NEW FROG! (Radio Edit / Clean Version)

Stream & share the unedited version directly from Frog's Soundcloud profile: https://on.soundcloud.com/axcsP 

"Grog" is out November 17th via Audio Antihero & Tapewormies: https://linktr.ee/heyitsfrog

Pre-Order "Grog" - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog
Stream "Black on Black on Black" - ffm.to/bobob
Pre-Save "Maybelline" single on Spotify -https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/frog3/maybelline-2
Press Release: bit.ly/FrogGrogInfoPage

Frog on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/heyitsfrog

Grog (Clean Radio Edits)

Frog - Black on Black on Black

NEW FROG! (Radio Edit / Clean Version)

Featured on Pitchfork (https://pitchfork.com/news/hotline-tnt-megan-thee-stallion-tokischa-this-week-pitchfork-selects-playlist) and Stereogum (https://www.stereogum.com/2241782/frog-maybelline/music). 

Stream & share the unedited version directly from the @heyitsfrog profile: https://on.soundcloud.com/JMbn2

Previous airplay for Frog includes: BBC Radio 1 (Huw Stephens), BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq / Gideon Coe / Tom Ravenscroft), BBC Scotland (Roddy Hart), David Gilyeat (BBC Oxfordshire & Berkshire) and KCRW (Jason Kramer).

"Maybelline" is the second single from Frog's "Grog" LP (out November 17th) - heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog / open.spotify.com/artist/3ME5MgDqwM6G3UDLmwjftA

FFO: Jonathan Richman / Bruce Springsteen / Modest Mouse / Townes Van Zandt / Silver Jews / "The Secret of Monkey Island"

"Grog" LP Out Nov 17th: bit.ly/FrogGrogInfoPage

Brothers Danny & Steve Bateman return with their fifth album “Grog.” This collection of gorgeous Indie Americana is full of the nostalgia, hope, defeat and lust that earned previous singles “Judy Garland” and “You Know I’m Down” several million streams on Spotify.

Eclectic and wildly creative, this fully realized LP veers from the gorgeous grooving funk of “Black on Black on Black” to the classic pop of “Maybelline” before “New Ro” exemplifies the “gothic and cartoonish” characteristics that songwriter Daniel Bateman describes his latest work with.

Artist Quote:

“There are really exciting places we were able to get to on this record, places that I didn’t know existed before I found them. It feels both gothic and cartoonish to me, big gargoyles, dark skies, storms, but the statues are of ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.’ Every song is a step deeper into the abyss.” - Daniel Bateman (Frog)

Previous Support: NPR / BBC Radio 1 / BBC 6 Music / TLOBF / CLASH / Gold Flake Paint / London In Stereo / DIY Mag / Various Small Flames / IMPOSE / Cereal & Sounds / For the Rabbits

Spotify Stats: 9.5 million streams / 78k monthly listeners (Oct 16th 2023)

Press Quotes:

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Locked between the unstoppable force of self-deprecation and the immovable object of the American Dream.” – Various Small Flames

“A subtle, stunning triumph.” – For the Rabbits

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

"Grog" is out November 17th via Audio Antihero & Tapewormies: linktr.ee/heyitsfrog

Grog

Maybelline

Frog - Maybelline

Debut single from Frog, the guitar band from Queens, New York. Released April 27th. 

Taken from the upcoming "Kind of Blah" LP on Audio Antihero. Pre-Order here: https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-blah / http://itunes.kud.li/AAH013

Frog - "Judy Garland"

Second single from Frog's "Kind of Blah" LP - www.heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com

Photo Credit: Andrew Piccone
Cover Design: Benjamin Shaw

Praise for the "Kind of Blah" LP: 
"A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint 

"A bit of a masterpiece." - 7BitArcade 

"Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface." - DIY Mag 

"Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is." - Collapse Board 

"A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied...Irreverent, strange and just a little addictive." - CLASH 

"Utterly brilliant...they make you nostaglic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been." - London In Stereo 

"A solid reason for Frog to be your new favourite band - 8/10." - Shout4Music 

"A perfectly melancholy subway ride..." - IMPOSE 

"A splendid piece of work." - Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music) 

"Dreamy Americana soundscapes...Despite sounding ever-so-slightly menacing at points, it's deliciously sweet for the most part." - The Line of Best Fit 

"Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts." - The 405 

"Making you pine for romances you’ve never had...Perhaps the one unifying factor of the record is the degree of humanity upheld by each track present, the emotions and the experiences almost all universal - 4/5." - ARTROCKER 

"Anyone who doesn’t get that enjoyment from it really is past saving" - Louder Than War 

"Have you spent any of your time listening to Frog? No? Then prepare yourself for something quite special, something you’ll rush to share with your friends, hoping to be the coolest kid on the block..." - Austin Town Hall 

"A frenzy of fast guitar licks and off-kilter vocals, but it all comes together to form an impressive force." - MAGNET Magazine 

"Anyone who's heard even the tiniest excerpt from Kind of Blah will attest that, however they came to it, they've found a spark of magic from somewhere." - Crackle Feedback 

"Frog are the most wonderful weirdos, and we should hold them close to our hearts forever." - Don't Need No Melody 

"Peek through a smeared window at an innocent and imaginary New York...the entire set feels like it exists outside of time...feels like a constant, noisy dawn..." - Clicky Clicky Music Blog 

"Recorded under a derelict bowling alley, the album really does suck you into the New York that Frog know…‘I’m an adventurer’ is a line from the album and it’s a hell of a journey to join Frog on. An album that will have you an emotional mess at one moment and hopping for joy at the next…" - Spectral Nights 

"Kind of Blah is America." - Wake the Deaf 

"An LP you'll want to faun over and adore even when it confuses the hell out of you. The best artists never bare all on arrival and this is no different. Give it spin. And then another - until it makes sense - 8/10." - The Digital Fix 

"Albums like this don't come around that often." - Independent Clauses 

"It’s been a long, long time since a lo-fi recording has hit me as powerfully as frog’s 'Kind of Blah'...It’s tough to even begin speaking about this album because it subtly steals the words out of my mouth by taking my breath completely away." - Sly Vinyl 

"Love this." - Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1) 

"Kind of Blah is an album that speaks to many, and it will speak to you if you give it a chance. There's a honesty and humanity at its core and Frog pull shimmers of beauty through music that is sad, painful and desperately catchy." - Scene Point Blank 

"Here, frog has crafted something truly different, uniquely flawed, and indisputably special. And that’s kind of awesome - 4/5." - Sputnik

FROG - Photograph (Single Version)

Frog tour the UK for the first time in January 2016. Audio Antihero are putting them on at Servant Jazz Quarters on Jan 24th with Alex Chinatown and Owl & Mouse - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/331308 / https://www.facebook.com/events/1685910334979778

Confirmed dates are as follows:
Jan 23rd - The Waiting Room, Colchester (with Roy / Sophie Nash / Chris Fox)
Jan 24th - Servant Jazz Quarters, London (with Alex Chilltown / Owl & Mouse)
Jan 25th - Fulford Arms, York (with The Drink)
Jan 27th - The Hug & Pint, Glasgow 
Jan 29th - Venue TBA, Edinburgh (with Plastic Animals)
Jan 30th - DIY Space for London, London (with Rainmaker / The Johns / Brunch / Crows An Wra)

“Frog: Across the Pond” UK Tour Documentary Kickstarter Info - www.kickstarter.com/projects/190273…across-the-pond

“Kind of Blah” Press:
"A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint

"Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface." - DIY Mag

"I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America." - The Line of Best Fit

"A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied...Irreverent, strange and just a little addictive." - CLASH

"Utterly brilliant..." - London In Stereo

"A splendid piece of work." - Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music)

"Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts." - The 405

FROG - Catchyalater (Radio Edit)

Music Video - https://youtu.be/U_rDJ1Jl2tc

Single with remixes from Frog & Benjamin Shaw available now - https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/inches-apart-single-feat-frog-benjamin-shaw-remixes

Originally taken from Magana's "Golden Tongue" EP - https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/golden-tongue-ep

Lyrics:
"You were born with thicker skin 
And I am only oxygen 
Whispering, darling please don’t stay 
Because you can leave but I won’t wait 

When I’m cold 
And I’m lonely 
Hold me in your arms 
We’ll grow old 
We will only 
Be inches apart 

I have built my cell by hand 
I was dreaming of the southern sand 
And while every night you visit me 
Darling you are friends with misery 

When I’m cold 
And I’m lonely 
Hold me in your arms 
We’ll grow old 
We will only 
Be inches apart 

