chill_upbeat

New Music 2017

post-punk/darkwave/synthpop

In loving memory of my favorite noisemaker Chris Tressler (15 September 1976-24 April 2017), a kindred spirit and kind soul, You will be sorely missed, Riposa In Pace My Friend <3

''It's so lonely in this place
So cold I don't believe
And as no-one knows my name
It's easy to pretend
It's easy to believe
There's a shadow on my wall
It dances like my soul
Dances like my soul
It's so cold now
I swear it will be warm
Here she come now''
SLOWDIVE's 'Here She Comes' (1993)

Perfect Noise Forever / APRIL 2017 \\ Dreampop / Shoegaze / Psychedelic / Indie Pop

darkwave,coldwave,post-punk,industrial,minimal synth,minimal wave,gothiv,ethereal,neoclassical,witch,new wave,shoegaze,ebm,industrial,sytnhpop,synthwave,dark pop,dark ambient...

April

Early April 01.04.17 - 21.04.17

AVRIL

Best New Indie Songs (April 2017)

Die Besten Stücke der Woche 16 [2017]

The Bridge - 20/4/17

Afekt - Get The Balance Right

Dribs were falling down so hard: they’ve made a hole inside my head
Ain’t no words to tell you, bitch, how much I love theese heavy rains
Dribs were falling down so hard: they’ve made a hole inside my head
Ain’t no words to tell you, bitch, how much I love this…

Read my lips…
Read my lips…
Read my lips…
Read my lips…
Read my lips
Read my lips
Read my lips…

Heavy rains

American Dream - Gabbie June (Not Your Dope Remix)
Written by @ejaynewton
Original Produced by @ejaynewton
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2mSgraRuKmpCgvFr4Dbu5S

~~~~~~~» Gabbie June «~~~~~~~
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/gabbiejune
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GabbieJune/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbiejune/
Website: http://www.gabbiejune.com

~~~~~~~» Not Your Dope Remix «~~~~~~~
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/notyourdope
Twitter: https://twitter.com/notyourdope
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notyourdope/

American Dream (Not Your Dope Remix)

"Oceans" is taken from the new EP "Then I Woke Up In Paradise" released December 2nd on Progress Productions. This is a worldwide license deal from our compadres at Adrian Recordings.

Order CD here: http://progress-productions.com/product.php?pid=108&aid=157

Then I Woke Up In Paradise

RA "Oceans"

Shelflife is proud to bring you We Thought It Was Okay at the Time (2013-2015), a three year-spanning compilation of songs released by the Spanish dream-pop duo Lost Tapes, out January 13 on limited edition off-white colored vinyl, cd and digital. 

Made up of Pau Roca and RJ Sinclair (formerly of La Habitación Roja and Tokyo Sex Destruction, respectively), Lost Tapes are a small but formidable supergroup. However, they want to make it clear that this band is "by no means a side-project," and after listening to these tracks you won't need any further convincing. Both of these guys have a serious knack for crafting infectious melodies, and every track on this collection is likely to be stuck in your head for days after listening. Although they call upon influences like The Pastels and other c86-era groups, Lost Tapes channel the magic of those bands while gracefully sidestepping a derivative sound. 

The duo's music captures a warm nostalgia, an emotion they're acutely aware of and heavily influenced by. "When you're young you think everything sucks," Sinclair has said, "but now I'd love to be back." This longing is an integral part of their songs, whose bright guitar melodies and enveloping synths invoke a comforting, reflective atmosphere. It becomes quickly apparent upon listening that We Thought It Was Okay at the Time is a record to get lost in. 

Roca and Sinclair released their debut full-length album Let's Get Lost earlier in 2016, but it would be a shame to forget about the fantastic 7-inch and digital singles that came beforehand. You'll quickly realize that We Thought It Was Okay at the Time feels more like a fleshed out album than a compilation encompassing the first years of this group's existence. Don't miss your chance to own these 14 tracks from a band that is not only one of the most exciting bands coming out of Spain in recent memory, but the world.

We Thought It Was Okay at the Time (2013-2015)

Lost Tapes - Teardrops

BUY HERE
https://figmenntband.bandcamp.com/track/home

Home

Download / stream ’Star Roving’: https://slowdive.lnk.to/star-roving

STAR ROVING

Slowdive - Star Roving

Icelandic trio Fufanu have released the third single from their upcoming album, Sports, which Nick Zinner produced. "Liability" is a frantic flirtation between post-punk and synthpop that reminds listeners of their responsibility to speak out against the increasing evils of an endlessly chaotic society. It follows previous Sports singles "Sports" and "Bad Rockets"; the album arrives February 3 via One Little Indian. 

Pre-order the new album 'Sports' here: https://OLI.lnk.to/Sports-LPSo

Sports

Liability

New album "Better than Death" coming soon!

