New Music May 2018

Dreampop - Shoegaze June 2018

"It is better
To die on our feet
Than to live on our knees
If we fight as one
Then the fight is won
Til that day we'll keep keeping on yeah
Keep on keepin' on yeah
'Till the fight is won
Keep on keepin' on yeah
'Till the fight is won
Alright'
"Keep On Keepin On!" THE REDSKINS (1984)

Keep On Keepin On! - JUNE 2018 // Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Pop

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"Empire" is taken from the album Nowadays, out on May 4, 2018 via @Tambourhinoceros.

Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/TAMB194LP
Download/Streaming: http://smarturl.it/TAMB194da

http://palacewinter.com
https://tambourhinoceros.net

Empire

PALACE WINTER - EMPIRE

Buy/Stream: https://anjunadeep.lnk.to/Staticso

Following his work with Swedish label Comorbid Records, Stockholm native Bård Ericson aka boerd has signed with Anjunadeep to release his latest mini-album, ‘Static’, on April 6th 

An accomplished musician, Bård’s boerd project aims to reflect his own personal emotions and atmosphere. With a deft and delicate approach to composition, his music draws you in whilst shutting out the outside world.

Cutting his teeth from age 15 in the world of chiptune (composing via the means of 16-bit videogame consoles), Bård quickly developed a taste for creating abstract music. And after a handful of EPs and live shows across Europe, he transitioned focus towards music that he felt better expressed his own place in the world. Enter ‘boerd’.

With influences ranging from Burial, Bibio and even Aphex Twin, the 26-year-old has developed a style that pushes the boundaries of atmospheric electronica with stunning attention to detail. Building his sound from samples he records himself, Ericson conjures a euphoric mix of subtle soundscapes that simultaneously breathe and play in awe.

More than an insular producer, Bård takes influence from his career playing double bass with the Swedish Royal Opera, Swedish Radio Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. His experience as a player in a significantly larger ensemble gives his music a unique vision and his arrangements a focus not easily realized by the typical bedroom producer.

His first work since signing with Anjunadeep, ‘Static’ is compiled of six meticulously crafted tracks. Amongst the release’s many highlights are the two vocal-led singles ‘Blind’ and ‘Void’. The former sees Bård debut his own vocals while on the latter the producer teams up with friend and fellow professional musician and producer, Ellen Arkbro. 

Speaking of the release, Bård explains, “’Förgängligt’ is a Swedish word that best translates to ‘transient’. For me, the songs on ‘Static’ are about this feeling - about relationships that never happened, about the ones that did happen but faded away, about both hard times and nice moments in my life that I’ve almost forgotten. Sometimes it feels like I’m stuck in a static blur of memories. The sounds and melodies in ‘Static’ makes the memories come alive a little bit, and I hope other people will have the same feeling.”

Launched in London in 2005, Anjunadeep has evolved into one of electronic music’s leading labels with almost 350 singles under its belt along with a string of iTunes #1 Dance / Electronic albums from artists such as Dusky, Lane 8, Cubicolor and Moon Boots. The label has also built an ever-increasing reputation for touring and hosting festival stages around the world all the while picking up a steady stream of coverage from publications like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, as well as leading industry press such as Pitchfork and Resident Advisor.

 ‘Static’ is set for release Friday 6th April 2018 via Anjunadeep.

boerd - Void

Written and recorded by Mayflower Madame
Mixed by Bent Bredeveien
Mastered by Paul Gold

Photo by Ann Kristin Lindaas

Premonition

Before I Fall

Tambourine

What to Say

© 2018 Words and Music by Josh Stewart.

Produced by Elliot Heinrich.
Mastered by Brian Lucey.

Additional musicians:
Bass, Guitar - Elliot Heinrich
Drums - Kyle Shipton
Lead guitar - CodyJames.c.

Wait For You

The second single from the upcoming debut EP. 

Produced by The Old Pink House & Chris McManus at Blank Studios.
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering.

