloud.com/fearandrecords/sets/playlounge-thrash-magic/

http://fearandrecords.bigcartel.com/product/playlounge-thrash-magic-12

Sweet tooth

Produced by Ben Roulston and Theo Ellis
Mixed and Engineered by Ben Roulston
Drums played by James DC & recorded by Austen Jux-Chandler at Dean St Studios
Mastered by Ray Staff at Air Studios


Leaving You

EOT-001: debut LP from Seattle's mighty Wimps.

Wimps - Nap

Open Fields (Demo)

Algodón Egipcio, "La Espina del Cardenche"

CHROMATICS / CHERRY

It seems odd that the four-piece Wax Idols reside in Oakland, California. Especially considering the fact that the band’s sophomore LP "Discipline & Desire," out March 26th on Slumberland Records, embodies a dark, full, twisted sound: something that feels more appropriate to the foggy, damp British climate than that of sunny California. But that's Wax Idols -- zigging where other might zag, and always going their own way.

Compared to Wax Idols' debut LP "No Future" (a raw, hook-heavy punk effort written and recorded primarily by Fortune in 2010/2011 and released on Chicago's Hozac Records), "Discipline & Desire" is more a group effort as the band -- Jen Mundy (rhythm guitar/vocals), Amy Rosenoff (bass) and Keven Tecon (drums) -- contributed to the recording and writing process. Fortune dedicated herself to this record for over a year and the band were right there with her, playing with pattern, melody and stretching themselves beyond the comfort of unassuming hooks and into a darker, new wave territory. "Discipline & Desire" was produced and engineered by Monte Vallier (of Half Church and Swell) and co-produced by Fortune. Mark Burgess (of the British outfit The Chameleons) worked alongside Wax Idols & Vallier as an extra pair of ears and even played bass on the album closer "Stay In." Together they've crafted an album that's sleek and focused without being slick, and dark and intense without being at all humorless.

"Discipline & Desire" builds on Fortune’s debut full length effort in almost every way, rounding out as a far more complete record. The melodies are stronger, the vocals echoed and haunting, and the playing is at an unflagging level of intensity. First single “Sound of a Void” is a storming, full-throated late night anthem, while “Dethrone” and "When It Happens" shimmer and throb, perfect examples of Wax Idols' unique take on pop. Slower numbers like "Scent Of Love" and "Elegua" mesmerize and entrance, and the feedback-laced "AD RE:IAN" is nothing short of a masterpiece, punctuated by bursts of special guest Kristin Dylan Edrich's noise viola. Album closer "Stay In" wraps the up the album perfectly -- a mid-tempo melodic gem with a killer bassline and an uncanny balance of melody and atmosphere.

This is an inventive, brilliant record which solidifies the fact that Fortune is one of the best songwriters hiding in the shadows of the other California, where the sun doesn't always shine. But, judging by this fantastic album, she and her Wax Idols won’t be hiding for long.


UK Press:
Joe Parry
Division Media
joe@divisionpromotions.com
0208-962-8282



US Press:
Anton Hochheim
Force Field PR
anton@forcefieldpr.com
323-344-1602

Wax Idols - Sound of a Void

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Peter Fletcher at First Love Studio.

Unfurl

Pre-order the new album 'It Is What It Is', released 3 April on Brainfeeder: https://thundercat.lnk.to/it-is-what-it-isSo

Thundercat - Oh Sheit It's X

813 Music for remix contest

Sweatson Klank's "I Shouldn't Be Here (Feat. Ango)"

VOTE for me only if you rly like my tune : http://indaba.us/t96S

Set. No. 2 (pretty rockin)

Andrew Cholakian