'The Willo' is the first song on The Willo/Energy 12" single by Toy. Limited to 500 copies -  200 will be on transparent vinyl available from the Tough Love official store, and 300 black vinyl will be available in indie stores from the 14th of September. Pre-order here -  http://smarturl.it/Toy12

The Willo/Energy 12" - MP3s

Toy - The Willo

'In The Stone' is taken from Normil Hawaiians' new 7" out September 11th through Upset The Rhythm.

https://upsettherhythm.co.uk/

When Upset The Rhythm released Normil Hawaiians’ lost album ‘Return Of The Ranters’ back in 2015, the band members got back in touch with each other after a 30 year break and starting playing music together again. Out of this the group played a launch show for the album and followed that up with more concerts, including an appearance at Supernormal, a residency at the Edinburgh Festival, gigs at Cafe OTO and supporting Richard Dawson in London too. They even recently toured Greece in support of having all three of their renowned exploratory post-punk albums finally back in print.

Throughout this time, Normil Hawaiians revisited their original songs for these live performances. However for a group always so interested in evolving their sound and seeking nuance, it comes as no surprise that they shirked the idea of a faithful retread of old material in favour of reimagining their songs. The group experimented by pushing their songs into new inventive dimensions, still progressive at heart, but now imbued with a cosmic uncanny. A cinematic, even pastoral approach that was always quietly present has come to the fore. The quaint weirdness of folk song, the humanity of communal practice and the group’s ecological mindedness have all found a place in Normil Hawaiians’ current sound world. With this conducive atmosphere brewing, the band’s first new songs in decades started to emerge.

Being far-flung across the UK, the Family Hawaii encamped to Tayinloan, a small village on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland with the intention of recording new music. They set up their own studio in an isolated, windswept house overlooking the sea and started the tape rolling. Noel Blanden from the band explains how the spirit of the location was such an inspiration to the group during this initial recording session: “Our time immersed in the place and the unique energy it generated in us allowed us to write ‘In The Stone’. It goes right back to our first album, this need to document experience before it passes over and eludes us. We were grabbing at the musical ether and letting it shape itself through the band.” From loose, improvised sessions and reflective periods of listening in Tayinloan, Normil Hawaiians captured the moment. ‘In The Stone’ is a motorik thrill of distorted guitars, locked rhythms and morphic resonance. Guy Smith is joined by Zinta Egle on vocals, skilfully sharing lyrics informed by Alan Garner and Nigel Kneale’s ideas around recurring events being linked to place and historical artefact;  a kind of residual haunting known as ‘Stone Tape’ theory. In keeping with the context of the song, sounds from several previous live recordings of the track were woven into its present being. Flipside ‘Where is Living?’ is a decidedly more delicate affair of questioning lyrics and eerie traces, droning strings and impressions smudged. This resultant 7” is a tantalising glimpse of Normil Hawaiians now, an echo from the past, an echo from the future.
 
Website: https://normilhawaiians.com/

'In The Stone / Where Is Living?'

Normil Hawaiians - 'In The Stone' 7"

from IPU145
http://ribbonstage.bandcamp.com

Ribbon Stage - "Personal Hell"

'Reach Out' is taken from Sleeper & Snake's forthcoming album 'Fresco Shed', out Sept 25th through Upset The Rhythm & LuLu's Sonic Discs!

Available to pre-order here: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Fresco Shed

Sleeper & Snake - 'Reach Out'

From the forthcoming album - Street Riffs. Available for pre-order now at www.inthredrecords.com!

CCR Headcleaner - Save The Song

from new single out 8 Sep 2020. Order via
https://ffm.to/nozustranger

NO ZU - Talking To A Stranger

Nightshift - Power Cut

Their album "Private Meaning First" will be released 27th November. First single "Closure" soundtracks a short film, the result of the band's collaboration with with Clara Marguerat, a young French photographer and videographer. It shows everyday life at its most honest, filmed on the Paris Metro

Watch and listen here: https://thepsychoticmonks.plctrmm.to/closure

The Psychotic Monks - 'Closure'

GAIA

Dublin noisers Girl Band are at the controls for the 30th mixtape of the series (also the first of 2021).
The cult quartet graced us with nearly three hours of selected tunes - from avantgarde compositions and industrial to post punk and hip hop.

Tracklist:
1. Don Reed featuring The Voice Of Love - Nature Boy
2. Philip Glass - Floe
3. Roly Porter - In Flight
4. The Flaming Lips - Are you a Hypnotist?
5. Portishead - Machine Head
6. Death Grips - Come Up And Get Me
7. Yoko Ono, The Flaming Lips - Cambridge 1969/2007
8. Meridian Brothers - Puya del empresario
9. Los Saicos - Demolicion
10. Richard Swift - Lady Luck
11. John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chickentown
12. Cumbia Siglo XX - En la Naga Pedale
13. Los Piranas - El venado triste
14. Adonis, Osain del Monte - La Guaracha
15. Jean Grae, Quelle Chris - Gold Purple Orange
16. Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats - Track 07
17. The Fall - Dr Buck's Letter
18. Sun City Girls - The Shining Path
19. Lankum - Willow Garden
20. Junior Brother - Full Of Wine
21. Isao Tomita - Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune
22. Lankum - The Pride of Petravore
23. Executive Slacks - The Bus (12" Version)
24. Talking Heads - The Great Curve
25. Naive Ted - the punisher's wrath (Sherkin mix)
26. Swans - She Loves Us
27. Lightning Bolt - Dead Cowboy
28. Paula Temple - Monstro
29. Special Request - Spectral Frequency
30. Pan Sonic - Rahina II
31. Paula Temple - Gegen
32. Lot.te - History of Discipline
33. Slam - Severed

NO ZU - Talking To A Stranger

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