My selections for October 2017. Hear the full playlist at www.birp.fm <3

BIRP! October 2017

Moving Apart

This song is one of the bonus track for Japanese version of "Swung From the Branches"

Foxes in Fiction - Swung From the Branches [+ 3 Bonus Tracks]
PLANCHA / ARTPL-060
Format: CD(Japan Only) / Digital
Release Date: March 18, 2015 
Price(CD): 1,900yen + tax

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TRACKLISTING:

01. Operating Room
02. Basement Window
03. Thank You, Sunday Morning
04. Sleeping Building Unsuspecting
05. Coffee Cups That Won't Break Down
06. Ninth Floor View
07. Cream Screen
08. 8 / 29 / 91
09. Mialectric (Side B Transition)
10. Bronte Balloons
11. New Panic Cure
12. Jimi Bleachball
13. Please Note
14. Snow Angels
15. 15 Ativan (Song For Erika)
16. To Go Home
17. Memory Pools
18. Insomnia Keys
19. Visiting Hours
20. Karma Bank*
21. 5-HTP*
22. Flashing Lights Have Ended Now*

* = Bonus Track


FOXES IN FICTION: http://foxesinfiction.ca/
PLANCHA: http://www.artuniongroup.co.jp/plancha/top/

Foxes in Fiction - Flashing Lights Have Ended Now (Japanese Bonus Track)

"Over And Even" by Joan Shelley

Rey Pila - Alexander

Forever Yours

[Verse 1]
I'd take it on the chin if the dream hadn't died
Could take the weight of my head
Take it in stride
Take it like a man if I still had some fight
Wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died
 
[Chorus]
If the dream hadn't died
There'd be so much to love
So many things to keep a heart above
And I'd walk around with my arms open wide
It wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died
 
[Verse 2]
And I could say that this just happens to everyone
And I'd believe it if it wasn't for the fact that I'm
The only one
And the sun's setting on me
It's like the world has gone and left me to the night
It wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died
 

[Chorus]
If the dream hadn't died
There'd be so much to love
So many things to keep a heart above
And I'd walk around with my arms open wide
It wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died

[Verse 3]
I'd stop countin' my failures
Just learn to forgive
I could let go of some things
Lord
I could forget
Wouldn't matter at all if I just hadn't tried
Wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died
 
 [Chorus]
If the dream hadn't died
There'd be so much to love
So many things to keep a heart above
And I'd walk around with my arms open wide
It wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died

[Verse 4]
And when I look around and I see that it ain't there
That good ol' faith
Just feelin' up in the air
It's all good
I know
It's just not what I had in mind
Wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died

[Final Chorus]
If the dream hadn't died
There'd be so much to love
So many things to keep a heart above
And I'd walk around with my arms open wide
It wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died
If the dream hadn't died
There'd be so much to love
So many things to keep a heart above
And I'd walk around with my arms open wide
It wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died
Wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died
Wouldn't be a problem if the dream hadn't died

[outro]

If The Dream Hadn't Died (feat. Nostalgia Boy)

if you knew (bside)

Indie / Pop / Shoegaze
http://www.myspace.com/wildnothing
Indie &amp; Electro

Wild Nothing - Golden Haze

Wasted Light

Taken from the album, Peace or Love, out 5th August. 

Pre-order limited edition blue suede shoes coloured vinyl -  http://smarturl.it/DavidWestLP 
iTunes -  http://smarturl.it/DavidWest.iTunes 

Biog
“angels of light have your souls in a vice / we want to be free / we want to be loved / we want to be kissed from heaven above” - David West, Dream on Dreamer
                
When Tough Love first began putting out records, one of the guiding motivations was to release music that sounds like the music David West makes. We didn’t know it at the time, because we hadn’t yet heard of him. It’s funny how the very thing you’re looking for falls into your lap. If you don’t already know of David, and the various guises he performs under, then I’m a little envious, for you have a lot to discover for the first time. On 5th August, Tough Love will release Peace or Love, the second album to be issued under his own name. That can be either your starting point, or your continuation down a road.

The facts: Peace or Love is the follow-up to USA/Australia-based musical artist David West's 2015 cassette release, Drop Out Of Collage. Peace or Love is a collection of songs stemming from wild and free bedroom four-track cassette recordings and personal hard drive sample raiding, with contributions from various musical friends in Perth, Western Australia and SF/LA, California. West draws inspiration from free-thinking artists of the past and present on this polyphonic platter, from soft indie strumming and free soundscapes, to disco and soul-pop. West currently plays in the guitar pop band Rat Columns, synth-pop project Liberation and post-punk trio Rank/Xerox, and has been in varied acts such as Lace Curtain, Burning Sensation, Total Control and Whalehammer.

