My selections for October 2017. Hear the full playlist at www.birp.fm <3

BIRP! October 2017

Mike Edge

Don't Worry

Everything is the Same

Everything Is the Same

cheap fantasy - "life of glass"
From the debut EP 'life of glass'
Available on 7/7/17 via Forged Artifacts

Buy Cassette/Download

cheap fantasy -  life of glass

Pre-order the Album: https://raremonk.bandcamp.com/
Written and Recorded by Rare Monk 
Engineered and Mixed by Skyler Norwood at Miracle Lake Studios 
Produced by Skyler Norwood and Rare Monk 
Mastered by Gus Elg @ Sky Onion Studios 
Artwork by Chris Bigalke (Showdeer)

A Future

Happy Haunting

Hey folks! This is my first solo ep. Big thanks to everyone who gave me input, support, and encouragement along the way. Special shout out to Harry for playing drums and helping with the recording, and Donato for lending his mixing and mastering skills to the project. This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more coming up. 

<3 Grant

Grant Pavol: Guitar, Bass, Synth, Drum Machine, Vocals
Harry Freed: Drums, Drum Machine

Recorded by Harry Freed at the Sick Room
Mixed/Mastered by Donato Pignetti
Album art by Grant Pavol

Iceland

Get the full album: henryearnest.bandcamp.com/album/when-y…ublin-city-2

2017

Just Like Honey

All The Time

The debut single from WORLDS, the musical partnership of Erica Driscoll (@Blondfire) and Anthony Polcino (@AntoineDiligent).  

Release date: September 1st 2017 via WAX LTD Records

Good Shit

Slow Pulp - Die Alone

Written and Recorded by Josh Harmony
Produced by Jason Mickelson and Josh Harmony
Bass Kristof Marden
Drums Colleen Budge

Are You Happy Now?

Are You Happy Now

Swedish boutique music label ICEA adopted the Positano natives to polish their dream-pop soundscapes. Listeners were introduced to Emmecosta’s music at the end of 2016 and the dawn of 2017 with the tracks “His Power of Youth” and “Miguel”. The synths, punctuated guitar and silky vocals evoke memories of Phoenix circa 2004. The remaining two tracks, “Heavy Heart” and “A Mountain From Us” blend pulsing waves of synths and echoing vocals, mirroring Snakadaktal’s Sleep in the Water (2013). 

In many ways, Emmecosta communicate intoxicating atmospheres with their dream-pop, reminiscent of Washed Out, where the muffled vocals paint the landscape and guide the listener to melt into nature. The music videos for “Miguel” and “His Power of Youth” were filmed in seaside Positano and Scandinavian forests, complementing the music and the story of the band. Emmecosta says, “There is a hidden romantic darkness in the actual story, which represents the band’s melancholy in relation to their hometown in Italy, and what it was been like to immigrate to Sweden. There is a craving for home, yet acceptance of new belonging.” 

Stereogum and Clash Magazine have both praised the band for their “blissed out electronics with a liquid feel” more accurately than their self-proclaimed “post-club tropical indie soul” - a description that raises eyebrows, but enhances a sense of self-awareness in the calming hours after a party, before bed.  Emmecosta dedicates their music ideas to time and place - living in the moment, while feeling split between their lives in Italy and Sweden. The result is a sound that feels comfortable and contemplative.   

"’Velour’ is the feeling of unshakable longing for a place we’ve never been. This is a specific form of wanderlust – a craving for a distant land or a deep feeling of ‘homesickness’ for a place we have never seen. We imagine distant places through small fragments: everyday life seen elsewhere. We are going through a strange sensation of disorientation, something magical seen from far away. We fall in love with this fragment. It holds the promise for more. We move around it.” - Emmecosta

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More from Emmecosta here:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/emmecosta.music
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/emmecosta
WEB: http://www.emmecosta.com/

Velour EP

A Mountain From Us

Emmecosta - A Mountain From Us

LEO NITE "Crystallized" (MANIMAL; September 22nd, 2017)

Leo Nite - Crystallized

First single taken from the soon to be released EP, House Plants.
Out September 1, 2017

House Plants

Cigarette Skies

I'll wait it out in an Oakland motel
Say it out loud, it helps
With a girl you don't know well at all
I think this all may blow over
We say it drunk and think it sober a lot

I breath in ocean air until my nose bleeds
Countless texts go unread to spite your shit for brains logic
Cold beer and nicotine

I could stand to make a mecca of my home state
A place I'm clean, don't worry
It draws out words like I'm sorry
Fix me like you used to
Something rye and angostura bitters make the heart grow fonder
I say things I think no longer

Angostura

art by http://sarlisart.tumblr.com/

gotta keep it going
gotta keep it moving
x4

could you even go?
if you wanted to go?
i just wanna know
so I won’t waste my time 

how long 
are you gonna wait 
we gotta get it  going 
pack up all your things bae
why do you waste your time
don’t wait until its too late
nothing here is worth it 
lets get out of this state

gotta keep it going
gotta keep it moving
x4

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keep it going// how long ~now on spotify~

I hung up your picture, Annabelle
Left a dozen roses in your mail
You say that you’re afraid
To date someone my age
It’s a month or two behind
You really shouldn’t mind
There’s no need for a reason
You can end this love if you want to

Cause Annabelle I want you to know
If things are blurry you can walk out the door
Cause I would die and go to hell to save this love, Annabelle

I called up your number, Annabelle
What did you say? I couldn’t tell
Your tone of voice was rude
It seemed to be untrue
Well, maybe I was wrong
For singing to your song
There’s no need for a reason
You can end this love if you want to

Cause Annabelle I want you to know
If things are blurry you can walk out the door
Cause I would die and go to hell to save this love, Annabelle

Annabelle

Arbetshäst

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Brother Sun (Single)

Brother Sun

Spotify

I'M ON TV

Buy & support: https://garbanotasbosistas.bandcamp.com/track/last-summers-day

Garbanotas | music
Mantas Joneikis | lyrics
Tilto namai | management
Garbanotas Bosistas | Šarukas Joneikis, Mantas Joneikis, Kipras Pugačiukas, Mantas Augustaitis
Snorre Bergerud | Ymir Audio | recording, mix, master

Lyrics:
Got stuck in the last summer’s day
My mind rolled on but the heart stayed
Stretch out your white hand, reach back in time
Bring back my heart, reunite with my mind

Lord, I really need to get moving
Lord, you know I gotta get moving on

On my way home everyone’s much like you
Come kiss my eyes any make-up will do
Touch your hair, bite your lip, leave the rest to the heart
In this circle game I just don’t know where to start

BIRP! October 2017

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