Smuggler on the Run

It Helped

Knot's self-titled full length debut is out August 28th via Exploding In Sound Records

Knot - The World

Music and lyrics by Swine Tax, 2020.

With the recent addition of Euan Lynn on synth, ‘Screensaver’ sees Swine Tax further sharpen their agitated, hooky post-punk sound. Propelled by burned-out guitars and a breakneck rhythm section, the track’s sardonic lyrics express the existential terror of being cut off from the outside world.

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Screensaver

Emergency Equipment And Exits

The second single from Luka Kuplowsky's new album 'Stardust', out now from Mama Bird Recording Co. (US/World) & Next Door Records (Canada). Buy/save/stream/share: https://smarturl.it/mb041
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Luka Kuplowsky - Voice, Nylon String Guitar
Thom Gill - Electric Guitar
Josh Cole - Electric Bass, Synth
Evan Cartwright - Drums, Aux Percussion, Conga
Ian Daniel Kehoe - Synth 
Robin Dann - Voice
Felicity Williams - Voice
Aline Homzy - Violin, Viola
Beth Silver - Cello
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/// Lyrics:

In a derelict parking lot
I saw my sifu bend
Bend bend bend to the whim
Of directionless suffering
Why do we suffer?
For who do we please?
I bought a loaf of bread and cheese
I will find myself a romantic rendezvous
To share with so and so and you know who

I’ve got a lot on my mind
Every path leads to another a land mine
Who needs a positive push?
I need a lot to be doing fine
 
Summer ended with a quiet yawn
Polite dreams of another dawn
I feel restless, I lost my edge
I remember what my father said,
“If feathers tickle as they do
Why don’t they make the chickens laugh too?”
You gotta be the butt of your own joke sometimes
To be serious too much is to be blind!
 
You don’t got no...
You don’t got no idea of what you want to do with this feeling, but I know that it hurts real bad
You don’t got no...
Simple way of trying to achieve your goals, but you try and the lack of success is so discouraging
You don’t got no...
Way to tell me what you really wanted out of being this way, so come on and say it, I am no longer going to try!
 
Green grass, blue world
It’s so simple it seems absurd
I could be helpless, that is my choice
Why be helpless with this golden voice?
A cold wind is a breathing thing
A thing to become a reckoning
Sing, sing sing like a singer-songwriter
I hope to die a lot lighter than this!

Stardust

Positive Push

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Luka Kuplowsky - Positive Push

Los Angeles' Smokescreens are a group of friends who bonded through a love for New Zealand's Flying Nun label, as well as shared inspirations such as The Velvet Underground, The Go-Betweens, The Television Personalities and of course indie pop of all flavors. Their self-titled debut was released to wide acclaim in 2017, and was quickly followed-up with the excellent "Used To Yesterday" in 2018.

Since then they've toured a bit, written a bunch and made some great friends along the way. One new friend and fan is David Kilgour from legendary New Zealand band The Clean, who came to LA to produce Smokescreens' new record "A Strange Dream." Recorded with trusted engineer Kyle Mullarky, this terrific album exhibits a band at the very height of their powers, combining their collective talents into a potent set of songs that's been superbly captured by the team of Kilgour and Mullarky.

From the jaunty pop of opener "Fork In The Road" to the rocking "Streets of Despair" and the dreamy "On and On" this is a record that clearly shows a band that knows it's way around a timeless guitar riff and aching pop melody. Gorgeous ballads like "Nighttime Skies" and "I Love Only You" add a new depth to Smokescreens' sound, and the cover of Scrotum Poles' DIY classic "Pick The Cats Eyes Out" is perfect, and perfectly fun. Add in an evocative cover painting from Mr. Kilgour and you have a record looks as good as it sounds, and will prove to be compulsive listening for any savvy pop fan.

A Strange Dream

Smokescreens - Working Title

M180

Legal Ghost / Heaven

Legal Ghost

Limited Ed 7"/Digital

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Knot - The World

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