When I’m cold 
And I’m lonely 
Hold me in your arms 
We’ll grow old 
We will only 
Be inches apart 

Oceans won’t take you 
Oceans won’t take you 
Oceans won’t take you 
Oceans won’t take you"

Golden Tongue

Magana - "Inches Apart"

Taken from Magana's 'Golden Tongue' EP - maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/golden-tongue-ep / Spotify: sp.kud.li/AAH016

Next Show:
November 18th - Rockwood Music Hall, Manhattan, New York

Lyrics:
With the words that are in your head 
You can change my mind again 
Copy from the text of old 
Change the words into your own 

But get it right, get it right 
If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time 
Get it right, get it right 
If you gotta, make up your damn mind 
Get it right, get it right 
If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time 
Get it right, get it right 

If you could see what is in my mind 
You would change before my eyes 
You were red but my gold turned you green 
So you stood there lying through your teeth 

And get it right, get it right 
If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time 
Get it right, get it right 
If you gotta, make up your damn mind 
Get it right, get it right 
If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time 
Get it right, get it right 

Before you say it 
Before you do anything at all 
You will want to think it through because 
This could be your final call 
Oh but if you say so 
I will follow

Magana - "Get It Right"

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/pages 
SPOTIFY: http://spotify.kud.li/AAHS016 (Jan 20th)
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZMUa5ld2_o&t=4s

This free / pay-what-you-want single accompanies a small Magana solo tour of New York, Boston and California. 

Previously unreleased up to now, live favourite ‘Pages’ is an early experiment in Magana’s ever shifting solo sound. It’s a gorgeous standalone document of her evolving creativity and expression. The song shows a more traditionally Indie Rock side to Magana's dreamy Alt. Pop output. It's heartfelt and emotional rock music with ghosts whispering through the walls. 

Further Dates TBA:
January 5th - Brooklyn Free Radio (Radio Session)
January 6th - FIKA, Manhattan, NY
January 11th - Sofar Sounds, NY
February 15th - Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland, CA
February 18th - Lonely Ave, Bakersfield, CA
February 19th - Sculpterra Winery, Paso Robles, CA
March 10th - Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
March 18th - Ripe Art Gallery, Long Island, NY

Praise for "Golden Tongue" EP (Oct 2016):
"Beautiful debut...a story of love and sacrifice...Delivers the haunted resilience of someone who has found self-acceptance." - London in Stereo 

“Recalling Torres and Sharon Van Etten at their most intimate moments...Magana’s parched vocal is a complete heartbreaker.” - The Line of Best Fit 

"With what is just the briefest of snapshot Magana has invited us into her world and in the process created something which feels expansive and breathlessly travelled." - GoldFlakePaint 

"Glorious." - Podcart 

"Dream folk perfection." - The Deli NYC 

"Golden Tongue shows us someone who has spent years singing from other people’s hymn sheets finding her own voice, and it’s the voice of a confident artist who is capable of expressing both great frustration and great tenderness in a very compelling way. One minute, she sounds introverted and retiring; the next, she’s lashing out angrily at those who would talk over her." - God Is In The TV

“There's something beautiful in finding what you want and demanding it, and Magana perfectly captures that.” - The Grey Estates 

“Magana enters the scene guns blazing with the simple request to be the real deal or no deal at all.” - IMPOSE 

"Magana’s voice is a lively rasp that emotes a jaded sense of heartbreak spurred by a lover who talks but does not listen." - The Le Sigh 

“Through music I have learned the shape of desire – contoured and faceted, with the texture of velvet and the sheen of spilt oil on the blacktop. In Magana I feel it again.” - Collapse Board 

"Golden Tongue has enough range of emotion and musical variety to engage the attention from start to finish, and it feels like a journey in a way that many full albums fail to...It sounds like the birth of a new star." - Musos' Guide 

"A whisper in your ear, bedroom acoustics performer who has broken out from the background of being a session musician to taking centre stage." - Bearded Magazine 

"When I hear a song like this, I start believing there is a primal source of strength that music, but only some music, manages to channel into the outer world. Magana does that." - Beautiful Freaks 

"I could see her (right now) opening up for St. Vincent on her next tour. Yes that should happen. It feels right to me. After that I want to hear Magana's full length." - American Pancake 

"Fragile and delicate, playing like a morning after some traumatic event, smells and sounds and phantom feelings wisping their way into the present, leaving the narrator to grasp whatever negligible weight they still hold." - Wake the Deaf

