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Born Joy Dead is the solo project of Brisbane musician Ben Dalton, best known as bassist for Hungry Kids of Hungary. 

Life after two successful albums, world touring, numerous sold out shows and notable appearances at festivals such as Splendour in the Grass, Groovin’ the Moo, Pink Pop (Netherlands) and Falls Festival was a sobering experience. However, the unanticipated solitude provided the perfect opportunity for Ben to hone his craft as an independent musician. 

Drawing inspiration from the likes of XTC and Elvis Costello, Born Joy Dead points to a world where warm and strangely synthetic soundscapes are met with stimulating language, vibrancy and colour. The first release ‘Upside Down, Inside Out’ combines the eccentricities of 1970’s new wave with the boldness of modern experimental pop, and was recorded with local producer Sean Cook (Big Scary, Velociraptor).
 

Upside Down, Inside Out

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Sego - 'Townland'
Long Long Way From the Fringe
Dine Alone Records

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Streaming - http://hyperurl.co/sego

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Townland

son step - "sweet wife life"
natural majique (out may 27)
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Sweet Wife Life

First single from Vancouver's The Courtneys sophomore album 'II'

Out Feb 17th on Flying Nun Records.

The Courtneys - Silver Velvet

Released 4.12.17 on ltd edition postcard. Grab one here:
http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/artists/postcardclub

Likely familiar to anyone who wears their heart on their cardigan, Laura K forms part of Fortuna Pop'sters Tigercats. In her spare time she also plays in Jean K, Ski Saigon, Mikey Collins as well as finding moments to work on her own material. 'Apologise' is the result of some of that spare time. Though it kicks off like a Casio keyboard demo, by the minute mark it has slowly built into a swelling pop song.

Of the track Laura says "the song is about being insecure and anxious in a relationship; having negative thought patterns - not knowing if problems are real or in your head...classic! It’s also about not being sorry for your feelings."

The single is out on Postcard and digital download from Monday 4th December. The artwork was created by David Zacharis of the Smittens.

The Postcard Club

Laura K - Apologise

Destroyer - Song for America

From the album Warrior, available April 6, 2018 from Western Vinyl

Pre-Order Warrior
Bandcamp: https://airwaves.bandcamp.com/album/warrior
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/warrior/1337353378?ls=1&app=itunes
WV: http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv167

The album cover for Warrior, the third full-length by Brooklyn-based band Air Waves, features a ominous, androgynous figure standing with a bicycle, wearing a gas mask adorned with a daisy.  The remarkable image was taken on April 22nd, 1970 at the inaugural Earth Day celebration in New York City by Nicole Schneit’s dad, Martin Schneit.  Forty-seven years later, artist Em Rooney hand-painted Schneit’s original black & white photo, resulting in an image that radiates with Warrior’s indefatigable spirit, strength, and love

Like many queer women, Nicole Schneit is a warrior by necessity, fighting for basic rights, dignity, and acceptance.  Such determination in the face of hardship and injustice runs in Schneit’s family; her new album was inspired in part by her mom who was diagnosed with fallopian cancer last year.  As she explains, “The doctor told her she had a fifteen to twenty percent chance, and her response was ‘I’m going to get this mother fucker.’ So the title ‘Warrior’ and the song are about her. After chemotherapy,  surgery, and then more chemotherapy, all the cancer in her body has left and she's currently in remission. I feel like most of the people in my life, including myself, are warriors and have overcome obstacles that seemed impossible to defeat.”

The dignified fighter archetype referenced in the album’s title is explored on each of Warrior’s eleven pieces of bittersweet, empowering indie pop.  According to Schneit the song “Gay Bets”, written after the 2016 election is “about being gay and being proud and open. I was thinking about hate crimes spiking and the current state of the world. My friend Jennifer Moore, who sings on the track, was my partner a long time ago, so I felt like I was writing a fuck you to Trump, for trying to take away queer rights, women's rights, people's rights.”  The song “Tangerine” was inspired by the film of the same name in which two trans women try to make ends meet as prostitutes. This movie, a dark docu-comedy shot in the contrastingly sunny setting of L.A., reflects Schneit’s battle between identity and society via Brooklyn pop rock that swings between the pastel-tinged and the downright melancholic.

On the album’s gorgeous closer “Blue Fire,” (inspired by the Adrienne Rich poem "The Will to Change") Schneit equates her post-presidential-election anxiety to a flame that grows and recedes, as she pleads for herself and listeners to remain calm. Like its namesake, the track burns slowly and brightly into one of the most glowing points on the record, leaving the listener smiling with thoughtful hope.  Warrior’s highlights, and all of the unmissable, satisfying pieces that tie them together show Schneit’s perseverance and resilience through crumbling relationships, personal adversity, and the current political climate, all leading to her most powerful collection of songs to date. Understated, subtly sophisticated, and equally empowering and comforting, Warrior launches Air Waves above the apolitical complacency of too many of the group's contemporaries.  Schneit proudly declares her mission statement: “I want these songs to be heard by people in my queer community, but also by anyone that wants to feels strong, powerful, and included.”

Warrior

Air Waves - "Blue Fire"

Producer: Jon Joseph
Mixed: Dusty Moon
Master: Chad Wahlbrink

BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD (feat. Devendra Banhart)

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The Courtneys - Silver Velvet

Flying Nun Records

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