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Wandering in the New

[Weekly Mix] 2019.10 (3)

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Five Things We Liked This Week - 25/10/19

From Cola's debut album 'Deep in View' out May 20th on Fire Talk

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Deep in View

Cola - So Excited

New Wild Pink single out now on Fire Talk.

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Air Drumming Fix You

Wild Pink - Air Drumming Fix You

From Bnny's album "One Million Love Songs" out on Fire Talk

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One Million Love Songs

Bnny - Something Blue

New track from Mandy, Indiana out now on Fire Talk. 

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Idea is Best

Mandy, Indiana - Idea is Best

From Cola's new album "The Gloss" out June 14th on Fire Talk.

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The Gloss

Cola - Pallor Tricks

Pre-order Jesca Hoop's new album STONECHILD (out 05 July 2019) via Memphis Industries: http://smarturl.it/stonechild 

A culmination of life and musical experience, uncompromising in its vision, STONECHILD, the new studio album from Jesca Hoop is a self described “compassion project.” Released on July 5th by Memphis Industries, STONECHILD is Hoop refined and defined.

Stonechild

Shoulder Charge (ft. Lucius)

Jesca Hoop - Shoulder Charge (ft Lucius)

Second new single from Jennah Barry.

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The Real Moon - Single

Jennah Barry - The Real Moon

Off the bat of a successful single launch to an bursting crowd uptairs at Carlton’s Gasometer Hotel, a nation-wide tour supporting Harrison Storm, and triple j unearthed acclaim, Taylah Carroll is set to close the year with the release of Sometimes Good People Do Bad Things, a woozy, confident and defining single. Recorded alongside Producer Tim Harvey (Lisa Mitchell, Gena Rose Bruce, Jade Imagine), Taylah Carroll’s sophomore release is a song about getting older and learning to forgive people. Sonically darker than the singer’s debut, the current single is a driving and strong force that aptly represents the multi-faceted nature of Carroll’s artistic character.

Sometimes Good People Do Bad Things

Spectre

Joanna

Earlier this year Stainwasher debuted with her EP ‘What Did I See’ and took listeners on a sonic journey through her deepest fears and emotions. In late August she returns with a new stunning track.

With her debut EP she quickly rose to be one of the most promising experimental acts in Sweden with support from critics around the world. The lead single ‘Joy For Me’ was crowned as one of the best songs this year by Belgian tastemakers HighClouds and the accompanying video was praised for its mystical yet calming nature. “I never question if presenting my music to the world was a good idea anymore, the feedback makes it all worth it.” She says about the response.

Listen: https://listen.feverish.club/drying

‘Drying’ is a natural step forward in terms of sound for Stainwasher. The synths soars through the track and cut straight to the point while the vocal melodies are delicately playful. This new material is also a heartfelt effort to make sense of both the good and bad in the world for Stainwasher herself. “I think people like to place things in categories in order to be able to cope with the abundance of information they receive every day, and I am no exception. The search for some kind of context might be as fundamental as eating or sleeping, that’s why many people never get satisfied with anything, but at least they're alive.” She explains further.

Cover art by Ebba G. Ågren - https://ebbaagren.se

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Stainwasher - Drying

Spinning Gold

New single from new album When We Stay Alive out 31 January 2020.

Preorder here: https://smarturl.it/whenwestayalive

When We Stay Alive

Driving

Holden's new single, Like James Dean (2019), is a violent collision of coming-of-age angst and naivete and the disillusionment and desperation of the new American Dream, unfulfilled. Hard-driving and relentless, the persistent pulse of the rhythm section anchors Holden's more whimsical musings about youth, celebrity, and the obstacles of forming an identity in the modern age.

Holden once again recruited long-time collaborator and drummer Michael O’Brien of The Modern Electric. The Like James Dean sessions were recorded at Fe True Productions (Cleveland) and Bobby Peru Recording Studios (Milwaukee), and were engineered, mixed, and mastered by Shane Olivo, in partnership with executive producer Dr. Michael Bell. In addition to self-producing, all instruments and vocals, with the exception of drums and percussion, were performed by Holden Laurence.