JADED

Flash In The Pan

Kios is an indie rock band based in Nashville, TN that Indie Shuffle describes as “joyous indie-pop”, with “vibrant and uplifting melodies hard to ignore”. The three piece is made up of Cole Suddarth (vocals/guitar), Aaron Krak (drums), and Mitch Wollenberg (bass). Cole and Aaron met through a previous band that formed at Belmont University - Aaron and Mitch grew up together in Newark, Ohio; all three moved to Nashville in 2014 to pursue music.

In the summer of 2017, the trio moved in together which sparked the idea of creating music. Cole decided to spend the summer in his hometown, Richmond, Virginia, where he began writing songs and recording demos for the project. The three sent demos back and forth, drawing in on their rock and pop backgrounds and thus, Kios began. They dropped their first single, “Be Loved” in March of 2018. The trio has been compared to names such as COIN, Colony House, Bad Suns, Two Door Cinema Club, and Phoenix. They plan to release an EP by the end of summer 2018.

Right Now Single

Right Now

http://thyla.lnk.to/H9zol

LIVE:
June 22 - Isle of Wight Festival - This Feeling/Pretty Green/Pirate Studio's Stage
June 26 - Supporting L.A. Witch - Castle and Falcon - Birmingham

Blame

"Perfect" is taken from Tanukichan's debut album, "Sundays," out July 13th on Company Records.

PRE-ORDER
company shop - http://smarturl.it/sundays_company
streaming - http://smarturl.it/sundays_dsps

TOUR DATES
June 13th - Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club
July 11th - Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater 
July 27th - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool

Tanukichan - Perfect

Deeper Down

NOW AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY!

Wading faster, I can be listening,
Going nowhere, I can be someone,
But I'm right here, singing alone,
And I'm right here, dancing alone

I got someone here, wishing me well,
I got someone there trying to keep me strong,
But I don't got nobody to hold on

CHORUS
Cause I'm tired of the sunshine
It's always getting in my eyes
Yeah I'm waiting for some moonlight
Something to keep me up at night
I'm tired, I'm tired of the sunshine

Why don't I feel a little bit older?
Looking at you pretending to be sober,
I am here just staying the same
Wearing my coat and praying for rain

And you might say to open my eyes,
But I'd say they've been open all this time,
Looking for something that I can't find

CHORUS [x3]
Cause I'm tired of the sunshine
It's always getting in my eyes
Yeah I'm waiting for some moonlight
Something to keep me up at night
I'm tired, I'm tired of the sunshine

Tired of the Sunshine

you are red and i am blue
i learned how to see through you
your heart is gold, your skin is glass
i'll stay until your fear will pass

all i want are your desires
forget mine, i'm now rewired
if you're a dream, i'll stay in bed
you grow like weeds inside my head

i'm with you, we're far away
no need to ask if i will stay
i'm with you, we're far away
no need to ask if i will stay

it's only you there's no one else
become a part of myself 
you pulled me in, i'm in too deep
just know that i am yours to keep

you seep like blood into my bones
i get so lost when we're alone
you're touching me, you make me feel
you talk to me, you make me real

i'm with you, we're far away
no need to ask if i will stay
i'm with you, we're far away
no need to ask if i will stay

please tell me you need me
all i wanna see is you beneath me
please tell me you see me
all i really need is you near me

tell me
all i wanna see (see)
tell me
all i really need (need)
all i wanna see (see)
all i really need

Lost At Last

I’m With You

1. favourite sock (feat. pluto)0:00 https://soundcloud.com/plnetgirl

"lost it so quickly
hope it don't miss me
i know
i know
my sock doesn't feel anything,
but now my toes are cold
and the dust is so old,
i hope
i hope,
that i find it with everything,
with everything,
so lonley,
so lonely,
my favourite sock gone missing.
ooo,
where could it be?
i dont know?
i wanted to wear it,
hoping it still fit,
i wish
i wish
that my sock would come back to me,
come back to me,
i wonder,
i wonder,
where my favourite, sock, it could be?"

