::: e radio: august 2017

For the upcoming compilation Sugar Rush 2 benefitting QORDS (camp for LGBTIA in the South). 

Pre-Order/Donate here: https://thegreyestatesblog.bandcamp.com/album/sugar-rush-volume-2

Mad Sugar

Vinyl: http://bit.ly/willowbank-vinyl 
Spotify: http://bit.ly/willowbank-spotify 
iTunes: http://bit.ly/willowbank-apple
Bandcamp: yumizouma.bandcamp.com/album/willowbank
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'December' is the first single from Yumi Zouma's sophomore album, Willowbank, out October 6, 2017 on Cascine.

Limited edition Willowbank 12"s are pressed on baby blue vinyl and include sheet music for album highlight 'Carnation’ printed on premium cotton paper. Select LPs will also include hidden entry tickets to invite-only release parties in New York City and Los Angeles, featuring live and DJ sets from the band. Pre-orders will ship the week of September 18.

Just over a year after releasing their lauded debut LP, Yoncalla, Yumi Zouma return with Willowbank, the band’s sophomore album. For the making of Willowbank, Yumi Zouma's members — Charlie Ryder, Josh Burgess, Christie Simpson and Sam Perry — settled on a plan to reunite for the New Zealand summer. To complete what would become their first significant work written and recorded entirely in their home country, they rented a studio in Christchurch’s semi-demolished CBD, on one of the few remaining blocks that still characterizes the city from before it was destroyed by a series of earthquakes. “It was as though there was a brief pause in all of our lives and we finally felt like a band from New Zealand,” said Burgess. “We were on home turf and creating from a place that felt fundamentally natural.” When you know it’s there, the feeling of rootedness is undeniable on Willowbank. Being connected to their origins on the bottom of the earth allowed the band’s members to craft another essential chapter in the Yumi Zouma storybook.

Catch Yumi Zouma on tour this fall and winter: www.yumizouma.com
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Willowbank

December

Pre-order Vinyl

Yumi Zouma - December

Pre-order vinyl at bit.ly/nofriendsep

Follow Surf Rock Is Dead:
http://www.surfrockisdead.bandcamp.com
http://www.surfrockisdead.com
https://www.facebook.com/surfrockisdead
https://twitter.com/surfrockisdead
https://instagram.com/surfrockisdead

Hailing from Chicago and Melbourne, Australia respectively, Kevin Pariso and Joel Witenberg together make up the Brooklyn duo, Surf Rock is Dead.  Embodying the beachiness of their namesake's genre through a new wave filter, the band have spent the last two years crafting an infectious brand of dream-pop in the vein of Diiv, Day Wave, and Beach Fossils.

“The phrase ‘we have no friends’ is a running joke and half-truth between the band.” Says Pariso about the namesake of the EP. “When we formed the project we would spend late weekend nights jamming and writing music instead of spending it out with friends. Putting time into a creative project definitely can hamper your social life but the idea is that the fruit it bears will be worth the sacrifices.”  

Those sacrifices paid off when the band went to record, using music as a way to escape the day-to-day grind and hot NYC summers. Ultimately, the duo was able to build off each other from similar shared experiences to turn song and lyric ideas into the anthemic dream-pop of the five-song EP. 

‘We Have No Friends?’ will be released September 22 on both vinyl, and digital formats. Vinyl versions include their debut 'SRiD' EP on the b-side.

Photo by Allegra Toran

Vinyl/ Streaming

Surf Rock is Dead – As If

Millionyoung - Rare Form

Southern Mind

Alibi

1st single from the upcoming album "Show Me To The Sun'

Pre-order the album here: tamvantage.bandcamp.com/album/show-me-to-the-sun

Recorded by John Lee and Chris Korkzynski
Mixed by John Lee
Mastered by Chris Korkzynski

Show Me To The Sun

Grey Skies (Single)

Grey Skies

But I'm Slow

'Short Dream' is the second single from the upcoming Verandan EP.

Verandan play the Soliti Slaughterhouse happening on the 18th August, at Teurastamo Helsinki.

Lyrics: Ville Hopponen
Music: Ville Hopponen, Janne Kauppinen, Appu Jasu, Valtteri Virtanen
Arrangement: Ville Hopponen, Aki Pohjankyrö, Sampo Seppänen, Aleksi Peltonen, Kaarlo Stauffer

Musicians:
Ville Hopponen: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synth, sound effects, percussion
Aki Pohjankyrö: bass
Aleksi Peltonen: drums, percussion
Kaarlo Stauffer: elecric guitar
Sampo Seppänen: synth
Appu Jasu: synth
Olli Juvonen: clarinet
Mathias Nilsson Seger: synth noises


​Socials​:

www.facebook.com/Verandanmusic
www.instagram.com/verandanmusic
@verandan

Verandan - Short Dream

Recorded and Mixed by James Meays
Mastered by Chase Morledge

Disguises

‘Brand New Bathroom’ is the second single and title track from the debut EP by The Dolce Vita. The EP releases on white cassette as part of the Brand New Bathroom bundle and digitally via Major Leagues on 25th August, following a release show the night before. More details are available here:

www.facebook.com/events/249016965503547/

Pre-orders will be available soon.