Anymore

Shyness

Nothing in Store

taken from the album "Endless Night" out 21 April 2017.

https://www.metropolis-records.com/product/11499/endless-night

Endless Night

The Vacant Lots - Night Nurse

https://www.facebook.com/froyomusic
Written & Produced by FROYO
w/ contributions from Aaron Reyes & Wild Eyed Boy
Mixed by Tom Garnett
Mastered by Andrew Edgson

Lyrics? Sure thing.

V1
Why can't we be more like adults here
Maybe it's time we took more care

CH
Darling you can't leave this way because
We will lose all of the things we love

V2
There is a pattern on the floor here
We make the same moves everyday
You fail to notice when I'm open
Maybe it's time we took more care

CH
Darling you can't leave this way because
We will lose all of the things we love
You know you used to be a friend to me
Now you choose to keep away from me

OUTRO
Darling you can't leave this way because
(There is a pattern on the floor here)
We will lose all of the things we love
(We make the same moves everyday)
You know you used to be a friend to me
(You fail to notice when I'm open)
Now you choose to keep away from me
(Maybe it's time we took more care)

2017

Darling

Corpus I_Final

In A Grave (Denzel Curry, Moor Mother, Eartheater)

Can't Say That We Tried is written by Annelotte De Graaf
Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Greenberg

Guitars by Manuel van den Berg
Bass by Ronald Straetemans
Drums by Jaap Bontekoe
Synths and keys by Ella van der Woude

Artwork and photography by Nick Helderman

www.amberarcades.net
https://www.facebook.com/AmberArcades/

Can't Say That We Tried

Al Tikreu LaShoter

From the forthcoming album Love At Low Speed available June 16th on Western Vinyl

PRE-ORDER:
Bandcamp https://abramshook.bandcamp.com/album/love-at-low-speed
iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-at-low-speed/id1217886558?ls=1&app=itunes
WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv155

STREAM
Spotify http://open.spotify.com/album/0dDYXpTmZnWk0uNbHWQfHw

ABRM SHOOK
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abramshookmusic/
Twitter https://twitter.com/abramshook
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sundreamlove/

LIVE DATES 
4/27 at Mohawk

Abram Shook - "The Hours"

Colin Killalea - vocals, keyboards
Jordan Brooks - bass, synth bass, keyboards
Frank Locrasto - prophet 5
Brian Wolfe - drums, percussion

Colorguard

There's just something I lack
There's some things I can't get back
Go and stare at the old gaff
No one’s staring back

It’s sad
But I lingered much longer the last time I passed
And it's not like anyone asked

But it's fast and it fades
And all of the sunburn peels away

I couldn't tell six months from a lifetime
l couldn't tell friends of mine

I'm telling you now that I'm fine
I'm out of my mind
Or I've been here the whole time

Floating down the Spree
Coming down perfectly
The Italian girl and the way
She smiled at me
Was all that I needed to
Get out of the deal that I made with you
And I hope that it's true
Someone will tell me what to do

Spree (demo)

So Good is AMERY's debut single. It's a delicious earworm where he sings his heart out about the tingly feeling that comes with infatuation, his love bursting into a radiant falsetto shining over the chorus. “I want people to get back to that feeling they experienced when they met their first crush or love of their life. I want to bring them back to where it all started”, confides AMERY about the feel-good track co-composed with James and co-written with the producer and Amra Dorjbayar.

Producer: James Lowland
Mixer: Andres Algaba

Weird !s Good(www.weirdisgood.com) © 2017

So Good - Single version

So Good

Amery - So Good

Paradise Palms goes from strength to strength as it forges new paths through 2017. The dive bar and venue turned vinyl record store & label recently announced its second release in the form of a digi-single by Parisian Art-Noir experimentalists "Hey Mother Death", with their third release taking the form of a dance floor oriented 12” of specially curated remixes for Record Store Day 2017. This limited pressing includes remixes by fourprogressive new dance artists prominent in Edinburgh & Glasgow. A1: Glasgow’s Mr TC and a LYO fave opens the show and contributes a dark, chugging, psychotropic interpretation sure to please fans of his highly regarded EPs for Optimo Music.

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Hey Mother Death - Deranged My Love (MR TC Remix)

Produced by Goldn
Additional Production & Mixing by Loz
℗ 2017 Goldn

Follow Goldn: 
FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/lovegoldn
TWITTER - www.twitter.com/lovegoldn
YOUTUBE - www.youtube.com/lovegoldn
INSTAGRAM - www.instagram.com/lovegoldn

Too Much

Original: https://soundcloud.com/rmissing/kelly-was-a-philistine

Sometimes I remix other people's songs. Maybe you want me to remix yours: i.am@thewit.ch

R. Missing - Kelly Was a Philistine (bow church remix)

BUY/SUPPORT - https://kudatah.bandcamp.com/album/kudatah-vol-2
@kudatah

EP 2016

SUPERHARD

The Mage

Banshee

I'll Wait

From our fifth album, "I Want to Stand Where the Sun Himself Shakes with Fear", out now. 