2. jupi (Instrumental) 1:51

3. lovebite (feat. pluto & NVTHVN) 4:54 https://soundcloud.com/pulewto & https://soundcloud.com/nthnll

"i was playing with my cat,
in the back garden,
we were playing in the rain,
and it was pouring,
so hard we ran back inside,
too bad, ithink thats it for tonight,
i cuddled into the blankets,
and i soon felt,
a sudden light pinch, 
that made my heart melt,
she was biting my hand,
i think that i understand,
i might, may know, what this,
could be, plainly, i think,
i see, could be, maybe,
no we're not that close,
i dont think,
although a bond like ours,
i must admit,
she likes it when i play,
with her and cat toys all day,
a tiny button nose,
and her sharp claws,
her small fluffy tail,
and puffy paws,
maybe i am right,
i could rub her belly all night
a lovebite,
like a soft, tight,
hug with her teeth, so sweet, so sweet, so sweet
a cat kiss,
do i taste like cat nip,
its her own special way to show she loves me,
aaahh,
i cuddled into the blankets,
and i soon felt,
a sudden light pinch, 
that made my heart melt,
a tiny button nose,
and her sharp claws,
her small fluffy tail,
and puffy paws,
maybe i am right,
i could rub her belly all night,
let's hope i don't give her a fright,
her eyes are shining so bright,
a lovebite,
like a soft, tight,
hug with her teeth, so sweet, so sweet, so sweet
a cat kiss,
do i taste like cat nip,
its her own special way to show she loves me,
aaahh,
my own little cat lovebite
just for me"

4. lilli (feat. pluto & keepitinside & NVTHVN) 7:43
https://soundcloud.com/pulewto & https://soundcloud.com/keepitinside & https://soundcloud.com/nthnll

keepitinside: 
"secrets in my pocket
for you my heart-shaped locket
wanting to get lost in
floating somewhere distant

be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine"

pluto:
"im lost in your eyes and i cant find
a place to call my home
you made me crazy, vision hazy
want you for my own

but now your here, dont disappear
youre all i'll ever dream
and i will stay, until that day
that you do not want me

be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine

you are all i needed
you can be my secret
forget all these people
what we have is real"

keepitinside:
"secrets in my pocket
for you my heart-shaped locket
wanting to get lost in
floating somewhere distant"

together:
"be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine
be my lilli be mine"

art by https://soundcloud.com/itsbubblegum

Daydream EP (feat. planet girl, keepitinside & NVTHVN)

I am changing, can you even tell? 
I feel so surreal in the midnight spell 
Dreaming as I held your hand, I felt so high 
As we drove, I fell just harder into love 
A memory that faded from the night 

When the moon comes up 
And the sun goes down 
I'm still wondering 
Where are you now? 
I look at the sky 
And the stars surround 
I see my dreams 
Of when you were around 

I am dreaming of a better time 
Friends ask if I'm okay 
I say I'm fine 
Thoughts stay as I think of you 
Nowhere to be seen 
I'm too shy to even open up 
I just want to say that you look cute in green 

When the moon comes up 
And the sun goes down 
I'm still wondering 
Where are you now? 
I look at the sky 
And the stars surround 
I see my dreams 
Of when you were around

Dreaming

A side from the upcoming 7" by the Mexico City based band Okama Flannel Boy! This is the debut release by them! Okama Flannel Boy is the moniker for the Mexican musician and composer Fernando Torres. Based in Tlalpan, in the south of Mexico City, he’s been writing and recording jangly guitar driven songs inspired in 60’s bubblegum pop, soul and “the sound of young Scotland” since the beginning of 2017.
The 7" includes 3 more songs: "Low Life", "Motivational by Default" and "Wanted Man". To be released in the summer of 2018 on http://www.cloudberryrecords.com

Okama Flannel Boy - Carolina St.

