BIRP! September 2016

Vinyl: http://bit.ly/yoncalla-vinyl
Apple: http://smarturl.it/YumiZoumaYoncalla
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/YumiZoumaSpotify
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"Keep It Close To Me” appears on Yoncalla, the debut album by Yumi Zouma.

Where Yumi Zouma’s previous EPs were created in isolation, capturing the nuances of each member’s life half a world away, Yoncalla was given a singular voice. “Yumi Zouma has always been an exercise in refining ideas and collaborating,” reflects guitarist Charlie Ryder, “but this was the first time we weren’t limited or protected by distance. With Yoncalla, the process was different, and it can be scary to present raw ideas to your friends ‐ but it’s also incredible to see songs evolve through the sparks of inspiration that bounce between people in the same room.” That intimacy is apparent on Yoncalla ‐ an album about being close to people, rather than miles apart. Yumi Zouma’s effortless waves of harmony have been redefined and the creative process laid bare to expose an act more unguarded and interconnected than ever before. 

To capture the concepts on Yoncalla, New Zealand visual artist Henrietta Harris was tapped to create the cover art, illustrating the band together on a front cover for the first time. 

TOUR DATES 
www.yumizouma.com 
September 1 - Wellington, New Zealand @ San Francisco Bathhouse
September 2 - Auckland, New Zealand @ The Other's Way 2016
September 3 - Christchurch, New Zealand @ Wunderbar
September 7 - Bondi, NSW, Australia @ Beach Road Hotel
September 8 - Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia @ The Brightside
September 8 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia @ Bigsound 2016
September 10 - Brunswick VIC, Australia @ The Penny Black
September 12 - Tokyo, Japan @ WWW 
September 13 - Nagoya, Japan @ Tokuzo
September 14 - Osaka, Japan @ Pangea
September 16 - Hong Kong, China @ Hillywood
September 23 - Hamburg, Germany @ Reeperbahn Festival 2016 
September 24 - Heidelberg, Germany @ Heidelberger Herbst 2016
September 25 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg
September 27 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Papiersaal
September 28 - Milan, Italy @ Biko
September 29 - Bologna, Italy @ Covo Club
September 30 - Rome, Italy @ Quirinetta
October 1 - Turin, Italy @ Astoria
October 5 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Bar National
October 6 - Antwerp, Belgium @ TRIX Centrum voor Muziek
October 9 - Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel @ Tmuna Theatre
October 12 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ FOLK
October 15 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Strand
October 17 - London, UK @ Oslo Hackney
October 21 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Festival 2016 
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Vinyl

Yumi Zouma - Keep It Close To Me

Taken from 'Sweatbox Dynasty' LP by TOBACCO, out August 19, 2016.

Order at The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/collections/frontpage/products/tobacco-sweatbox-dynasty
Or at the retailer of your choice: Ghostly.lnk.to/tobacco

Sweatbox Dynasty

TOBACCO - Human Om

Ice EP released 1st July. 

Digital download: apple.co/1sBTiD6

Recorded, produced and mixed with Theo Verney at Church Road & Regal Studioz.

Artwork by Joe Sanchez x Susannah Joyce

Welcome Molly Burch to Captured Tracks! 

Pre-order her debut single, "Downhearted," out September 16th, here: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/downhearted

Molly Burch - Downhearted

Gurr - Walnuss

From the 8/26/16 Morgan Delt album Phase Zero
http://u.subpop.com/1X8Wmmw

Morgan Delt 
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/morgandeltmusic
Twitter https://twitter.com/morgandelt

Morgan Delt - Some Sunsick Day

Annie Hall

"All Skaters Go To Heaven" is the third single from IAN SWEET's Shapeshifter, out now on CD, LP, digital, and cassette from Hardly Art records.

Order Shapeshifter: flyt.it/shapeshifter

Follow IAN SWEET on Twitter: twitter.com/iansweet420
Follow IAN SWEET on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ian_sweeeeet
Like IAN SWEET on Facebook: www.facebook.com/iansweetmusic


Shapeshifter

IAN SWEET - "All Skaters Go To Heaven"

TROPICAL BY FERN. 
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Tropical

From 'If You See Me Say Yes' - Out September 23, 2016

Pre-order: 
CD/LP: smarturl.it/IfYouSeeCDLP
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/IfYouSeeiTunes