Like James Dean

One thing you won’t be able to avoid on Bambara’s Stray is death. It’s everywhere and inescapable, abstract and personified  – perhaps the key to the whole record. Death, however, won’t be the first thing that strikes you about the group’s fourth – and greatest – album to date. That instead will be its pulverising soundscape; by turns, vast, atmospheric, cool, broiling and at times – on stand out tracks like “Sing Me To The Street” and “Serafina” – simply overwhelming
 
Bambara – twin brothers Reid and Blaze Bateh, singer/guitarist and drummer respectively, and bassist William Brookshire – have been evolving their midnight-black noise into something more subtle and expansive ever since the release of their 2013 debut Dreamviolence. That process greatly accelerated on 2018’s Shadow On Everything, their first on New York’s Wharf Cat Records and  a huge stride forward for the band both lyrically and sonically. 
 
The album was rapturously received by the press, listeners and their peers. NPR called it a “mesmerising...western, gothic opus,” Bandcamp called the "horror-house rampage" "one of the year's most gripping listens," and Alexis Marshall of Daughters named it his “favorite record of 2018.”  Shadow also garnered much acclaim on the other side of the Atlantic. Influential British 6Music DJ Steve Lamacq, dubbed them the best band of 2019’s SXSW, and Joe Talbot of the UK band IDLES said, "The best thing I heard last year was easily Bambara and their album Shadow On Everything."  The question was, though, how to follow it?
 
To start, the band did what they always do: they locked themselves in their windowless Brooklyn basement to write. Decisions were made early on to try and experiment with new instrumentation and song structures, even if the resulting compositions would force the band to adapt their storied live set, known for its tenacity and technical prowess. Throughout the songwriting process, the band pulled from their deep well of creative references, drawing on the likes of Leonard Cohen, Ennio Morricone, Sade, classic French noir L’Ascenseur Pour L’Echafraud, as well as Southern Gothic stalwarts Flannery O’Connor and Harry Crews.
 
Once the building blocks were set in place, they met with producer Drew Vandenberg, who mixed Shadow On Everything, in Athens, GA to record the foundation of Stray. After recruiting friends Adam Markiewicz (The Dreebs) on violin, Sean Smith (Klavenauts) on trumpet and a crucial blend of backing vocals by Drew Citron (Public Practice) and Anina Ivry-Block (Palberta), Bambara convened in a remote cabin in rural Georgia, where Reid laid down his vocals.
 
The finished product represents both the band's most experimental and accessible work to date. The addition of Citron and Ivory-Block’s vocals create a hauntingly beautiful contrast to Bateh’s commanding  baritone on tracks like “Sing Me to the Street”, “Death Croons” and “Stay Cruel," while the Dick Dale inspired guitar riffs on “Serafina” and "Heat Lightning" and the call-and-response choruses throughout the album showcase Bambara’s ability to write songs that immediately demand repeat listens.
 
While the music itself is evocative and propulsive, a fever dream all of its own, the lyrical content pushes the record even further into its own darkly thrilling realm. If the songs on Shadow On Everything were like chapters in a novel, then this time they’re short stories. Short stories connected by death and its effect on the characters in contact with it. “Death is what you make it” runs a lyric in “Sweat,” a line which may very well be the thread  that ties  these stories together.

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Bambara - Serafina (from the 'Stray' album out 2/14)

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YAY! our first single off our upcoming EP "Phasing" to be released October 18th!

feat. Eunghee Cho on cello

Estrangers

Drens
Surf punk from Dortmund, Germany, Europe
All info here: www.drens.de
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Produced by Drens & Steffen Israel at Tonbrauerei, Berlin
Recorded by Matthias 'Thies' Neu at Tonbrauerei, Berlin
Mixed by Philipp 'Philsen' Hoppen at Waldstudios, Berlin
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering, Karlsruhe

Booking: julian@kkt.berlin
Management: denis@teamgood.de

HEAT

Sometimes being alone is liberating but sometimes it downright sucks. 'Couples' whisks you from the confines of your bedroom to emotional breaking point on a cross-cultural sonic highway lined with Latin-infused rhythms and funkadelic basslines.