Pages (Tour Single)

Pages

Magana - Pages (Tour Single)

Taken from from the "Unpresidented Jams" benefit compilation for Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Immigration Law Center - https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/audio-antihero-presents-unpresidented-jams-for-splc-nilc

All proceeds to:
https://www.splcenter.org / https://www.nilc.org

Links:
www.thejeffreylewissite.com 
www.jeffreylewis.bandcamp.com 
www.facebook.com/JeffreyLewisBand
www.audioantihero.com
www.twitter.com/audioantihero

Audio Antihero presents: "Unpresidented Jams" for SPLC & NILC

Audio Antihero Presents: "Unpresidented Jams" for SPLC & NILC

Jeffrey Lewis - "Dictator Seeks Reichstag Fire" (from SPLC & NILC Benefit Compilation)

Second single from CHUCK's 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP (August 18th) - PRE-ORDER: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single

Lyrics:
"Waiting for the chance to come 
To piss up on a snowman 
And punch him in the lungs 
Feelin’ like a big fat no one 
Move it along 
Singing this song 
Meet me by the cherry tree 
I don’t wanna bite ya 
But I can’t help myself 
I can’t help myself (x3) 
Dancin’ like you’re Mr. Fun 
Hey do you wanna come over? 
For a sticky bun 
Schemin’ on a two mile run 
Haters know I’m the one 
I’m the vinaigrette step-son 
Meet me by the cherry tree 
I don’t wanna bite ya 
But I can’t help myself 
I can’t help myself (x3)"

Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store

CHUCK - Cherry Tree

Taken from the Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store LP - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store

Lyrics:
How are you today? 
How’s your eggs? 
How’s your brain? 
How’s the girl 
With all those little pains 
Playin’ iPhone games 
Smokin’ Mary Jane 
Eatin’ Beef Lo Mein 
How are you tonight? 
How’s your back? 
How’s your Sprite? 
How’s the fear that you 
Can’t control your life? 
Can’t read or write? 
Can’t decide? 
Between red or white 
Becky 
You used to wanna be 
A painter with a cup of tea 
Cinnamon, Oolong, Iced, Green 
You’ll drink whatever you just need caffeine 
At your 9 to 5 
You’re barely alive 
Always inside 
Always behind 
Dreamin’ of a place 
Where you can erase 
Every single trace of mankind 
A beach and sand 
And a summer tan 
Would make everything seem alright 
You gotta walk it off 
Downward facing dog 
You gotta get everything off your mind 
Becky 
You used to wanna be 
A painter with a cup of tea 
Cinnamon, Oolong, Iced, Green 
You’ll drink whatever you just need caffeine 
You wish you were a stream 
You wish you were a meme 
You wish you were nineteen

CHUCK - Becky

Free / Pay-What-You-Want lead single from CHUCK's 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP, released August 18th on vinyl and digital. 
Download / Pre-Order - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Music Video - https://youtu.be/AJunxJjNdUY

Lyrics:
"When I graduated college 
I moved into the east village 
I got a job at a cool office 
I got Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits 
Huh-huh-huh (x2) 
I found a couple bars to lay my head 
And I drove to Queens and I bought a bed 
I made a whole bunch of New York friends 
And I wore all black cause everyone else did 
Huh-huh-huh (x2) 
And now I’m a New Yorker 
At an art gallery downtown 
I’m a New Yorker 
Get the hell outta my way now 
Yankees, Rangers, and Knicks 
Theater, Pizza, Velvet Underground 
I’m a New Yorker 
Get the hell outta my way now and go die 
Now I’m used to living hand to mouth 
I go to Rockaway when it’s really hot out 
I hate Williamsburg North, East and South 
I know all the lunch spots in Midtown 
Huh-huh-huh (x2) 
I work so hard that my hair’s been gettin’ thin 
I ain’t got no time to hit the gym 
I picked up a little bit of Spanish 
I’m a pretty smart guy, not for nothing 
Huh-huh-huh (x2) 
And now I’m a New Yorker 
At an art gallery downtown 
I’m a New Yorker 
Get the hell outta my way now 
Yankees, Rangers, and Knicks 
Theater, Pizza, Velvet Underground 
I’m a New Yorker 
Get the hell outta my way now and go die 
Go die (x4)"

