Our Story

The second single release from Waverly Drive, with the debut EP scheduled for release September 2022.

Recorded/Mixed at Voltiv Sound, Los Angeles, CA. 
Mastered by John Greenham (Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Angele).

Darlin

Taken from the forthcoming album “The In-Between Times” out 26 August 2022

Let’s Whisper return with their first new music since 2014, having grown from a three piece to enlist the talents of The Essex Green’s Jeff Baron and Mammoth Penguins’ Emma Kupa, today previewing another track from their forthcoming album.

Following on from recent singles The Thing That Defines You and The Year Of Getting High (the first new music from Let’s Whisper since 2014), Long Run showcases another angle to Let’s Whisper’s evolution.

Written by Emma Kupa, Long Run is the first Let’s Whisper track not penned by the founding duo of Colin Clary and Dana Kaplan, and leads us through her tender reflections on relationship regrets - a thread familiar to those who fell in love with her critically acclaimed solo album of 2020.

“This song is about finding peace and closure and seeing a more positive side to a situation that for a long time may have only seemed negative.”

Let’s Whisper started in the early 2000s in Burlington, Vermont, as a home recording project for Dana Kaplan and Colin Clary, both of The Smittens, for their softer, more intimate compositions. Brad Searles joined soon after on drums, as the sounded evolved from acoustic duets to embrace a wider dynamic. They released a pair of EPs and two full length record on the much missed London based microlabel WeePOP! from 2008 to 2014.
Since then, Let’s Whisper started playing more shows, in the US enlisting Jeff Baron (The Essex Green, Ladybug Transistor) on guitar or bass, and in the UK bringing in Emma Kupa (Mammoth Penguins, Standard Fare) on bass.

On the forthcoming record The In-Between Times, their first for Fika Recordings, they recorded with Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor) in Brooklyn, NY. It’s the first Let’s Whisper record with Dana Kaplan post-testosterone, and sees Emma Kupa fill in on the high harmonies vacated by Dana’s new vocal range. The addition of Jeff Baron and Emma Kupa has brought flourishes of both The Essex Green’s textural complexity and Standard Fare’s polyphony arrangements to the Let’s Whisper catalogue.

Let’s Whisper are
Colin Clary - guitar, vocals
Dana Kaplan - guitar, vocals
Brad Searles - drums
Emma Kupa - bass, vocals,
Jeff Baron - guitar, keys

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Long Run

Let's Whisper - Long Run

Bonfire

Release Date - Nov 11, 2022

Originally a working title representing the first letters of the band members’ names (Sean, Cory, Alec, Brandon), S.C.A.B. is an acronym with a shifting meaning – its phonetic double acting as a metaphor for protection and healing for a group that’s always been there for one another.

Following the release of the band’s debut album, 2019’s Beauty & Balance, COVID-19 put the brakes on the Brooklyn-based band’s burgeoning career. Not content with sitting still, the band decided to travel down to Georgia to record their sophomore, self-titled LP (S.C.A.B.), which they engineered and produced themselves. (side note: Brandon, the letter "B" in S.C.A.B., does play on this record, but has since left the group to focus on solo work under the name Hayfitz). Having distance from their beloved city during this unprecedented, tragic time helped them hone a sound that is even more distinctly New York.

Frontman Sean Camargo, whose parents immigrated from Ecuador and Bolivia as teenagers, was born in Elmhurst, Queens. His lyrics are colored with nostalgic memories of 90s Bushwick, where his grandparents later settled, alongside sardonic observations of the contemporary city where he landed again after stops in Maryland and Massachusetts. Each song on S.C.A.B. contains snapshots of New York moments that feel hazy with nostalgia, yet are the result of being present through transformational circumstances, no matter how seemingly small. As a self-titled effort, it solidifies the band’s mastery of balancing raucous, distorted guitars with glimmering spoken word passages and a pop-infused melodic confidence.

The angular guitar passages in lead single “Tuesday” conjure up trains skidding across deteriorated subway platforms, as Camargo declares he's "trying to let go of everyone I’ve ever loved," reflecting a relatable disillusionment with trying to form meaningful connections, and searching aimlessly for something worthwhile. Thematically, S.C.A.B. covers an array of topics ranging from grief (“Small Talk”), as Camargo describes bonding with another band member over the loss of a parent, to infatuation with a partner you know is ultimately bad for you (“Why Do I Dream Of You”).

S.C.A.B. is a result of four musicians, a tight-knit group, best friends: the kind of rare conditions that allow for such raw, emotionally-charged music. When the members of a band are this close, able to protect each other from the world outside it, they are a force to be reckoned with. As Frank Sinatra famously sang about the city, “Green beams of steel, making me feel, like I’m home again”. S.C.A.B. embodies that sentiment and evokes the intangible magic that is New York City.

VINYL 💿

S.C.A.B. - Why Do I Dream Of You (Edit)

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The Canadian artist Echo Frame, from Vancouver, is back with a brand new single, ‘Why Don’t You Come Right Here’. Inspired by loads of different sounds and sonorities, he has managed to create the perfect mix of indie rock and pop music creating a blissful and genreless euphoria. This song will enlighten your days thanks to its melodic chords and playful lyrics.

Why Don't You Come Right Here

Echo Frame - Why Don't You Come Right Here

Ruby Haunt - "Laughing Heart"

Second single from our upcoming album "Cures for Opposites" out November 17th, 2022.

Tour dates:
https://rubyhaunt.com/

lyrics:

feel it when i'm back in my car
needling my way home
holding it in my arms
keeping it from growing cold
closest when i've gone too far
reaching for what i know
hearing it in my heart
never gonna be alone

i remember, i remember
i remember, i remember

see it when i'm closing my eyes
laughing about growing old
rolling in the back of my mind
filling in every hole
even when i'm telling my lies
preaching about turning gold
stealing back all my time
watching it all unfold

i remember, i remember
i remember, i remember

Laughing Heart

All songs written, recorded and mixed by Phantom Handshakes at their respective homes in Brooklyn, Manhattan and New Orleans.
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering

Passport (How Far I WIll Be)

Soft Pastels 'Shutters View' album released on Spirit Goth [SG49]
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Shutters View

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Soft Pastels - Knock On The Door

Fire and Ice

Written by Sam Gillbanks, Hugo Heaverman, and Henry Nicholson. 
Produced by Sam Gillbanks.
Recorded by Frank Whittaker at Troubadour Studios, Falmouth.
Mixed and Mastered by Teitur Arnason and Hugo Heaverman.

Find it on Spotify/iTunes/Amazon here: https://communion.lnk.to/SinglesClub2%20

Childhood

Fika Recordings is a diy indie[pop] label run from London.


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