US Tour Dates:
Tix via www.flockofdimes.com

9/23 - Trans-Pecos Festival - Marfa, TX
10/01-10/02/16 - Funkhaus Naelpastrasse - Berlin, DE 
10/04/16 - The Victoria - London, UK
10/14 - Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM^^
10/15 - 191 Toole - Tucson, AZ^^
10/16 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA^^
10/17 - Bootleg Theater - Los Angeles, CA^^
10/18 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA^^
10/20 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR^^
10/21 - The Cobalt - Vancouver, BC^^
10/22 - Barboza - Seattle, WA^^
10/25 - 7th St. Entry - Minneapolis, MN^^
10/26 - Schubas - Chicago, IL^^
10/28 - The Drake - Toronto, ON^^
10/29 - Bar Le Ritz PDB - Montreal, QC^^
10/30 - Great Scott - Allston, MA^^
11/1 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA^^
11/2 - Rough Trade NYC - Brooklyn, NY^^
11/4 - U Street Music Hall - Washington, DC^^
11/5 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC^^
11/6 - The Mothlight - Asheville, NC^^
11/8 - The High Watt - Nashville, TN^^
11/9 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA^^
11/11 - Three Links - Dallas, TX^^
11/12 - 3TEN ACL Live - Austin, TX^^

^^Your Friend=supporting act

Flock Of Dimes - Everything Is Happening Today

10.21.16 

Pre-order at http://smarturl.it/af-lp2

New shows announced: americanfootballmusic.com

10.29 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
01.28 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 
02.11 - London, UK @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire 
02.25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Ace Hotel Theatre



I've Been So Lost for So Long

Sunburns

Written, produced, mixed by Danz. Obscure but Visible EP out October 7th on Channel 9 Records, available for pre-order here: http://https://itun.es/us/eiMBdb 

Pre-order limited edition 10" vinyl here: http://bit.ly/2bDaALd
Pre-order limited edition red cassette here: http://bit.ly/2bS1Ql9


Obscure But Visible EP

Computer Magic - Dimensions

thederevolutions@gmail.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5AztyG5JSIPM9UozcKMlBq

Music

the derevolutions - Music

Never Going Home

Buy 2xEP

Hazel English - I'm Fine

Killing Me To Love You

Caged Animals is the musical moniker for Jersey-born, Brooklyn-based songwriter Vincent Cacchione and his family band.  With a long history in the borough’s DIY music scene, Cacchione emerged from his role fronting Soft Black (whose members included DIIV’s Zachary Cole Smith) to form Caged Animals, alongside his sister Talya, partner Magali Charron, and childhood friend Patrick Curry.

“Wildflowers” is the first track to be shared from the band’s new album.  Built around a propulsive groove and nocturnal atmosphere, “Wildflowers” trades in the kind of noir-tinged, art-pop The New Yorker once described as a “hip-hop influenced Velvet Underground.”  

Enveloping his plain-spoken delivery in undulating synthesizers and paisley arpeggios, Cacchione uses extended metaphor to describe the power of new life.  From the song’s central image, a flower growing in an otherwise empty field, Cacchione begins:

“This is your proof of superpowers my favorite wildflower / scaling up the towers.”  His subject, a thing of great potential, “Born into a kingdom already conquered,” but getting stronger every day.  It’s no surprise to find this theme not only stems from something personal but has it’s roots in one of life’s biggest changes.

“I wrote Wildflowers a couple months after the birth of my daughter Alaska,” explains Cacchione.  “My mind was swimming with nature.  Becoming a parent made me understand something about the power of each individual.  How we transcend our humble beginnings and make our live’s meaningful.”

Distilling their unique musical vision into it’s most focused form, Caged Animals remain understated and curious on “Wildflowers.”  Their pop-forward melodicism is both well-worn and refreshing; remaining direct, soulful, and uniquely unguarded.  A full album is expected in early 2017, featuring guest appearances from Neutral Milk Hotel’s Julian Koster and avant-alto-saxophonist Chris Aiello.

Wildflowers

"Tape Machine" is the 1st track on our new album "Being No One, Going Nowhere" out 11/4/16
Pre-order LP/CD/TAPE/DIGITAL: http://plyvnyl.co/beingnoone
Pre-order on iTunes - http://smarturl.it/beingnoone
Pre-order on Bandcamp - http://plyvnyl.co/beingnoone-BC
Lyrics:

thin and white and kinky hair
a shadows climbing up the wall
your letter lying near the phone 
with honors for the patient one 

I know your dark side is stronger than you think 
you always were underneath

was this trouble your nature
why can’t you shake it
even like this
was this trouble your nature
why can’t you say it
even like this
 

I don’t know why


they always have so much to say
and no one there who cared to hear

I know your darkness better than you think
while all your old lovers falling on their knees
and all their hearts exploding underneath
you always were good to me

was this trouble your nature
why can’t you shake it
even like this
was this trouble your nature
why can’t you say it
even like this

BIRP! September 2016

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