CHUCK - New Yorker

B-Side to CHUCK's 'New Yorker' single. Free / Pay-What-You-Want Download -
https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single

Lyrics:
"Elaine 
I met you up in Maine 
You held me in the rain 
Now I’m crying on the plane 
You claimed 
You’d never pull my chain 
I’d never run away 
We’ll always remain 
Birds and bees 
Whistlin’ through the trees 
Woman and man 
Boston and Japan 
Callin’ my name 
My name 
My name 
Callin’ my name 
My name 
My name 
We were one 
We were a loaded gun 
Sundays in the sun 
The end had begun 
I pursued 
I was stuck to you like glue 
I threw up all my food 
I knew that we were doomed 
Birds and bees 
Whistlin’ through the trees 
Woman and man 
Boston and Japan 
Callin’ my name 
My name 
My name 
Callin’ my name 
My name 
My name 
Love 
Hate 
Sex 
And fate 
Time 
And space 
It’s a human 
Human race"

New Yorker - Single

CHUCK - Dogs [Studio]

B-Side to CHUCK's "Cherry Tree" single! 

Buy CHUCK - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single

Lyrics:
"Time is a friend 
That you can depend 
On stealing money 
From your wallet and pants 
And time is a curse 
It’s a big dumb black hearse 
It takes you for a ride 
Then leaves you in the dirt 
A baby was born 
A mother she died 
A fat guy he lied 
And an innocent criminal tried 
Teenagers in cars 
Driving past bars 
That stare as they pass 
Ready for their first scars 
Grandparents sing 
Ice cream trucks ring 
Summer is here 
Then on to the next thing 
A movie was made 
A neighborhood sprayed 
A college kid dreamt of being laid and paid 
A lullaby blows 
Through Times Square through smoke 
A vacation spent 
On weed and coke 
A young girl looks at 
The clocks on the wall 
With blurry vision 
Because you can’t be bald 
If you never had hair 
To lose at all 
This second you’re here 
Enjoy that is all you can 
Do"

Cherry Tree - Single

CHUCK - Time [Electric]

Free Download: https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/oceans-chuck-cover-single
"Oceans" is originally by CHUCK, from the 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store
Next Show: Sep 6th at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn w/ MAGANA / FROG / CHUCK / SOFT YES  - https://www.facebook.com/events/1954302241483185

Lyrics:
I went to the beach 
With Alix and Charlie 
We went swimming and talked about the party 
You’re in Norway and I’m in my body 
I use my phone to tell ya that I’m sorry 
It’s just my job makes me feel so stupid 
I wanna swap somebody else into it 
Spread the sunscreen on and turn the stereo up 
Drinkin’ warm Tecate from a blue Solo cup 
Read a book and take a look around 

Pretty young girls, oceans of sound (x2) 
It’s so annoying when you’re not around 
Pretty young girls, oceans of sound 
It’s so annoying when you’re not around 
Pretty young girls, oceans of sound 
It’s so annoying when you’re not around

Oceans - Single

Oceans

Magana - "Oceans" (CHUCK cover)

B-Side to the upcoming "Happy Birthday" single - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/track/happy-birthday

Thanks to For Folk's Sake for premiering the song -
 http://www.forfolkssake.com/news/36030/premiere-chuck-america

Lyrics:
Running away 
Across America 
Cryptic decay 
Guitars, harmonicas 
Philly, L.A. 
Woodside's still here 
LAX and JFK 
The Craigslist killer 
Fortune and fame 
And Casey Affleck 
Vegas today 
And Vegas tomorrow 
Bikes and cars and trains 
Cleveland burning 
Stop for gas and say 
Where's the Thruway? 
I don't have to pay 
Let's drive faster 
Ticket on 78 
My Dad's a trooper 
Key Largo Bay 
And men with cancer 
Go to Omaha 
Who the hell would live here?