ML xx

Brand New Bathroom EP

The Dolce Vita - Brand New Bathroom

The Haunting

As usual every year I will give you a soundtrack for your summer!
i hope you enjoy it <3
you can buy it on bandcamp --> https://hunter90.bandcamp.com/track/over-the-rainbow

Over The Rainbow

Taken from the new album ‘Warmth’ released 11/08/17
Pre-order - randsrecords.lnk.to/warmth

Blondes - Clipse

Sweetie

"A strange attraction to it all, 'cause I'm in love with everything and everyone." 

Here is the lead track from our upcoming Strange Attraction EP. Track available now on Spotify and for preorder on iTunes & Google Play. EP everywhere available 9/7.

Freedom Fry - Strange Attraction

Give Me a Chance

A single from 2017 album Escapist Partisans. Music and production by André Brorsson, drums by Nicolas Bonneyrat.

Order album: https://starsincoma.bandcamp.com/album/escapist-partisans
Stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/4GLUwU6SSe85Z0s4aj2mYd
Book us for shows/say hello: info@starsincoma.com

As André Brorsson releases two new Stars in Coma albums in the fall of 2017, he does so in an era when music is seldom experienced more than one or two tracks at a time. Playlists have given way to track-lists, and rarely is there time to take part of an artist’s holistic vision.

With Escapist Partisans and Defunct Summer, however, Stars in Coma has managed to create an all-encompassing framework that is bigger than the sum of its parts. We are invited to join in on a tumultuous journey from the realms of introspection and stream of consciousness (Escapist Partisans), to a place of outward outrage at the prevailing societal climate (Defunct Summer).

Musically, as well as lyrically, Escapist Partisans is a strikingly introspective project. People who are already familiar with André’s music know that his sense for melody never dwindles – few songwriters are as talented when it comes to composing dark hooks in the key of minor (take a listen to ”Subtraction Exercises” for example) – but on this album, the atmospheric soundscapes, the impulsive chord sequences, and the sharp twists and turns are explored at an even deeper level than ever before.

It’s like stepping aboard a meandering tour of the protagonist’s subliminal house of mirrors, in which a new, often times distorted, reflection of the mind appears behind every corner. Daniel Örtegren’s strong saxophone efforts, such as in "Ten Years", create associations to the musical theme of Taxi Driver, during which the audience follows Travis Bickle’s slow mental demise against the backdrop of a New York City in atrophy.

"I do not know what I'm writing about, but it seems to be about my selfish struggle," Andre laments in "The Victorian Sinkhole." It's about irrepressible inner voices, a narcissistic game that more often than not escalates into claustrophobia inside the subject’s head. As we approach the last track on the album, "Chalet Saudade", there’s a sudden turn, however: "I woke up to a harsh reality, not to all those stories you told me a long time ago." An awakening from the mental chaos takes place, as our hero’s gaze suddenly turns away from the psychotic – towards a society that can no longer be ignored.

Enter Defunct Summer. There is a harsh reality to come to terms with, as André observes in "This Damn Reminder," a commentary on the border controls introduced over the Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark. Unlike the dreamy haze of Escapist Partisans, resignation is no more. Confusion and anxiety are no longer the prevalent moods, but rather determination and the desire to act. A recharged fighting spirit and a newfound sense of hope blossoms, often accompanied (and contrasted) by the romantic and calming soundscape of cellos, violins and flutes. And though the rosiness might not be anchored in reality, "the illusion of hope is good enough for now," André sings on the final track, "Libertate Unanimus."

With these twin albums, Stars in Coma has achieved more than just a playlist of indie pop songs. It's a musical journey from dark to light, from minor to major, where the twists are abrupt, the nuances plenty – and the end result magnificent!

Escapist Partisans

Subtraction Exercises

Find Your Saint

Pinkshinyultrablast - Find Your Saint

"Verloren" is like a late night pink Dutch sky after a long day of heavy rain, a sign that a warm summer’s day is just ahead. It will make you sweat tonight. This long awaited follow up 7' from Dollkraut moniker "De Ambassade" after succesfull "Wat Voel Je Nou" will be released in the same form as the first : a beautifully designed disco sleeve with cardboard artwork. The vinyl will feature perfect-not-perfect, melancholic yet very danceable tracks. The machines in here take you back to the 80’s, but sound very contemporary nevertheless. Cop it here : https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/album/kh010-de-ambassade-verloren-7

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PREMIERE : De Ambassade - Verloren

Here is our new single 'Something Good', we really hope you enjoy!

Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Studios
Artwork by Johnny Lihou

Something Good

New bands, new music, new music videos, and a lot of songs to remember.

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