Ageless

Sobs' first single and title track from their debut full length "Telltale Signs" out 22 June 2018 on Middle Class Cigars.


Watch the music video for "Telltale Signs": https://youtu.be/IKgstZ7xcGc

First single "Telltale Signs" release date: 1 June 2018
Full album "Telltale Signs" release date: 22 June 2018

sobs.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/sobshaha
instagram.com/sobshaha
twitter.com/sobshaha

Sobs - Telltale Signs (Official Audio)

Written, recorded, mixed and produced by Yulia Bizyukova at her home studio in London.
All instruments and vocals by Yulia Bizyukova except:
Drums by Manoela Alencastro, recorded and engineered by Rohan Budd at Press Play Studio, London.
Mastered by Andy ‘Hippy’ Baldwin at Metropolis Studios, London
Artwork by Yulia Bizyukova
© 2018 Everything by Electricity

Place To Call My Own

Please Don't Disappear is the second full length studio album by Loud Forest. 

Thoughts on the album from the band:

This album was an exploration of new territory for us. We come from a very folky background. For this album we collaborated with our longtime friend, drummer and producer (Steve Wilmot) who challenged us to expand our palette. We discovered new forms and colors, and new ways of writing and crafting songs that brought a sharp focus to the skeletal structures of the songs themselves. We were challenged to write things that were more personal and were not shrouded by abstract poetic language that we tend to use, we tried to allow the songs to be understandable.  A huge part of this growth had to do with melody, exploring our voices, reaching out farther and expressing things in a way that is more extravagant than we are used to. The result for us is an album that is punchy, with vast splashes of color, almost like a room or space that is filled with floating colors and light, and right in the center of all that is our voices, stories of love, loss, fight for freedom and expression, independence, and friendship. 

Album Credits:
All songs written by Rachel Chadwick, Bernard Chadwick and Steve Wilmot. All songs recoded and produced by Rachel Chadwick, Bernard Chadwick and Steve Wilmot with appearances by Alex Strahle on guitar and Carlen Walth on bass. Mastered by Brian Lucey. 

Band Bio:

The music of Loud Forest is an artistic, emotional approach to rock shot through with everything from alternative to folk to gospel to shoegaze. Add then tender lyricism and the clean fluidity of
modern pop production.
 
If Loud Forest’s music can be called pop, a four-letter word for artists after purity, it is only in its likeability, its warmth, its tidy edges. Here is then pop imbued with love and artisanship.
The love pours in from founders and mainstays, Bernard and Rachel Chadwick, a husband-and-wife duo. Theirs is an enviable creative relationship built around making more of themselves and the
world through their collaboration.
 
The art arrives from the band starting as an excuse to play gallery openings while Bernard was earning his MFA at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. It was a way for rock to run into art
and art to run into rock, or, the exact purpose of their music.
 
Doused in indie credibility from years of self-releases, homemade microphones and hosting shows in their experimental art space in Pasadena, it is easy to call up like souls in their influences
Arcade Fire, The Pixies, Sonic Youth and Spoon.
 
The band’s recent incorporation of pop sensibilities comes from a partnership with co-writer and drummer, Steve Wilmot (OneRepublic), with support from their label, New York-based AntiFragile Music.
 
In their writing, Bernard comes in direct and minimal, Rachel abstract and experimental. The fusion of their individual sounds is then built out by a marauding group of likeminded family and friends
entering their space with voice and instrument to create the band’s often ruckus, danceable soundscapes.
 
The couple met in the cloud forests of Costa Rica as teens. Both were by chance visiting from their native California. Bernard played Rachel a song, Rachel tuned Bernard's guitar and Bernard tried the song again. Then came marriage, two daughters and always more music.
 
Loud Forest endures past pop’s usual events of finding the dream girl or losing that lover. As a couple who caught their love young, Bernard and Rachel sing what they know: leaning into the life-giving
challenges of a union, the sometimes resulting cravings of independence and the thousands of points in a relationship where courage and fidelity are called upon again sweetly by two powerful voices.