Additional guitar by Tyler Agnew and additional vocals by Ryan Agnew.

http://voicesfromdeepbelow.bandcamp.com
https://play.spotify.com/album/2dt5AxvR6r9ekaVyZGdUum

I Can't Speak

Saving Moments		


As I entered the room everything turned to memories
And from that time I lived my life a few moments behind
You caught my escape - you caught me at an unusual time
I had nothing to lose, nothing to lose so I, I gave my mind 
I gave it away

I came up the grassy hill under moonlit clouds
To the grand old houses tempting call

You’re leading me into different rooms, music and people in a hazy air
Gentle fingers on my arm, a gentle touch would be moments to save
And you’re painting pictures I my head, overwhelming pictures in my head
And we all agreed that night was one of the very best

Strange how things turned out

I came up the grassy hill under moonlit clouds
To the grand old houses tempting call

You’re leading me out in the dark overgrown garden rooms
Gentle fingers on my arm, a gentle touch would be moments to save
Celebrating and shouting out to the waiting cloudy sky
And we all agreed that view was breath taking from here

My life turned to memories and left me behind
But I’ll be younger now

Saving  Moments

A mix of "Follow You" - we have forgotten why it once was made...

Follow You (sequential experiment remix)

From "Cloportgorod", released on Distag Records (03/2017)
Limited edition tape available here : distag.bandcamp.com/album/cloportgorod

2 Even Further

Palmo X - Animal Fight

Solitude

Derailed

Wash Us Away

Second track to be taken from Ulrika Spacek's new album, Modern English Decoration, out June 2nd. Available on CD, LP (black vinyl), LP (mellow yellow & secret 7" - indies only), LP (mellow yellow vinyl & secret 7" & print - Tough Love site only) and digital formats.

Pre-order Modern English Decoration
http://smarturl.it/UlrikaSpacek.MED

See Ulrika Spacek live
April
28th - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Hit The North Festival 
29th - Portsmouth - Portsmouth Psych Fest 
30th - Liverpool - Festevol 
May
16th - Brussels, Belgium - Les Nuits Botanique at the Rotonde  
June
2nd - Oxford - O2 Academy w/ Slowdive  
6th - Nottingham - Rough Trade shop instore
8th - Bristol - Rise Music instore 
14th - London - The Lexington - http://thelexington.co.uk/events/ulrika-spacek/
August
4th - Katowice, Poland - OFF Festival
20th - Stirlingshire, Scotland - Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival

Modern English Decoration - final masters MP3

Ulrika Spacek - Full of Men

Title track off of Dyllan's debut EP, "All Those Other Windows."

DYLLY PYE MUSIC Publishing (BMI) 

Copyright Dylan Nichols and Dominick Boyle, 2016

All Those Other Windows

Copacetic

"On The Level" is from Mac DeMarco's forthcoming album, This Old Dog, out May 5th, 2017, on Captured Tracks. All iTunes pre-orders come with Instrumentals of This Old Dog and instant grat downloads of lead singles, “My Old Man,” “This Old Dog,” and "On the Level."

Pre-Order Digital here: smarturl.it/thisolddog
Pre-Order Physical here: www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/this-old-dog

This Old Dog

Mac DeMarco // On The Level

Performed and produced by Ducks! at Tiny Lights, Berlin
Mastered by Berkfinger
Wildlife photography by Harriet Richardson

Ribbits by Landwehrkanal frogs.

Giant World

Artist: Au.Ra 
Track: Applause 
Album: Cultivations 
Label: felte
Release Date: June 30, 2017

https://www.instagram.com/au.ramusic/ 
https://www.facebook.com/au.ra.musique/ 
https://twitter.com/AuRaMusique
http://www.auramusique.com/

Cultivations

Au.Ra - Applause

The collaboration of 80's inspired dream pop outfit Vast Hill and venerable synthwave producer Jordan F. "Ready for the Night" is the lead single taken from their EP "The Win".

Available now: 
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-win-ep/id1237717408
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/4oL6j5hU7WpaVohWIr6oDo

Written by Jordan F & Vast Hill
Vocals written and performed by Vast Hill
Produced by Jordan F
Mixed by Jordan F 
Mastered by Van Derand

Vast Hill:
soundcloud.com/vasthill85
facebook.com/vasthillmusic
twitter.com/vasthill85
instagram.com/vasthill

Jordan F:
facebook.com/jordanfmusic
twitter.com/JordanF84
instagram.com/jordanfmusic

Ready for the Night (with Vast Hill)

multiple meanings with existence born in 2012.