Happy Birthday - Single

CHUCK - America

New Single from CHUCK - Free Download: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/happy-birthday-single
Music Video - https://youtu.be/YtwpLMHkCXI
Third Single from the 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP -
https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store

Lyrics:
I wanna cut the cake 
And hit the lake 
Later this year 
Or punch the gas 
And piss on the grass 
Then crack another beer 
I’m a city boy 
Born and raised in south Detroit 
Headin’ home 
With a southern girl 
Covered in pearls 
On her new cell phone 
We’re living in Japan 
With a lesbian 
Aishita imasu Mary Anne 
She’s got a new boyfriend 
But I flew back to Brooklyn 
I’m gonna win her back again 
Happy Birthday Babe (x2) 
Is everything okay? 
Do you want some champagne? 
What do you want me to say? 
I just came to say Happy Birthday 
To say Happy Birthday 
Miami nights 
Under nightclub lights 
Dancing away my life 
I straddle motor bikes 
As I eat french fries 
Under perfect skies 
The cars in this town 
They know me now 
As I die in your mind 
I’m scared of this world 
I’m scared of you girl 
Can I come inside? 
How you doin’ Fred? 
How’s things with Jen? 
Thanks for coming tonight 
Hold on one second 
I just got a text 
OMG 
Chuck’s outside 
Happy Birthday babe (x2) 
Is everything okay? 
Do you want some champagne? 
What do you want me to say? 
I just came to say Happy Birthday 
To say Happy Birthday 
I know I look insane 
But I can’t get you outta my brain!

CHUCK - Happy Birthday

Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire

"One more song before I leave, Nicole 
it’s only right in the way it feels right 
in the dark of a sin 
as still as I ever wanted it 
and it’s dark 
and it is 

well dark is night 
and it’s wild 

and your eyes are blue 
and they’re wild too 

no more staying on the other shore 
for a wish that we’ll all be all right 

but you know it’s fine 
you say, “it’s only night time"

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Plays With Fire

Cloud - "Comet Happer"

Taken from 'Plays with Fire' LP - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire

"of course your heart fluttered 
she is everything you need 
if she’s your true love 
let her be 

now down in the valley 
we are anxious for your way 
with a hope that a spell 
it breaks 

well yes you are fucked up 
you may always be this way 
but the trick is to know 
when it’s okay 

and now you are naked 
and you’re shaking like a kid 
and she asks, “if you’ve ever done this?” 
you say you did 

and no it doesn’t matter 
oh, what ever could that mean? 
but in that grand lack 
you are free 

and now’s your big moment 
as she’s taking off her dress 
it’s your chance to perpetuate the human race!"

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Cloud - "Heartfluttered"

Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire

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Premiered on The Alternative - http://www.getalternative.com/track-premiere-cloud-disenchanted

Lyrics:
"to my friends 
will you love me when I get 
disenchanted and the light 
dims inside my little eyes? 

to my mom 
would you love me if i stole 
from my workplace every night 
and pretend that it’s justified? 

and in cold 
could i rub a hand on you? 
notice how to keep him warm 
means you gotta give up your own 

then to dad 
do you love me even when 
every day you near your end 
and I could not be further west? 

and to you 
could you love me like you used 
to when we would share the dark 
now it’s just me in the dark 
now it’s just the dark in me 

there’s an end searching for an end again 
somewhere in the search of self 
played with fire and got (burnt)"

Plays with Fire

Cloud - "Disenchanted"

Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire

Lyrics:
"true strength 
needs love 
to ease 
violence 
your eyes 
are love 
mixed with 
bullshit 

and the 
cost of 
true strength 
is two 
you were 
born with 
one and 
a few (for example— 1.68) 

then Delphine saw 
a green flash on the coast 

I heard 
in song 
there is 
one more 

in doubt 
there lies 
turns out 
I’ze wrong 
wrong 

something’s gotta go"

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Cloud - "Happer's Laugh"

Lead single from Cloud's "Plays With Fire" LP - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire / Music Video: https://youtu.be/KA_32DnBh3s

Premiered on GoldFlakePaint - https://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/new-music-cloud-wildfire

Wildfire Lyrics:
“Every flame wants to be a wildfire
every day needs to lead to something says my mind
looking back to when it all was better
hard to see photos of my smiles
i know if i want to live
something’s got to give

every night goes on as I’m mindless in it
every light’s racing towards the ends of everything
hard to hold photos of the one’s who left us
every orgasm makes you wonder oh, “is this it?”
this is it.”

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Cloud - "Wildfire"

Taken from the 'Plays with Fire' LP - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire

Post-Trash Premiere - http://post-trash.com/news/2018/2/19/cloud-two-hands-bound-post-trash-premiere

"Two Hands Bound" is the second single from Cloud's upcoming "Plays With Fire" LP (out March 9th on Audio Antihero).

