Grind Select 2022 Sampler

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.

PURCHASE 💥

S.C.A.B. - S.C.A.B. (LP2)

https://www.whitelight-whiteheat.com/wl-wh-weekly-shoegaze-dreampop-psychedelic-indie-tips-44-22/

WL//WH - NOVEMBER 2022 // Shoegaze /Dream Pop /Psychedelic /Indie Pop

Purchase 'Numbers Game' LP (out 5/6/22): https://bit.ly/grocerbc
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LwuOod
Apple Music: https://apple.co/34XFFX8
Follow Grocer: https://www.instagram.com/itsgrocer/

Grocer is a band that demands context and attention: listen to just one song or wander away mid-set to smoke a cigarette, and you’ll completely miss what they’re about. Featuring three distinct vocalists/lyricists, Grocer is a band that grooves, but never quite settles; a group that loves a good melody, yet remains moments away from chaos. Recently described as “if The Pixies wrote a musical”, their on-stage chemistry is undeniable whether ripping through an Audiotree session or playing in their home city of Philadelphia.

Their forthcoming sophomore album, Numbers Game, is full of these tricks, nods, and winks as the band rearranges the puzzle pieces of 90s-influenced rock and dissonant pop into something utterly their own. Originally imagined as a four song EP, Numbers Game came about in two quick bursts: The first when the quartet isolated themselves in rural Georgia in January 2021 to focus on writing and escaping the pandemic, and the second immediately following an overwhelming six-week national tour the summer of that year.

Frequently, the songs find Grocer attempting to escape the turmoil of the outside world by turning inward, only to find struggles existing just as intensely within themselves: scattered throughout are allusions to technology dependencies, social complacencies, and overall realizations that they may not be the angels they presumed they were. Recorded quickly in hopes of mirroring the unhinged nature of Grocer’s live performances, Numbers Game is a cathartic, immersive dive into a band that refuses to stop searching. 

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Let’s circle back to all that force from before
By now, I had assumed I’d be accomplishing more
No luck, as of yet I’m bunk
Every bet I stuck with boiled down to junk

Let’s give a name to what I’m worrying on
Look out or inward every infrastructure is gone
Some rush, whitened in the front
Hoofin it by touch
Pick a way and run

I don’t hear my name, so I shout it out
All proof of this ends in the ground

Summing things up
Aware of the door
I know you’re leaving soon lady I done this before
Be gone, shutter up the shop
These undercover lost causes are floating to the top

Done gazing in no longer lingering on
Why this entire planet must envision me wrong
Some rush, white and in the front
Poking just for fun
Pick away and run

I don’t see my face, so I’ll point it out
All proof of this ends in the ground

PURCHASE 🐀

Grocer - Pick A Way

A Beacon School's new single "Dot" is out April 8th, 2022.
Stream/purchase: https://fanlink.to/abs-dot

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outside when narrow
the sun on the wire
lilting

to understand
the invitation
again

you felt it come true then
etched in a blinking
pattern you can’t forget

the color’s unknowing but the landing seems close
cuz it’s no different

light shifting
While all the rest fills in slowly
you find your head fizzing softly
And you swear this all feels new

But it’s no different

PURCHASE ✨

A Beacon School - Dot

Pine Barons' Fishmans tribute album 'I LOVE FISH' is out July 8 via Grind Select.
Preorder: https://pinebarons.bandcamp.com/album/i-love-fish
Stream/download: https://fanlink.to/nightcruising

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Philadelphia art-rockers Pine Barons announce their new Fishmans cover album I LOVE FISH by sharing the music video for cover track "ナイトクルージング (Night Cruising)". Fishmans is known for their unique psychedelic sound with rocksteady basslines and the distinctive vocals of the late lead singer Shinji Sato.

Lead vocalist Keith Abrams says "ナイトクルージング (Night Cruising) was one of the first songs that came together for this record early on in the process, and was one of the easier songs to translate into English. It was a popular song for Fishmans when it first came out, and I wanted to stay true to its dreaminess and to have it build upon itself and crescendo into a blissful end.”

"For this video, we tried to embody the brightness and liveliness that was our discovery of Fishmans. Looking back on their music has truly helped us look forward. It sparked a flame and revitalized a forgotten feeling we’ve all had in ourselves - a yearning curiosity and genuine awe. It rekindled our love and appreciation for music, creatively and objectively." says Alex Beebe, keyboardist and director of the music video. 