Level Ground

"Shake," the first single off of The Rareflowers' new EP, self-titled EP out June 29th via Good Eye Records.

Spotify: bit.ly/Spotify-NewGeneration
Buy: bit.ly/iTunes-Rareflowers
Facebook: bit.ly/FB-TheRareflowers

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Comprised of brothers Jimmy (guitar, lead vox) and Kane Maraday (bass, vox) and joined by Aaron Gollubier (drums), New Brunswick, NJ-based group The Rareflowers craft an infectious blend of jangle and power-pop reminiscent of masters like The Cars and The Replacements. Following a self-released split single, the band now announces their signing to Brooklyn-based label Good Eye Records and their forthcoming debut EP.

Although the name may be new, the seeds of The Rareflowers were sown as early as 2013. Jimmy and Kane had left their previous band to join Aaron, who had also left his band, to experiment with multitrack cassette recording.

Flash forward to 2016 and The Rareflowers, performing under a different name, meet Matthew Molnar (Friends, Kissing Is A Crime) at New Brunswick basement show. Molnar would prove integral in the production of the EP with mixing done by Jarvis Taveniere of Woodsist Records. Born from the spirit of this newly formed partnership, The Rareflowers are already at work on a follow-up LP.

Stay tuned for more from The Rareflowers and be sure to follow them on their social outlets. "The Rareflowers" is out June 29th and is the seventh release from Good Eye Records.

The Rareflowers

Buy "The Rareflowers"

The Rareflowers - "Shake"

Lyrics:

never did you’d think you’d find a way
to make it out alive and plan your escape
it’s 4am and we’re wide awake
today.
waiting on luck from a shooting star
praying out loud and from the heart
you never ever thought you’d go this far
without...

ignoring who you are
living through a mental cage
forgetting what’s most important to you

it’s so hard to choose
the words to say to you
all i wanna do with you is venture through the night (“hi.”)

skipping all the steps that you won’t regret
finding out a way different from what they said
make your own mark even if you’ve shed a tear
never did you’d think you’d find a way
to make it out alive and plan your escape
it’s 4am and we’re wide awake
today.

death is not your fear (no)
if your mind is clear of
all the evil thoughts
that haunt you when you’re lost

it’s so hard to choose
the words to say to you
all i wanna do with you is venture through the night (“hi.”)
​
Written, recorded, produced, & performed by Sebastian Ruiz (Deaf Dreamer)

venture

New Zealand's THIS PALE FIRE
Managed by DELETE Mgmt
PR & Radio Promotion by Team Clermont
http://teamclermont.com
bill@teamclermont.com
Nelsonwells@teamclermont.com

Alchemy

This Pale Fire - Northern Lights

A bit delayed, but here is the May song! It's been quite a busy month, but satisfying. I can't believe we're almost halfway through the year. This song started out with the chord progression, then the beats and so on. Hope you guys like this one! 

I've been learning more and more about mixing, though i know i still have a long way to go. So if you guys have comments, or feedbacks or tips or whatever, feel free to message me :D it'll be nice to hear from you guys :)

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2jG4Zdio1JXfI2HIxLDnyJ?si=QSOb3Ek5ReeMbV0CL8DjQA

Download/Buy link:
https://majoet.bandcamp.com/track/naturally

Lyrics:

Don't let the stars tell you
what you wanna do
(it comes naturally)
Don't let your mama tell you
where you have to go
(it comes naturally)
Don't let the system
dictate who you have to be
Don't let me change your mind
Let it come naturally

There comes a time
where you lose yourself
(it comes naturally)
Everything that you do
won't ever make sense
(it comes naturally)
The people you always
thought would be there
will be the first to leave
But don't let it scare you away
Let it come naturally

'Cause naturally
Life is a funny thing
And we can't do nothing
but ride along in this crazy journey
'Cause naturally
Life is a strange thing
And we can't do nothing
but ride along all the way

written, performed and produced by Majo Tendenilla
Another amazing Cover art by Arianne Zacarias!! (www.instagram.com/ariannedraws/)

Naturally

Coming out of my shell
Coming up again for air
You wanna play a little game?
How long can we look the other way?
 