Lyrics:
I fell so low
some things you’ll never know
how odd to pray
tried again the other day
c’est la, c’est vous
got work in the afternoon
born to die a thousand days
and, oh, to see what life remains
‘cause losing is a way of life
and building is another way of life
says the man with his two hands bound
says it all with his two hands
man made me a wage slave
time made me a gelatin
a day so nice
you can shake it off sometimes
and love is good
mostly misunderstood
like how we talk
talking is also love
born to doubt and see what it’s about
and, oh as I dance
I help myself to live
and if I don’t
to keep my self from loss
I lather a friend,
a vial of peppermint!
says the man with his two hands bound
says it all with his two hands
man made me a wage-slave
time made me a gelatin
time made me a bitter one
an animal
an animal is what i’ve become

Cloud - "Two Hands Bound"

Exclusive non-album B-Side to Cloud's "Me, Her & Lavender" single.

Free Download: https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/me-her-lavender-single

Lyrics:
Told you I was vying for to be unafraid 
then you want to dance away 

do you want all your friends to know 
that you’re alive? 
and your head is full of lies 

can’t avoid the nothingness 
saw it in a child’s eyes 
then my arms were buzzing with wild flies

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Me, Her & Lavender - Single

Cloud - "Wild Flies, 25"

Taken from 'Megadead' - https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead

Dimestore Saints Premiere - https://dimestoresaints.blog/2018/08/23/premiere-benjamin-shaw

"Megadead" is the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released on Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital.

Previous Press:

"Embrace this record, ‘cos it’s a true crafted thing of beauty, and no ball of sentimental aerie fluff.." - Gold Flake Paint

"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit 

"Superb." - Drowned in Sound 

"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music

Megadead

Benjamin Shaw - A Brand New Day

"Terrible Feelings!" is the lead single from "Megadead," the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released on Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital. https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead

Atwood Magazine premiere: http://atwoodmagazine.com/bstf-benjamin-shaw-terrible-feelings

Previous Press:

"A piece of work that could stand the test of time...The solitude is palpable." - Gold Flake Paint 

"It’s a reminder that some of the most powerful emotions can bloom from the simplest of raw moments, and Shaw is an expert at crafting just those instances." - Drowned in Sound 

"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit 

"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music 

"An album that is quite unlike anything else, full of blackened charisma and a sonic imagination quite different to most." - The Music Fix 

"Shaw may be pop's outsider - something many outlets noted upon his entry into the world of music - but with this release, he shows a faint desire to join the central fold. Perhaps it's due to resolute defeat, but still, that counts, right?" - The 405

Benjamin Shaw - Terrible Feelings!

Opening track from "Megadhad - https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead 

"Megadead" is the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released by Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital.

Previous Press:

"Embrace this record, ‘cos it’s a true crafted thing of beauty, and no ball of sentimental aerie fluff.." - Gold Flake Paint

"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit 

"Superb." - Drowned in Sound 

"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music

Benjamin Shaw - megadead dot party

Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it

Premiered by For the Rabbits - https://fortherabbits.net/2018/11/20/premiere-frog-bones

Lyrics:
Bones, we watched bones through the laundromat’s fumes in the cold
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There’s a VA hospital that you and I’d walk by on our way to diners and beggars in popeye’s and now Did you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten

There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along And bro, you never know just what she’s thinking about on trains home

Pain it’s all the same it’s always helping you out when you’re down
Remember that tree we carved while you freezed and the rivers of shoes left to rot out in Queens where there’s something to say but I’m too afraid and I whisper it once now it’s gone, its ok, I say 

Kid, do you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten

There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along Did you know that I’ve thought about you every year in the cold where the train rattles through
And I never told you it’s just what I do

Whatever We Probably Already Had It

Frog - "Bones"

Pre-Order here: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it / Playlist here: http://sp.kud.li/FROG001 

Premiered on The Grey Estates - https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/song-premiere-something-to-hide-frog

Lyrics:
Card was declined, she walked home crying 
Do you need a ride, his car was dry 
Oh I, there’s something to hide with some other guy 
You met on the side 
There’s something to hide, you would’ve been a beautiful bride 
￼￼ 
Rented a room by the hour 
Home before noon in time to shower 
O wow 
There’s some kinda power in the car in the shower 
Oh you’re such a coward 
There’s something to hide, you would’ve been a beautiful bride 
Don’t you know why I don’t call you 
Don’t you know why I don’t care 
Truth be told I’m waiting for you 
Just a look and I’ll be there 
Got in a cab her hair still damp 
Turned on her phone and texted him 
Oh man 
There’s something to hide with some other guy 
You met on the side 
There’s something to hide, you couldn’t tell him if you tried

