A few of the tracks we've tweeted over the last few weeks (release delayed by holiday).

Musos' Guide Underexposed 20140613

From Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens latest album, Cold World - Out Now!

Get it at iTunes - http://georiot.co/coldworld
Get it at the Daptone Shop - http://bit.ly/17Bf3bh

A Visit with Naomi Shelton in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn http://bit.ly/1ngFjrL

Order the newest 45 "Sinner" b/w "Everybody Knows" at the Daptone Shop - http://bit.ly/RsiLMk

Follow Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NaomiSheltonandtheGospelQueens

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Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens - Sinner

First single from the "The Soft Focus"
Released on by The Active Listener
Get a digital copy at www.theactivelistener.bandcamp.com 
Get a physical copy at www.violetswells.bandcamp.com 
Written and recorded by Ben Simms
Mastered By Emil Iskasson


Into The Ether

Fortuna POP! are delighted to announce the signing of London-based neo-psychedelic pop group The Proper Ornaments. Mining the rich territories of The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys, their debut album proper "Wooden Head" features fourteen thrillingly taut and melodic pop songs with a deep, dark undercurrent. Comprised of Argentinian Max Claps and James Hoare (also of Veronica Falls) – who both sing and write the songs – and joined by Daniel Nellis (bass) and Robert Syme (drums), the band have already shared stages with the likes of Real Estate, Woods, Crystal Stilts, Toy and Metronomy.

Maximo Claps arrived in London in 2008 on a one-way ticket from Buenos Aires, aided by former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Oldham had produced a record by Claps' Argentinian band of the time but the group had fallen apart in a mess of drugs and acrimony and Claps' family were attempting to intervene by sending him to a mental hospital. The only option seemed to be to flee the country. As Claps recalls, "The day before flying to the UK I got run over by a car and had to escape hospital in order to make it so I arrived with bandages and my head all stitched up."

A few weeks later Max walked into the vintage clothes shop where James Hoare sat behind the counter reading a book on The Velvet Underground, and attempted to cause a diversion while his kleptomaniac girlfriend stole a pair of boots. “She didn't steal them in the end,” says Max. “They weren't her size”. However, the shop assistant and the would-be accomplice bonded over a mutual love of the Velvets, Love, Felt and West Coast pop and began writing together, taking their name from a song by the pioneering soft psych band The Free Design. In 2010 they released their first single, "Recalling", following it up with a five-song EP for London label No Pain in Pop. In 2013 Lo Recordings released all their output to date on a collection titled "Waiting for the Summer", followed by the single “First Step Out” in February 2014.

Their new album was recorded at a studio in Hackney, as well as at home in their old flat in Whitechapel on a broken 8-track reel-to-reel bought off eBay from an angry guy who threatened to shoot them and chop off their balls when they attempted to return it - a terrifying experience for a pair of skinny indie boys. Taking inspiration from Berlin-era Lou Reed, Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Darklands”, The Television Personalities and West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, the songs are breezy and easy on the ear, with sublime harmonies and chiming Byrdsian guitar, but with a darker twist and a pervasive air of melancholy. Stand-out tracks include the beautiful but sad “Summer’s Gone” (about mental illness), “Magazine” (an upbeat number written from the perspective of a bullet in the barrel of a gun) and “You’ll See” (about how when you die you’ll see everyone you know, all there lined up in a row).

With "Wooden Head", The Proper Ornaments prove that it is still possible to create an album of pure pop perfection. Max's girlfriend may not have stolen the boots, but The Proper Ornaments are about to steal your heart.

“The joint project of James and Max, through romantic drama that borders on that of The Libertines. And when you hear The Proper Ornaments you’ll see why it’s all worth it. It’s like they’re meant for each other, like Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts” - Loud & Quiet

The Proper Ornaments - Magazine

iTunes: itunes.apple.com/album/turn-aroun…id885324375?l=en
Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/turn-around/1324192

Watch the official video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0gry3zD_s

Sailor & I are back with their latest productions for Life and Death. The two original tracks, while very different in moods, both share lush productions and a dramatic musical storytelling not often found in a typical dance release. While Boys & Girls offers a slowed-down mournful and yet beautiful nostalgic tale of childhood days gone by, Turn Around comes straight out of the gate like a racehorse on fire, flanked by strong strings and a vocal that pleads a case for love that comes straight from the heart.

