From take the cake out May 21st on Fire Talk / Royal Mountain. 

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take the cake

PACKS - Silvertongue

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I don't mind if I bruise my knees to ask your hand
But you always lift me up so I can see every part of me
Will you be my gemini with me all the time
I love that you're always the first to dance
I love that you're always the one around to say it's okay
I hope you know even my friends feel the same about you
I can't believe it's been 8 years
You used to leave and disappear
You used to even have red hair
Will you be my gemini with me all the time
It was always your love

Gemini

(tired of) always getting older

"Florida" by Lost Horizons is out now on Bella Union: https://ffm.to/lh-florida

Lost Horizons - Florida (featuring KookieLou)

Leeds quartet Crake have today announced their debut album, ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’. It arrives via Fika Recordings on April 8th. The band have also shared the album’s lead single, ‘Winter’s Song’. 

Led by enigmatic songwriter Rowan Sandle, Crake is driven by her endless curiosity. Armed with her gently cracking vocal, and inspiration from writers like Shirley Jackson and Nan Shepherd, she sings of crinoids, slime mould and pussy willow. When they supported Buck Meek at Brudenell Social Club, Buck found himself so beguiled by Sandle and her band that he invited them to support Big Thief on their UK and EU tour in 2019. Crake duly obliged and have been building towards their debut full-length ever since. 

Much of the forthcoming album revolves around the death of Sandle’s friend Anna, who died in Syria after being hit by a Turkish air strike. Anna was working for a woman’s liberation group in the war-stricken country when the tragedy took place. ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ explores the grief that followed and the lessons learnt from dealing with such a significant loss. 

Sandle does, however, find space to explore more themes alongside this grief, such as cruelty and queer nature. On lead single ‘Winter’s Song’ she acknowledges the cruelty and coldness that exists within us all, and questions how we can continue to grow and love whilst remaining true to that. 

Speaking about the track, she said: “Winter’s Song is about the absolute mundane beauty of being fallible. It's a true story, I saw the moon rise but swore it was the sun setting. I think about this line a lot: “keep a little coldness in you, just wear it soft and gentle” Be soft, be kind, be honest. Being unremarkable has its own beauty.” 

Sandle’s love for queer nature is so fervent that it makes the experience of listening to Crake akin to that of stumbling on an entirely new world. Sandle believes that life isn’t as black and white as we’ve been taught, and thinks nature holds the key to revealing the true nature of human experience. The appearances of things like slime mould - single-celled organisms that form a single body when in search of food  - brittle starfish - a type of starfish whose awareness isn’t concentrated in one place - and other such oddities furnish ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ with a folklore all of its own. 

‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ will send you down multiple rabbit holes and you’ll emerge from each with a newfound appreciation for the complexities of the world. Perhaps even more important than this though is the humanity that lies at the very heart of this debut full-length. Whether it’s in the sensitivity in how she portrays the loss of her friend, the depiction of our most base instincts - namely cruelty, passion and love - or the sincere, pure quality of the songwriting itself, it’s this that makes ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ essential, and invaluable listening.

Winter's Song

Crake - Winter's Song

field medic - i think about you all the time

Fall With The Lights Down (Louise)

Animals & Trees

Flores

this was made on 420

lyrics
stare into the sun
don’t care about no one
treat yourself
I love myself
cuz nothing good ever comes easy

bite my tongue until it bleeds
I told u, u dont have to worry bout me
come wake me up, we’ll start again
don’t wake me up when summer ends

I’m sorry if I’m off one
I’m sorry if u looked at me but u couldn’t see through
I’m sorry but I’ll make it up sometime
Just give me the time of day
I promise we won’t fade

this life could send me straight to the coffin, bitch
why is u coughin hoe
I didn’t need u tho

will u come around?
I don’t wanna come down
We’ll work this out

happy 420

Dreamy. Psychedelic. Soulful. It's the kind of music that washes over you like a warm tide, pulling you into a hazy, sun-drenched daze. This is indie-pop with a cosmic twist, blending shimmering synths and reverb-soaked guitars with a smooth, soulful groove. It’s perfect for late-night drives, lazy Sunday afternoons, or anytime you want to get lost in a soundscape that's both melancholic and uplifting.

(tired of) always getting older

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