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"Hoodwink'd" is the long awaited sophomore LP from NY lo-fi rockers, LVL UP. The 15-song full length will release this fall on Double Double Whammy and Exploding in Sound.

Preorder here: http://store.dbldblwhmmy.com/categories/all

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LVL UP :: Soft Power

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US/CAN: www.explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-distant-fist-unclenching

UK/EU Vinyl: http://bloodandbiscuits.awesomedistro.com/products/539110-preorder-krill-a-distant-fist-unclenching-12-vinyl

UK EU Vinyl/T-shirt Bundle: http://bloodandbiscuits.awesomedistro.com/products/539713-preorder-krill-bundle

TOUR DATES:
02/06 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Porches., Frankie Cosmos &amp; Sheer Mag
02/23 - Manchester, UK @ Gulliver's
02/24 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
02/25 - London, UK @ Old Blue Last
02/27 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
02/28 - Bristol, UK @ Start the Bus
03/01 - Brighton, UK @ Green Dore Store w/ Alex G
03/03 - Paris, France @ Espace B
03/04 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix Bar
03/05 - Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat
03/06 - Zeewolde, Netherlands @ Where The Wild Things Are Festival
03/07 - Berlin, Germany @ Bang Bang Club
03/13 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott LP release w/ Palehound, Lair & Cloud Becomes Your Hand
03/14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn LP release w/ LVL UP, & Cloud Becomes Your Hand
03/15 - Harrisonburg, VA @ Crayola House w/ Ava Luna
03/16 - Raleigh, NC @ Neptune's w/ Ava Luna
03/17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Cleaners w/ Ava Luna & Warehouse
03/18 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia w/ Ava Luna & Native America
03/19-3/22 - Austin, TX @ SXSW

Tiger

Taken from Family Portrait pt. II due for release 11th May 2015 on marbled 12" and digital download.

Pre order here: http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/544699-family-portrait-pt-ii-12

Bruising formed late last year after singer and guitarist Naomi Baguley spotted Ben Lewis wearing a Perfect Pussy t-shirt in a Leeds nightclub. Bonding over a mutual love of all things fuzzy, they began messaging voice memos from their phones back and forth until, finally, they got together in the same room and started writing some songs. Since then their infectious, ear worm, fuzz pop has gained them acclaim from the NME, DIY and even Radio 1's Huw Stephens, as well as being described by GoldFlakePaint as 'The best new guitar band in the country'.

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Bruising - Think About Death

All songs written & produced by Filip Sjögren
Recorded by Filip Sjögren & Simon Selsfors
Mixed by Filip Sjögren
Mastered by Olof Höglin

Vocals / Guitar - Filip Sjögren
Drums / Vocals - Josef Ask
Guitar - Johan Ekeberg
Keys - Joel Selsfors
Bass / Vocals - Uno Dvärby

Vocals on "Clear" - Alva Lindau
Choir - Julia Nilsson
Drunk choir on "Summer Ends" - Lots of nice people at Filips 20th birthday party.

ARTWORK AND LAYOUT BY Klara Viriden

All Rights Reserved Youth Recordings 2015

Lyrics:
Summer ends 
Without you here 
All I knew 
Have been shred to tears 

Finally 
I took a step 
Now I've found 
A greater threat 

Alone with the shadows in my room 
oh, It feels like nothing will bloom 
I have to leave it now 
Im breaking myself down 

Summer ends 
And I disappear 
Show me now 
make it clear 
make it clear

Summer Ends

Changing faces

Happy Cassette Store Day! We’ve decided to celebrate by giving one of our favourite EP’s of recent times a proper physical release, it is of course Comfortably Swell, the debut EP from Brighton brother and sister duo Penelope Isles.

Originally self released on their own Wavey Head label, Comfortably Swell is seven tracks of wonderfully varied melodic beach pop. I often find it quite a struggle to write about music that I love so dearly, but thankfully our pal Ross has already done a pretty great job of describing what makes this release so special.

"Opening slowly with each listen, the way the group engage is in their apparent ease in writing such compelling melodies. Each chorus swells with emotional value; the gentle delivery of their vocals producing the most stirring effect. Lily sings with an innate ability to evoke child-like curiosity, ‘Apple Juice‘ full of wonderment in it’s loose and adventurous moments, ‘The Loop‘ dwells on love’s disorientating nature as guitars sweep and mingle in swelling distortion, while ‘Tea‘ dreams nostalgically of the coast, patters of synth topped with another heart-wrenching chord progression through it’s chorus.

It all builds around an empathetic belief in the reminiscent romance of growing up and it’s influence on what’s happening in the very present. ‘Bad Head‘s introduction is of wishful thinking and a proactive need for change; “I’m trying to act my real self / but I don’t think it’s working.”. A plea for difference and positivity opens the record to the colourful remembrance of youth, ‘Apple Juice‘s comfort and buoyancy in simplicity is the complete antithesis; “I think I’m the better swimmer / after only two weeks” Lily’s lyrics are convivial in their simplest form, yet are penned by an irrepressible melancholy, trying to hold onto the happiest of memories that allow at least a moment of escape, “grab your bucket and spade / before the memory fades“. "

If it had been left to me I would’ve just gone for the much less eloquent description of “Comfortably Swell is the sound of your favourite Beach House and Deerhunter records spinning round inside a tumble dryer full of glitter and that one good Melody’s Echo Chamber album.

As anyone who arrived early at our Label Mates party in March or our 6th Birthday in August will attest, live, these songs take on a new form as they soar and swell. Despite their early billing both times, I think I can honestly say both times they have been my favourite band I’ve seen that day. We’re really excited for whatever they come up with next, but in the meantime we thought giving this amazing EP a bit more attention served as a nice stick in the ground.

Comfortably Swell

Penelope Isles - Bad Head

Produced, recorded and mixed by Larry Crane at Jackpot! Recording Studio in Portland, Ore. 

Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph. 

Cover photo by Bob Renno.

Girl

Morning TV's second single off their upcoming EP 'Sun'

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