I am sad this didn’t blow up, it’s so good & catchy wtheck

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

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Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Literature - New Jacket

Never Loved Anyway

Written and Performed by Jonathan Lambert

Echo of the Others (Demo)

The vibrant and loose new single taken from the debut album 'Memory Lounge' out February 19th.

The album is a co-release between Citrus City and Sports Day records. It will be released digitally and on an extremely limited edition of 30 cassette tapes complete with special Memory Lounge matchboxes if you act fast!

Album/Tapes: maxgardener.bandcamp.com 

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divine ii (for ev and someoneelse)

My Love Will Always Be With You

happy new year, ill cheer up soon

23.12.17

recorded in belgium

its only

confused (demo)

lyrics:
walter
how long
have you been away from home?
not long at all
walter 
how long 
have u been singing your song?
not long at all

walter says
“I’m not the boy ur looking for,
at least not anymore” 
watching cars just driving by
Thats how he wants to spend his time 

[walter part again]

walter says
“im not the boy ur looking for,
at least not anymore”
he will watch the cars go by
till the sun hears him cry
“im not the boy ur looking for,
at least not anymore”
watching cars just driving by
thats how he wants to spend his time

long live walter
he’s playing by the rules
he does what he has to do

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