Something Blue

Couples

"Top Ticket" is the debut single from P.E., a new group featuring members the defunct post-punk project Pill and electronic/art-rock combo Eaters. Born of onstage improvisation, P.E. is an experiment in free-form collaboration and playful abrasiveness, generating industrial pop with a human touch and a sick sense of humor.  Featuring an absurdist dance remix by Liars, "Top Ticket" is just the first taste of the unnatural fruit P.E. have cultivated in the boroughs of NYC.

Lyrics
 
Chevron stripes;
Five minutes on the highway.
Ohhh she’ll mark her territory,
but I’m undercover with a flash-light.
 
Hot tip - the girls like to tease her.
Hot tip - let me win or I just might cry.
 
I want the Top - Ticket;
Nothing average, nothing contrived.
None of that consumer grade shit!
 
Top pick, No - Game - Winner,
you wanna groove with me?
I’ll need strict compliance.
 
High speed. High performing.
Midnight cruising. Conventional bondage.
 
Beat it down with the double play.
Beat it down with the double playyy!
I  want the  Top - Ticket.

P.E. - Top Ticket (From the 'Person' LP out 3/6)

"You in Education" by The Curious Incident is a knee-raising indie banger that'll keep you sweating in the gym or at the gig.

It is a rebellious, devil-may-care, feel good indie song that bursts with energy and was inspired by cult classic films like the Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. In contrast to the fun upbeat music you could also hear a more cynical undertone in that the youth in this track are disenchanted with their school system, they feel ignored and so it’s a tongue-in-cheek criticism of authoritarianism.

You In Education

Body Count

ANIMAL

Kate Bollinger - Vocals, Guitar
Chris Lewis - Lead Guitar
Jacob Grissom - Drums
Jimmy Trussell - Bass
John Trainum - Keys

Written by Kate Bollinger, Chris Lewis, Jacob Grissom, and Jimmy Trussell
Produced by John Trainum
Additional Production by Jacob Grissom & Chris Lewis
Mixed by John Trainum
Recorded by Jonathan Corey at White Star Sound
Mastered by Joey Messina-Doerning
Photography by Jonathan Roensch
Text by Corrinne James

Lyrics:
Baby I've been around
Had my fair share of run arounds
There ain’t nobody for me like you
 
Save me, I'm sick of in and outs
Up and downs 
But I would do them if you asked me to 
 
Lately I'm burning out
But you stuck around
Did more than anybody else could do
 
Wait for me
I'm getting better now
See good weather now 
Behind the clouds I draped in front of me
 
Baby can’t you see there’s no other like you
When you leave I’ll expect the things you’d always do
Maybe it’s a death wish to have become so used to 
You and me, you know I need to know that you’ll be true 
 
You came at a bad time
I guess any time could be as bad
Just as bad as you make it
 
Led me back to the light side
I shouldn’t say it’s bad luck I had
Just a different hand of cards is all
 
You were too clear to ask
I was used to wrenching words from tight kept mouths
I hadn’t known this clarity
 
You were too good to last
I’ll take it quick, console myself to have known the good
I've known the good , I've known the good 
 
Baby can’t you see there’s no other like you
When you leave I’ll expect the things you’d always do
Maybe it’s a death wish to have become so used to 
You and me, you know I need to know that you’ll be true

No Other Like You

Self Released 01/10/2019
Songwriters: Millie Duthie, Mitch Duce, Danny Southwell, Dan Hole 
Engineer/Producer: Josh (Hoagie) Harrison
Artwork: Sapphire Needham
MGMT: mhowes@theorchard.com