If you were feeling particularly grand, you could say that David West has created his own ecology, or you could just say he’s a very busy man. I told David over email that Peace or Love feels like an album that was made specifically for me. His reply? “It is for YOU. And YOU. And YOU. And YOU…Peace or love is the same thing - you want to be free and you want to be loved....but you gotta choose one” This is music from the margins that deserves a place in the middle of anyone's heart. 

“it's peace or love baby / you said it before / that you want it all / it's peace or love, baby” - David West, Peace or Love 

iTunes

David West - Dream On Dreamer

All The Time

Swedish boutique music label ICEA adopted the Positano natives to polish their dream-pop soundscapes. Listeners were introduced to Emmecosta’s music at the end of 2016 and the dawn of 2017 with the tracks “His Power of Youth” and “Miguel”. The synths, punctuated guitar and silky vocals evoke memories of Phoenix circa 2004. The remaining two tracks, “Heavy Heart” and “A Mountain From Us” blend pulsing waves of synths and echoing vocals, mirroring Snakadaktal’s Sleep in the Water (2013). 

In many ways, Emmecosta communicate intoxicating atmospheres with their dream-pop, reminiscent of Washed Out, where the muffled vocals paint the landscape and guide the listener to melt into nature. The music videos for “Miguel” and “His Power of Youth” were filmed in seaside Positano and Scandinavian forests, complementing the music and the story of the band. Emmecosta says, “There is a hidden romantic darkness in the actual story, which represents the band’s melancholy in relation to their hometown in Italy, and what it was been like to immigrate to Sweden. There is a craving for home, yet acceptance of new belonging.” 

Stereogum and Clash Magazine have both praised the band for their “blissed out electronics with a liquid feel” more accurately than their self-proclaimed “post-club tropical indie soul” - a description that raises eyebrows, but enhances a sense of self-awareness in the calming hours after a party, before bed.  Emmecosta dedicates their music ideas to time and place - living in the moment, while feeling split between their lives in Italy and Sweden. The result is a sound that feels comfortable and contemplative.   

"’Velour’ is the feeling of unshakable longing for a place we’ve never been. This is a specific form of wanderlust – a craving for a distant land or a deep feeling of ‘homesickness’ for a place we have never seen. We imagine distant places through small fragments: everyday life seen elsewhere. We are going through a strange sensation of disorientation, something magical seen from far away. We fall in love with this fragment. It holds the promise for more. We move around it.” - Emmecosta

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More from Emmecosta here:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/emmecosta.music
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/emmecosta
WEB: http://www.emmecosta.com/

Velour EP

A Mountain From Us

Emmecosta - A Mountain From Us

I'll wait it out in an Oakland motel
Say it out loud, it helps
With a girl you don't know well at all
I think this all may blow over
We say it drunk and think it sober a lot

I breath in ocean air until my nose bleeds
Countless texts go unread to spite your shit for brains logic
Cold beer and nicotine

I could stand to make a mecca of my home state
A place I'm clean, don't worry
It draws out words like I'm sorry
Fix me like you used to
Something rye and angostura bitters make the heart grow fonder
I say things I think no longer

Angostura

I hung up your picture, Annabelle
Left a dozen roses in your mail
You say that you’re afraid
To date someone my age
It’s a month or two behind
You really shouldn’t mind
There’s no need for a reason
You can end this love if you want to

Cause Annabelle I want you to know
If things are blurry you can walk out the door
Cause I would die and go to hell to save this love, Annabelle

I called up your number, Annabelle
What did you say? I couldn’t tell
Your tone of voice was rude
It seemed to be untrue
Well, maybe I was wrong
For singing to your song
There’s no need for a reason
You can end this love if you want to

Cause Annabelle I want you to know
If things are blurry you can walk out the door
Cause I would die and go to hell to save this love, Annabelle

Annabelle

Arbetshäst

Buy & support: https://garbanotasbosistas.bandcamp.com/track/last-summers-day

Garbanotas | music
Mantas Joneikis | lyrics
Tilto namai | management
Garbanotas Bosistas | Šarukas Joneikis, Mantas Joneikis, Kipras Pugačiukas, Mantas Augustaitis
Snorre Bergerud | Ymir Audio | recording, mix, master

Lyrics:
Got stuck in the last summer’s day
My mind rolled on but the heart stayed
Stretch out your white hand, reach back in time
Bring back my heart, reunite with my mind

Lord, I really need to get moving
Lord, you know I gotta get moving on

On my way home everyone’s much like you
Come kiss my eyes any make-up will do
Touch your hair, bite your lip, leave the rest to the heart
In this circle game I just don’t know where to start

Last Summer's Day

dreamy psychedelic flowers growing out of the amplifiers

Last Summer's Day

Garbanotas

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