Frog - "Something to Hide"

Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it

Premiered on Various Small Flames - https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2018/11/15/frog-american/

Lyrics:
Yes by god I’m American
God is great he’s hilarious
What the fuck y’all staring at
Tall, dark, bald and arrogant
Took the tram the rain flew off the glass
Thought of you and paused to let it pass
It takes it’s things off lays them on the grass
O yes
God bless the USA
I’m Ok
Call the paramedics
Call a priest call fedex
I’m a beast I’m pretty
Fuck with me forget it
Supermarkets lonely Clorox aisles
Counter girl the phone she never smiles
The fridge is buzzing like a child
O yes
God bless the USA
I’m Ok
Cluck Cluck pat yourself on the butt young man, I’m the king of smut young man, come give me a cut young man, shh

Previous Press:

"A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint

“Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface.” - DIY Mag

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America” – The Line of Best Fit

“A record whose sheer flood of ideas couldn't be denied.” – CLASH Music

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

“The best American guitar record of the year. Seriously. It's like every cult band from the past decade bottled in to half an hour of music." - Tom Johnson (Drowned in Sound)

“Makes me grin so hard I think my face may actually split into two separate parts.” - The 405

“A real treat: hunt down debut album Kind Of Blah forthwith.” - The Skinny

“Perfectly melancholy.” - IMPOSE

“Making you pine for romances you’ve never had - 4/5.” - Artrocker

“We’re kind of huge fans of Frog” - The Grey Estates

"Kind of Blah is America." - Various Small Flames

“Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is...I am transported.” - Collapse Board

Frog - "American"

Free Single: https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/a-brand-new-day-live-at-donaufestival-single

Lead single from Benjamin Shaw's upcoming 'Live at donaufestival' album. This release is backed by a classic Dandelion Radio sessions collection.

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Recorded live on May 4th 2019 in Krems, Austria for donaufestival 2019. This was Benjamin Shaw's first live performance in five years. 

The material performed here is taken albums like 'Megadead,' 'Rumfucker,' 'There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet,' 'Guppy,' 'Goodbye, Cagoule World' and 'One Day We'll Laugh About All This.' 

Dissected and reconstructed, the material here evolves often from lo-fi acoustic beginnings to an electronic pop that is both glistening and broken, like shattered glass. Shaw's fractured and frail vocal emotes misanthropic misery over an ocean of beats and waves of sound. Perfectly beautiful and beautifully imperfect. 

Anyone who saw Benjamin Shaw performing live in and around London before his move to Australia and live hiatus will find a totally new sound and experience in these recordings. 

Previous Press for Benjamin Shaw: 

"A piece of work that could stand the test of time...The solitude is palpable." - Gold Flake Paint 

"It’s a reminder that some of the most powerful emotions can bloom from the simplest of raw moments, and Shaw is an expert at crafting just those instances." - Drowned in Sound 

"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit 

“A wonderful beast.” - DIY Mag 

"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music 

"Pop's outsider..." - The 405 

“Puts you right beside its maker as he helplessly glares at himself in the mirror. But the music that soundtracks those dark moments is as beautiful as it is morose.” - The Alternative 

“Though to focus on terrible feelings as a beginning and end is to miss the point.…To flatten this into the trope of anti-social introvert misses the true admixture of forces at work—the guilt, the shame, the dreams impossible to achieve. The promises that could never be kept, the nostalgia for things that never existed.” - Various Small Flames 

“A chameleon of genres, the Melbourne-based Shaw has drifted through washes of shoegaze and fields of electronica, melding dissonant drones and folk affectations into an incredibly singular and raw brand of confessional music, its ennui palpable.” - Dimestore Saints 

“Imagine yourself sitting in an empty room. All the lights are off...Your nails dig into the back of your head and you tug at your hair, wondering how hard you could pull before you finally rip it out of your skull. That’s what it feels like to listen to Benjamin Shaw.” - Atwood Magazine

Live at donaufestival

Benjamin Shaw - A Brand New Day (Live at donaufestival)

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