Two Sense

Death Stranding

"Drag" is taken from 'Happy To Be Here (Ext)' – out Oct 18, 2019: http://smarturl.it/HTBH-Ext

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Bandcamp: https://barrie.bandcamp.com
Tour Dates: https://barriethe.band/tour-dates

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Happy To Be Here (Ext)

Barrie - Drag

Likewise

Rare Thing

Up On High

Wanted, Never Asked

Vetiver - Wanted Never Asked

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From the album Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall
Release date: 11/8/2019

Recorded at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN on March 26 & 28, 2019
Performed by Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra (Osmo Vänskä, Music Director)
Written by Andy Thompson, Lazerbeak and Dessa
Arranged for orchestra by Andy Thompson 
Conducted by Sarah Hicks
Co-produced by Dessa, Lazerbeak, Andy Thompson, Doomtree Records, and the Minnesota Orchestra

Tour Dates - Tickets and info at www.dessawander.com/tour

Nov 7 - Cardiff, Wales, Millennium Center (w/ full BBC National Orchestra of Wales)
Nov 20 – NYC, The Greene Space, hosted by John Schaefer
Nov 21 – DC, Sixth & I
Nov 22 – Brooklyn, National Sawdust
Nov 23 – Boston, City Winery
Nov 24 – Philadelphia, City Winery

Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall

Velodrome (Live)

Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra - "Velodrome" (Live)

Combining a distinctive fusion of originality and homage, 22-year-old Phil Madeley’s music is born of equal parts disdain and anger for the current state of play. Wrapped up in his laid-back, Neil Young meets Jamie T, grit-edged soft rock, are pressing and serious issues of present-day alienation, loneliness and mistrust. With the ability to carry a refined maturity, as well as charming throwaway youthful aphorisms, his voice serves as the perfect vehicle for such reflections – resulting in songs that want to offer as much refuge as they do commentary.

Having cut his teeth as a solo performer, Madeley has crafted a commanding live act that is captivating and exciting, drawing comparisons with Jarvis Cocker and Mick Jagger. Performances at 2019’s Dot to Dot festival and headlines at The Waiting Room and The Sunflower Lounge (amongst a range of supports) have led to live shows defined by clout and purpose.

The early demos Phil recorded at home on his Tascam four-track tape machine served to document the growing maturity and control in his voice and his songwriting. Off the back of recording sessions at RAK studios in London, his long-awaited debut single ‘Same Skies’ is released via Nice Swan Records on October 11th 2019.

Same Skies

Phil Madeley - Same Skies

14 Hours

Tired and Sick

From Fran's debut album out 11/15 on Fire Talk.

Pre Order / Pre Save: ffm.to/franaprivatepicture

The trick is to make a confession entertaining. A Private Picture, the debut album by Chicago’s Fran, delivers a collection of extremely personal experiences that have been distilled and abstracted to the point that you can see yourself in their imagery, find analogs to your own emotional history in their scenarios –when you hear them, it’s a conversation. It’s therapy, if therapy was allowed to turn you on and make you shake what you got. At its core, Fran’s music is about sharing a truth -–telling it, confessing it, yelling it—in the service of human connection. Or, as Jacobson puts it, “I feel that I am a songwriter for the same reason I wanted to be an actor. I want to tell the truth. I want to challenge myself to get closer and closer to the core of an experience, an emotion- I want to say it, sing it, in a way that says exactly what it is. I cry when I write songs because I am constantly making discoveries, about myself, about the world, about the best way to convey and connect and get closer.”

A Private Picture

Fran - So Surreal

No Connection

Shoppings storming lead single “Initiative”, taken from the forthcoming Album "All Or Nothing", was written in a Seattle basement. Like the album as a whole, the track thrums with purpose, marking a confident new phase for the band. Referencing governments who shirk responsibilities but place the blame on individuals, the song has a frustrated groove that’s propelling, motivated by necessity to keep going against the grain.
You can pre-order the Album here: https://shopping.lnk.to/AllOrNothingWE