Said love’s like waiting on a falling star
Burns out when your eyes are closed
I’m choking on an eyelash
Think of giving up the ghost
 
Pixie cut at the back of the room
Suddenly she’s looking at you
                  (What, who me? Oh no that can’t be)
She said I’ll be a cutie after she takes her medicine
But I was happy cause I hadn’t had mine
                  (Well okay, I’ll come out and play)
 
Ten milligrams and I feel alright
She doesn’t wanna go to sleep tonight
She said love’s like an empty pizza box in the fridge
Optimistic til you open the lid
 
And we all gasp when she takes of her glasses
Who would’ve known she was hiding a queen
                  (Oh we should have known, it’s so obvious)
She puts her toes to the edge of the roof
She’s just an animal with nothing to prove
                  (Nothing but loose ends, nothing but fake friends)
I feel the hurricane up in my chest
I feel the water rise over my head
                  (Just let it in, you can never win)
 
We’re running fast down the fire escape
Ninety-five dollars for the broken vase
Cause I’ll do anything to keep my cool
Fireworks behind the back of the school
 
Well I was in on it but she was the brains
So I’ll be back tomorrow to clean up the eggs
                  (Oh I can explain, I just wanna fit in)
She’ll leave me on the highway with no clothes
Humiliated all the way back home
                  (Oh don’t look so low, it was just a joke)
I’m choking on an eyelash
Choking on an eyelash
(Can somebody help, cause I’m having a fit
Cause I know what I like, but I don’t know when to quit)
 
Lashing out at myself
No one really seems to care
 
----
 
All music by Alex Rogers and Joey Briggs
Vocals | Alex Rogers
Keys | Alex Rogers
Guitars | Joey Briggs
Bass | Joey Briggs
Drums | Mark Edwards
Loop | Joey Briggs, Alex Rogers
 
Engineered by Keith Armstrong
Mixed by Alex Rogers, Joey Briggs, and Keith Armstrong
Mastered by Justin Shturtz at Sterling Sound
Photo by Shabnam Ferdowsi
Special thanks to Kerri Stewart, Juan Uribe, Sapphire Jewell, and Taylor Mikiska

Family Hahas - Eyelash

Fashion Week

Call Me A Fool - Perlo

Night Sweats

Soy Boy

someone cut you off
someone turned you down
loveless and alone
faceless in a crowd
but you belong
you belong
imagine that

no one hears your voice
no one understands
driving home alone
lost inside your head
but you belong
you belong
imagine that

someone cut you off
someone turned you down
loveless and alone
faceless in a crowd
but you belong
you belong
you belong
you are loved
imagine that

Imagine That

“There is a powerful agent, obedient, rapid, easy, which conforms to every use, and reigns supreme on board my ship. Everything is done by means of it. It lights it, warms it, and is the soul of my mechanical vessel. This agent is electricity. Everything by Electricity”. Jules Verne, 20000 leagues under the sea

Whilst lush pop beats strongly at its heart, dense waves of guitar, reverberating walls of noise and fragile melodies collide amidst sparkling neon-lit synths, dreamy vocals and ghostly shapes via the night sky; anchored tight by pulsing bass, throbbing drums and drum machines.

The band’s sound is littered with the strains of alienation and longing for escape one would expect from childhoods spent gazing across cold barren landscapes deep behind the iron curtain.

On moving from Siberia to London, singer/songwriter Yulia (guitar, synths, vocals) quietly crafted a collection of demo material in her bedroom studio and expanded the live line-up with the addition of James (bass guitar) and Manoela (drums).