As fans of Fishmans, Pine Barons took great care to replicate and honor the intricate details that went into the original record, in addition to adding their own meticulous spin. For example, on legendary 30 minute romp "Long Season," the band ran through a field of snow geese with 3 different samplers for a transition. The band paints a picture of recording that track, describing: "we built custom wind chimes out of glockenspiel tone bars, bells, forks and knives which were all hanging from the rim of a bike tire which hung from the ceiling. Two mics coming out the ears of a mannequin head which was placed beneath the spinning wind chimes were used to record it for a binaural effect."

VIDEO 🐟

Pine Barons - ナイトクルージング

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. 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 South America as teenagers, was born in Elmhurst, Queens. His lyrics are colored with nostalgic memories of 90’s Bushwick, where his grandparents 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 “keep 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”).

The newest entry to their catalog, 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. - Pink Tire

S.C.A.B. - C86

S.C.A.B. - Tuesday

S.C.A.B. - Small Talk

S.C.A.B. - MTA LUX

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

"Stranger At The Door" is out 9/27/22 on Grind Select.

Lyrics:

It's not because I'm faded
I'm telling you the truth
I heard it in the garden
I heard it across the room
I can't believe this happened
I can't believe it's true
I see it all around me
I read it in the news

Don't make a sound
When you come 'round
Hope you come back soon

I need you to know that it's all the same
I don't want to move on I don't want to change

I swear I'm hearing voices
There's someone at the door
It could be I'm just lonely
Or maybe I'm just bored
I used to be outgoing
But now I feel exposed
The life I have abandoned
I'm hiding in my clothes

Don't make a sound
When you come 'round
Hope you come back soon

I wish I believed that it's all the same
I hope I can move on, I know I can change
I wish I believed that it's all the same
I hope I can move on, I know I can change

VIDEO 🚪

Blue Canopy - Stranger At The Door (ft. Misty Boyce)

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

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

Wild Strawberries

“What You Want” is a fun and introspective dive into some trip hop and hip hop ideas I wanted to explore. In working with Who Is Raphael Leraux, I found that his verses added even more depth and cohesion to the themes of the song. We’re talking about how often it is that we lose sight of the basics of life - home, family, friends, health - and instead focus on our wants and desires. Our producer, Ross Ingram, really helped us to fuse my soulful shoegaze/dreampop style with Who Is Raphael Leraux’s modern hip hop and pop sensibilities.

Words: Rosie Varela and Who Is Raphael Leraux

Music: The Rosie Varela Project (feat. Who Is Raphael Leraux)

Producer: Ross Ingram

Engineer: Ross Ingram

Mastering Engineer: Charlie Vela

Cover Artwork: Rosie Varela

Rosie Varela: Guitar, Vocals, Synth, Flute, Piano, Percussion

Ross Ingram: Guitar, Synths, Percussion, Drums

Sebastian Estrada: Bass

Who Is Raphael Leraux: Vocals, Percussion

Recorded and mixed at Brainville, Sunland Park, New Mexico

What You Want (feat. Who Is Raphael Leraux)

I can’t stand my self 
I’ve lost purity 
I felt heaven once 
Death by ecstasy 
let me live 
Without this 
Worthlessness 
Helplessness
A dark oppressive presence 
Eats me alive bit by bit

I sink into your soul 
Fall into me 
The pain will never go 
Even if your with me 

Drown me in your pain  
Carve into my skin 
And I’ll carve in yours 
Then we’ll both be linked 
Liberate my soul 
Make me feel again 
We’re chasing dragons 
We’ve both sealed our fate 

I sink into your soul 
Fall into me 
The pain will never go 
Even if your with me

Sink Into Your Soul

music and lyrics by Vlado Nosal
produced and mixed by Vlado Nosal
mastered by Ken Coomer

Vlado Nosal - vocals, keyboards, guitar, drum machine, sound effects
Barbara Vojtasakova - vocals
Lukas Valter - bass
Boo Hewerdine - guitar, keyboards, sound effects

Cold Cigarette

Love & Anxiety

Backseat Psychiatrist

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