me: *desperately flipping sides in attempt to catch you there*

A great track! spinnin' now @rc thnx #rockplug 📑 Added to Sound Plugs February 2017 #playlist tinyurl.com/gp282jf

Awesome vocals and hooky lines! Love these guys!

Faith Healer - Universe

Evening Reflection

"Flipside" off of 'Can You Deal?' by Bleached, out March 3rd, 2017 on Dead Oceans

Buy / stream "Flipside" - https://bleached.lnk.to/canyoudeal

FLIPSIDE

Bleached - Flipside

A song dedicated to Charlie Fagan; a man with a lot of love to give.

charlie

Today we're delighted to introduce the dream pop fuzz of Londoners Worst Place.

Having formed in early 2016, Worst Place have spent several months propping up basement bills, sharing a smattering of psych-tinged jams and receiving support from 6 Music's Tom Robinson. With the weather's poor attempt at convincing us that it is indeed summer, Worst Place are perfectly poised to bring the rays. In 'Dreamer' Worst Place deliver three minutes of perfect shoegazing pop taking shimmers of inspiration from Alvvays knack for an earworm chorus and Fear of Men's ability to enshroud something slightly darker amongst perfectly pleasant fuzz pop. 

For the artwork the band decided to create a classic American-style postcard with each of the maps inside the letters representing places that they grew up or have links to. Worst Place will be celebrating the launch of the single with a release party at The Shacklewell Arms this Friday. It's free entry and support comes from Meal Deals and Scab City: https://www.facebook.com/events/1748199365210175/

The Postcard Club

Worst Place - Dreamer

Nick Catrambone - Guitar
Jamee Lockard - Bass
Charlie Kilgore - Drums & vocals

Recorded at Red Feather Studios

Engineered by Adam Manson
Mixed by Charlie Kilgore
Mastered by Julian Kaufman
Art by Charlie Kilgore

Lyrics:
seeing northern lights
crawling down the buildings every night
purple fades to black
as a moony eye observes us from
above your shingled roof 
above your shingled roof

i’ve got this sneaking suspicion that i’m
made of sticks and glue
and if the scientists agree
we’ll hear it in the news
but they won’t print my name
they won’t print my name

ooo ooo (x4)

please don’t come in
because my room looks like the gowanus canal
it’s full of trash and piss
and maybe a runaway dolphin
but at least the water’s green
at least the water’s green
everything’s ok
my mood changes seasonally anyway
and when you’re done with me
i’ll just find someone else to latch onto
i’ll feel right by spring
i’ll feel right by spring

ooo ooo (x4)

Bass Song

All songs written, recorded, mixed by Andy Burns.
Mastering by Gerry McGough. 
Violin on Matsuri by Mari Matsubara.

Excited

Heat

Clairvoyant by Friendship

Mailorder Vinyl LP / Tape:
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NOVA ONE - violet dreams

Over three albums under his own name, Devon Williams has honed a trademark blend of shining power pop, folk rock, and jangle pop that explores the shared spaces and nuances of each, anchored by his distinctive melodic gifts. After an uncharacteristic six-year break, he returns with "A Tear In The Fabric": 12 lushly arranged, deeply felt songs chronicling a journey from confusion to clarity, driven by a lilting dreaminess, rock-solid songcraft, and unerring hooks.

The long six years between 2014's "Gilding the Lily" and "A Tear In The Fabric" were defined by a series of changes: most notably, the birth of Williams' daughter four years ago and the illness and eventual death of his father in 2019. Williams found himself engaged in an endless dialogue with his thoughts and, in turn, incessantly tweaking and prodding the material. Even mixing became a place to labor over details, turning into a two-year process.

The finished songs are a series of evocative snapshots for Williams: questions asked, answers given, compromises reached, as captured with startling lucidity as on "Domesticated": "I'm under your skin, is this the price of forever? I don't mind if you just do what you like / I find it hard to re-adjust this tug of war / Is it part of the role? / Well, if it is, I can play." 

Rarely have songs so personal sounded so luxurious. In a catalog full of pop gems, "A Tear In The Fabric" stands out for its completeness – individual worlds of sound and sentiment, timeless and transcending their origins. Its creation may have been laborious, but the final product feels as natural as breathing.

A Tear In The Fabric 

Devon Williams - A Tear In The Fabric

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