And of course rounding out the release is arguably one of the most anticipated tracks of the summer. Ever since it first started falling on people’s ears earlier this year, the Âme remix of “Turn Around” has been the high point of sets by Tale of Us, Dixon, Mano Le Tough as well as the few select others that have had their hands on it up until this point. It’s been giving goosebumps to club goers everywhere and with good reason — this is Âme at their finest, taking the song and extending it into an epic masterpiece that works wonders on a dancefloor while never losing the bewitching essence of the original.

SAILOR & I 
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Life And Death 
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Sailor & I – Turn Around

Feedback Over Talent

written by Christina Cuesta Loeb & Blake Straus
produced by Blake Straus
drums by Jarred Tibbetts
vocal engineering by David Dudley Corwin
mixed by Gabe Van
mastered by Paul Logus
photo by Sandrine Lee 
for booking/licensing contact: desertpalmsmusic@gmail.com

i was robbed 
in the middle of the night 
i waited for you here
to say my goodbyes 

did they come 
did you see them there
did they tell you what to do
and where to go? 

could you teach me how to climb into my mind
and make it right?
i'll make the sacrifice 
into the skies

i'm running out of time
i'm running out of time

was it hard? 
does it make sense now? 
am i talking to myself
again today

i’m not scared 
you can show me how
i’ll being waiting for that hole 
to disappear 

could you teach me how to climb into my mind
and make it right?
could you teach me how to miss you 
before i 
i have to say goodbye
i'm running out of time
i'm running out of time
you're running out of time
we've run out, out of

Out Of

Something's Over by Delsbo Beach Club, released Nov 20 2018. From Debut EP 'Four tracks & a burger', released Jan 25 2019.

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Delsbo Beach Club - Something's Over

#SCFIRST

'Swear Jar' is the first single from our forthcoming EP 'Zero' out Friday 25 October via Dot Dash / Remote Control

'Swear Jar' is an optimistic tune about the dumb stuff we fight about in the heat of the moment, and having the patience to find out what the other person really means without judging them on the language they used initially, on the premise that hindsight is the mother of foresight.

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Lyrics:

it helps to swear if you're hurt,
to scream, and kick, and curse
damning the hypocrites and liars
for what they call friendly fire
when it seemes no suture can make it better
just remember...
it helps to swear if you're hurt

even when you've done nothing wrong
the resentment is just as strong
don't punish yourself for painting fiction
for there's more to be seen in a narrowing vision

if you swear I can tell something's beating you down
we'll dig you out from your underground
it's less like a light switch and more like a dimmer
while the anger is fading, the room will get brighter
same with your language, I understand
there's a spectrum between words like fuck and damn
there's a spectrum between words like fuck and damn
there's a spectrum between words like fuck and damn
so remember...
it helps to swear if you're hurt

#indie #poprock #folk #folkpop #australian #newmusic #alternative

Swear Jar

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Neon Ballroom

Worthless

Song included in the compilation 3" CD "We are the Time. We are the Famous" that comes with the 10th Cloudberry Fanzine (catalog number 410)! The fanzine includes interviews with Salt Lake Alley, Stephen's Shore, The Seashells, Okama Flannel Boy, The Color Waves, Den Baron, Dayflower and The BV's. 
CD tracklist
a1. Astral Brain - Five Thousand Miles
a2. The BV's - Mould
b1. Salt Lake Alley - But You Do, You Do
b2. Tvärtom - Järkyty
b3. Dayflower - Popping Candy

The BV's - Mould

The Death Of Pop are Angus James & Oliver James.

Drums by Thom James.

Produced by The Death Of Pop.

Artwork by George Abram.

Released 17th March 2013.

What A Day

Held Open Door

Glow & Behold

Middle Sea (Demo)

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