Grind Select 2022 Sampler

Purchase 'Numbers Game' LP (out 5/6/22): bit.ly/grocerbc
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36wwgas
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3xCQg6h
Follow Grocer: www.instagram.com/itsgrocer/

Grocer is a multi-vocal guitar band from South Philly, 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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Give me one
Reason to
Count to three
What's it for?
What's it for?
What's it for?

I need a break
Keep it on
Count on me
Break it off
What's the point?
What's the point?
What's the point?

I'm calling out!

Gimme five
I need a sec
Seven Sharp?
What's the point?
What's the point?
What's the point?

I need a break
Keep it on
Count on me
Break it off
What's the point?
What's the point?
What's the point?

I don't wanna fucking do this

I'm calling out!

VIDEO 🛒

Grocer - Calling Out

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

"Lookin 4' Pleasure" is out now: https://fanlink.to/lookin4pleasure

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Spend another night alone
Well I can’t kill the urge to slowly
Slip my hands in, til I’m pantin’
And I’m riding the high

Ooo it’s just what I needed
To get my body wet and heated
In the darkness, feel the sharpness
Of my breath when I come for myself

Ooo yeah, ohh
Ooo yeah, ohh whoa
Ooo yeah

It’s a time in my life
When it doesn’t feel right
To go lookin’ for pleasure
In somebody else
It’s a time in my life
When I gotta make do
With the way that I know
My own body so well

(I know what I like)
Just trust myself
(What feels good)
To love myself

Gonna close my eyes and have
The space to make my heart beat so fast
And I’m trying, keep from crying
Too loud when I’m over the edge
Something spilling from my lips
Driving myself to bliss
Legs are shaking, so amazing
That I can do this to myself

It’s a time in my life
When it doesn’t feel right
To go lookin’ for pleasure
In somebody else
It’s a time in my life
When I gotta make do
With the way that I know
My own body so well
It’s a time in my life
When it doesn’t feel right
To go out on the prowl
When it’s just for the night
It’s a time in my life
When it’s easy to please
Only me

It’s a time in my life
When it doesn’t feel right
(Just trust myself)
It’s a time in my life
When I gotta make do
(To love myself)
It’s a time in my life
When it doesn’t feel right
(Driving myself to bliss)
It’s a time in my life
When it’s easy to please
Only me

PURCHASE ❤️‍🔥

Dominic Sen - Lookin' 4 Pleasure

Featuring vocals by Lucy Stone ~

'I LOVE FISH' is out July 8th on Grind Select:
Purchase: pinebarons.bandcamp.com/album/i-love-fish

During the mixing process of Pine Barons' last album, Mirage on the Meadow, frontman and multi-instrumentalist Keith Abrams stumbled upon the music of cult favorite Japanese band, Fishmans (active throughout the late 80’s and 90’s) and fell in love with their peerless mix of dream pop, psychedelic rock, trip-hop and dub/reggae. Unable to speak the Japanese language himself, Abrams set out to discover what the lyrics actually meant, and with the help of a Japanese-speaking friend, came up with lyrical English interpretations of the late Shinji Sato’s words. After Sato’s copyright successor passed along his blessing to move forward, I LOVE FISH was officially born.

I LOVE FISH is a tribute album in the truest sense. Also produced and engineered in house, Pine Barons brings its own flavor to the arrangements and compositions that comprise nine Fishmans songs, including ambitious fan favorite, the 30-minute plus “LONG SEASON”, a song that has never been attempted as a cover before. 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."

Abrams recalls hearing Sato’s voice for the first time, noticing that “without even knowing what the lyrics were, I felt such a strong connection to the voice that sang them. It confirms to me the genuine beauty of that voice and how universal music truly is."

PURCHASE 🐠

Pine Barons - BABY BLUE

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

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.

