Ivy Drips

Taken from Faux Fur's forthcoming S/T album released on cassette tape and digital download via Faux Discx on April 28.

PRE-ORDER HERE: http://fauxdiscx.bandcamp.com/album/faux-fur

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Disparate expressions between the hands and face. The hands mingling excitedly, traipsing about the neck. The face practically falling off itself. A combusting bough of fingertips and the lips, listless, drooping like a string of rosary beads.

This full-length debut from Calgary’s next-gen guitar pop wizards is built on a highly-effective, single-minded tension. Achieved by piling thousands of tiny, intricate working parts upon each other, the listener is left staring at the teetering heap. It stands tall and glints in the sun. It casts a shadow.

The mood is set impeccably time and again by engaging musicianship and antithetical vocal apathy. Similar to Montreal’s Each Other and Victoria’s Freak Heat Waves, the beauty of Faux Fur is found in the degree to which their songs are stirring and evocative despite being incredibly reserved.

FAUX FUR – Rough Palms

from Melted Toys' upcoming self-titled debut

out July 15th, 2014

PRE ORDER HERE: http://underwaterpeoples.com/2014/04/29/melted-toys-%E2%80%9Cst%E2%80%9D-lpuplp025pre-order/

Melted Toys - Blush

Don't Get Closer

Disco Bear II MIX 4

Walter TV - Hawaiii

Side A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN8UkYnsvn0 : )

7" Vinyl and digital release through Häxrummet Records available on Bandcamp: https://starhorse.bandcamp.com/album/slower-now

Slower Now

Latest single from Hideous Towns' debut LP, due in late 2016 via The Lost and Lonesome Recording Co.

Written and performed by Hideous Towns 
Produced by Hideous Towns and Matthew Hosking 
Recorded and mixed by Matthew Hosking 
Mastered by Mikey Young 
Artwork and design by Shannon Dowling

Value

Silver Spoon

"Dog Milk" is the second single from Palm's forthcoming LP, "Rock Island", out February 9th, 2018 on Carpark Records.

Pre-orders available here:
Carpark shop - smarturl.it/rockisland_carpark
dsps (iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon) - http://smarturl.it/rockisland_dsps

Tour Dates:
January 19th - Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace*
January 20th - Hamden, CT - The Ballroom*
February 9th - New York, NY - Market Hotel
February 16th - Boston, MA - Great Scott
February 18th - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
February 19th - Detroit, MI - Marble Bar
February 20th - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
February 21st - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
February 22nd - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
February 23rd - Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin
February 24th - Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College
February 26th - Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge
February 27th - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
February 28th - Boise, ID - Neurolux
March 1st - Seattle, WA - Barboza
March 2nd - Portland, OR - Bunk Bar
March 5th - Reno, NV - Holland Project
March 6th - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
March 8th - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
March 9th - San Diego, CA - SPACE
March 10th - Phoenix, AZ - Flying Burrito Fest
March 11th - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
March 13th - Dallas, TX - Double Wide
March 14th - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 15th - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 16th - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 17th - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 19th - Birmingham, AL - The Firehouse
March 20th - Atlanta, GA - 529
March 21st - Durham, NC - Pinhook
March 22nd - Norfolk, VA - Toast
March 23rd - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
March 24th - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
March 26th - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church

* - w Deerhoof

Palm - Dog Milk

Formed in January 2009, Girls Names quickly garnered recognition outside of the confines of their hometown of Belfast with the release of their eponymous debut EP in 2010 through New York's Captured Tracks. A mini-album through London imprint Tough Love soon followed, setting the foundations for their critically acclaimed debut LP Dead To Me, released in April last year again by Tough Love in Europe and cult West Coast label Slumberland Records in the US. 

Girls Names return in 2012 and are hinting at a slightly different direction and its all the more positive for it. This new single titled ‘A Troubled See’ makes up one half of a 7” split with label mates Weird Dreams. The release will be available from Tough Love records on 25th June and Slumberland Records the following day. The track itself has a wonderful simplicity, an endearing guitar hook that pulls the hip muscles back and forth yet staying that side of the dirty track where it’s ok to hang out. The band will also be playing a handful of shows in May including a performance at Primaverafestival in Barcelona. 

After a successful tour of Europe in October last year supporting stand alone single ‘Black Saturday’, Girls Names began to hint at a possible directional shift away from their often misperceived surf and indie-pop roots into something more a kin to Krautrock and Psychedelia. Indeed, the band has expanded to a four-piece and has spent the last six months in virtual seclusion honing and developing a more progressive and expansive sound, feeding on the darker sides of Echo and The Bunnymen, Spacemen 3, The Birthday Party and David Bowie's Low. 

So here we are in 2012 and Girls Names are going to come out of hiding with a sophomore record and right now ‘A Troubled See’ is as solid an introduction to the forthcoming chapter as you’re going to get.

Release/catalogue number: SLR 176

Girls Names - A Troubled See

Established in 1999, Carpark Records is an independent record label based in Washington DC.  

Palm - Dog Milk

Carpark Records

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