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Firestations - Receiver

New EP 'Heads West' out now! Limited run of cassettes available here: https://thedeathofpop.bandcamp.com/album/heads-west

Produced by the Death of Pop

released March 16, 2018 
Leisure Records
Artwork by George Abram

Ready For Us

Lens Mozer - I Wanna Love You

Known for their compelling song-writing and excruciatingly long breaks between albums, The Laurels are back with ‘Monkey On My Back’, the first single to be lifted from their forthcoming and highly anticipated third record.

‘Monkey On My Back’ combines raw guitars and layered harmonies that are driven by a soulful rhythm section. The track sees the band regain the energy they captured on Mesozoic, the pop sensibilities displayed on Plains, and the hip-hop production aesthetic developed on Sonicology.

Monkey On My Back by The Laurels

From the album 'Up On High', out November 1st on Mama Bird Recording Co. (US/World) and Loose Music (UK/EU).

/// PLAYERS

Andy Cabic: vocals, guitars, keyboard
Gabe Noel: bass
Josh Adams: drums
Dan Iead: guitar

/// CREDITS

All songs written by Andy Cabic / Vetiverse Music (BMI)
Produced by Thom Monahan & Andy Cabic
Engineered and mixed by Thom Monahan
Recorded at Starlight Sound, Golden Void & Panoramic House
Mastered by Eric Broyhill at Broyhill Masters
Management by Dave Grazynski at Congress+Main
Cover photography by Terri Loewenthal 
Layout and design by Nathaniel Russell and Vincent Bancheri

/// LYRICS

Once a songbird caught me by surprise
With the strength of its singing
A bright call took flight, pierced the air
Like a lone bell a-ringing

What’s past is past
Wanted, never asked

I don’t expect to get a second chance
To choose my words as I mean to
But I’d take it all back, I was wrong
Now I know what you’ve been through

What’s past is past
Wanted, never asked

A songbird’s shadow upon the lawn
Lies in wait since you’re gone

Sun sure falls fast
No shadow cast
What’s past is past
Wanted, never asked

Up On High

Vetiver - Wanted, Never Asked

First single from the Parisian quintet's second album "Juillet", out January 24th, 2020 via Trouble In Mind Records.
(www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

En Attendant Ana "Words" (Trouble In Mind Records)

Peel Dream Magazine is the musical vehicle for NYC's Joe Stevens, who launched the band in 2018 with the critically acclaimed album "Modern Meta Physic." With it Stevens created a mysterious, liminal tribute to the hazy end of ‘90s dream-pop – a masterful mix of first-class songwriting precision and train-window sonic impressionism that duly found its place on numerous "Best of 2018" lists.

After 18 months of writing and live shows with a shifting cast of band members, Peel Dream are back with "Agitprop Alterna," an album that pushes the group's dreamy, motorik-heavy sound to a deeply melodic and beautifully discordant place. The album pays homage to a strain of mod-ish U.K. pop that spans early My Bloody Valentine and Talulah Gosh, up through early Stereolab, Belle & Sebastian, and even Broadcast. It's also indebted to stateside pop bands that were cut from a similar cloth -- Rocketship, Lilys, Yo La Tengo, and even "Nevermind"-era Nirvana.

Where the creation of "Modern Meta Physic" was a solitary pursuit, "Agitprop Alterna" found Stevens channeling the collaborative spirit of the band's ever-rotating live incarnation in the studio. The album is ultimately defined by the tension of difference: between itself and its predecessor; intertwined male-female vocals; the music's languid dreaminess and concrete sonic immediacy.

Deeply rooted in the Brechtian ideas of art as a tool to spur action, "Agitprop Alterna" deepens the connection between the existential and the interpretive first explored on "Modern Meta Physic," giving the listener space to find their own meaning in shimmering guitars, fuzzed-out synths, and buzzing organ drones. It is a rejection of manipulation in all its forms and a buzzsaw against complacency – soft-focus pop whose clear-cut message is that you get to decide the message. It's a rare trick to agitate without being obvious: perhaps that makes "Agitprop Alterna" the most Peel Dream Magazine-like statement yet.

Agitprop Alterna

Agitprop Altern

Peel Dream Magazine - Emotional Devotion Creator

Caged Sleep is taken from the forthcoming album "Consummation" out 22nd May 2020. Pre-order here: https://smarturl.it/kvsconsummation

Katie Von Schleicher - Caged Sleep

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