Name: Essay by Charlie Belle in Force Field PR August 2018 Playlist
Duration: 4 min
Description: Third EP from Austin-based duo Charlie Belle. Contact: info@charliebellemusic.com

Force Field PR August 2018 Playlist

Third EP from Austin-based duo Charlie Belle. Contact: info@charliebellemusic.com

Essay

Peel Dream Magazine is the nom de plume of New York City-based musician Joe Stevens. A nod to BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel, arbiter of all things underground, Peel Dream Magazine is highly evocative of a certain strain of independent music. Stevens harkens back to the early 1990s, when The Velvet Underground resurged as an inspiration to a new set of bands wielding synthesizers, off-set guitars, and a political bent. The Peel Dream experience is defined by a gentle, fuzzy psychedelia —it’s a hypnotic bit of mod-ish lo-fi pop, recalling the best of early Stereolab, Lilys, and other shaggy haired kids with vintage fuzz pedals, slim trousers, and good record collections.

Written and recorded over a four-week period in the fall of 2017, Peel Dream Magazine’s debut album "Modern Meta Physic" fixates on the New Age universe of the Catskills region of New York. Stevens deals in esoteric bohemian fare — Far East philosophy, Native American tradition, mid-century modern cool — as he appraises the world according to privileged urban expats who increasingly call the upstate paradise home.

Leading off the album, "Qi Velocity" is a metronomic take on French pop that yields to a lush chorus reminiscent of Belle and Sebastian. “Deetjen's," named after the much-loved bed & breakfast in Big Sur, would fit snugly on Unrest's best Teen Beat material. "Due to Advances in Modern Tourism" displays a soft take on Neu!, while the organ that enters could be a sly wink to Steve Reich's "Four Organs.”

There is an economy to these tracks — everything is distilled down to it’s essential elements, no gestures are wasted, no superfluous ornamentation taking up space. While Stevens is more than happy to show his influences on his sleeve — mind you, they're great influences — it's clear Peel Dream Magazine isn't just a “sound." The guy can write songs. Where he goes next is anybody's guess.

Modern Meta Physic

Peel Dream Magazine - Shenandoah

Recorded and Produced by Holy Golden and Seth Manchester
Mixed at Machines With Magnets
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Bass by Mike Mackey

Lost Island

Siblings by Bobey is being released via Golden Brown as a digital full length album, plus a limited edition vinyl 7" of "Melon Cauliflower" b/w "Foothills."

Vinyl Pre-Orders via Bandcamp:
https://bobey.bandcamp.com/album/siblings

Bobey - Foothills (feat. Emily Ritz)

TV On A Tiny Screen

Muted Crowd

Supreme Truth

From the new album 'Mandala Brush' by Spain.

Get it here: http://smarturl.it/SpainMandalaBrush

Mandala Brush

Maya in the summer

Spain - Maya in the summer

Something's Over by Delsbo Beach Club, released Nov 20 2018. From Debut EP 'Four tracks & a burger', released Jan 25 2019.

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Delsbo Beach Club - Something's Over

Don't Ask Me Twice

Porridge Radio - Don't Ask Me Twice

garden hose rainbows by nelipot.


Produced & Mixed by Jack Nigro @ Grove Studios
Mastered by Darren Ziesing

https://www.clashmusic.com/news/premiere-nelipot-garden-hose-rainbows

Garden Hose Rainbows

Courtyards - Stay Up

Living Wire

Monograms - Sounds Like Mean Spirit

Our New Album 'Celebrated By Strangers' is available for pre-order now: https://C-A.lnk.to/CAS

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Catholic Action - People Don't Protest Enough

Hollow Spheres

Plastic Dream

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Talk Show - Banshee

When international attention came to the sibling duo Charlie Belle in 2014, Jendayi and Gyasi Bonds were literally just kids. Sixteen and fourteen-years-old at the time, they were both already veterans of the Austin music scene (Austin City Limits, SXSW, Moody Theater) when their debut EP “Get To Know” blew up. Press came from NPR, Nylon, MTV, Vice, WIRED and others, and Jendayi and Gyasi appeared together on the SXSW edition of The Austin Chronicle. 

Jendayi and Gyasi are now 25 and 23 years old respectively, currently based in Brooklyn, NY. They were always plotting a return, and now they are back with a vengeance – the siblings are kicking into high gear with a stream of new singles and gigs all over, from their hometown of Austin to their new home in New York City. Those blown away by the catchiness and thoughtfulness of Charlie Belle’s debut can look forward to new music by young adults who have now been doing this for half their lives, and the music speaks for itself. What was already great is even better: pop music that’s keenly aware of the moment in a way that only Jendayi and Gyasi can speak to. There’s truly something extra special that only comes when siblings create pop songs like only siblings can.

Essay

Charlie Belle

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