S.C.A.B. - Tuesday

"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)

Out now via Grind Select ~ 💋

“Love To Be” is a song about wanting more. It’s for those times when you are crushing hard, and ready for that crush to evolve into something firmer. I wanted to capture that feeling in the arrangement and production by trying to make every section unique from the next, giving the song its own path of unexpected evolution and unfolding. I was extremely excited when sadie said she was down to collaborate and she really helped bring the second verse alive with her own perspective and artistic inclinations."

~

Can you hold it right there
I’m just lookin’ at ya
Just tryna catch ya
Lookin’ lookin’ at me
Can you hold it right there
I’mma take a picture
Make your face a fixture
Makin’ makin’ memories

Am I makin’ it clear
That I’m thirsty for ya
That I can’t ignore ya
Little little bit squeeze
Of the hand
I just wanna wanna be your

Love
To be your love
To be your love
To be your love
Love to be
Your love
To be your love
To be your love

Can you touch me right here
I’m addicted to ya
I’m standing on your bleachers
Watching my favorite game
Can I make it more clear
I’m wearing your old t-shirts
Your orbit’s my universe

And I know you know it babe

And I can’t sleep
And I can’t eat
And I’m holding on
To your heartbeat
Cause your heartbeat
Is my favorite song

I just wanna be
Wanna be
I just wanna be your

Love
To be your love
To be your love
To be your love
Love to be
Your love
To be your love
To be your love

Can’t keep moving
Can’t keep steady
Time to take the chance
You’re ready now
To be my love
Baby I want
To be your love

STREAM/ DL 💋

Dominic Sen - Love To Be (ft. sadie)

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

"The One I Know" is out 11/29/22 via Grind Select: https://fanlink.to/the-one-i-know

This homage to Motown plays like a prom theme in slow motion. Set against the backdrop of a hazy dance floor, Kerry Charles recalls a fleeting moment of recognition and infatuation on the eve of 2016. But some things just aren't meant to be…

Featuring Dustin Kaufman (of St. Lucia) on drums, and a ripper of a solo from preeminent saxophonist Max Cudworth, Charles and co will lull you into a daydream of synthesizers and simpler times. 

An earlier version of The One I Know was released in 2016 on the net label RareMP3s following a legendary New Years party in Philadelphia hosted by Naeem Juwan (Startisha / Spank Rock). That original version is featured as b-side to this single. 

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Blurring the lines between caricature and confessional, Kerry Charles isn't quite certain where his act ends and reality begins. Sardonic, yet sincere, abject but personal and indisputably groovy, Charles's timeless pop recordings are as enigmatic as their author.

Drawing influence from the likes of Prince, Hall and Oates and Steely Dan, Charles's obsessively produced tracks land somewhere between laid-back synth pop, smooth dad rock and seductive R&B.

The New Jersey-based songwriter and producer pairs his intimate falsetto with a lush palette of synthesizers and the inimitable sax stylings of Max Cudworth to produce a sound that longs for a time of polyester and purple rain.

Supported by an outstanding lineup of musicians (including Dustin Kaufman of St. Lucia), Charles and Cudworth spin a sensual yarn that will have you reaching to dim the lights and uncork that second bottle of malbec.

With his debut LP slated for early next year and even more in the works, Kerry Charles is just getting started.

STREAM/DL ♣️

Kerry Charles - The One I Know

"Bright Spot" is out 12/7/22 on Grind Select:
https://fanlink.to/bright-spot

Lyrics:

Tell me that I'm always on your mind
I get the feeling I've been left behind

I warned you
I told you this time

I'm the one that never gets it right
I'm the one that always starts the fight

I warned you
There's something not right

What if I could fall
What if I could follow you
You might not be wrong
But you might not be right this time

It's 5:00 and I am out the door
I get it, but it leaves me wanting more

I warned you
I told you this time

I'm listening and I hear the things you say
I'm working on it each and everyday
I warned you
There's something not right

What if I could fall
What if I could follow you
You might not be wrong
But you might not be right this time

What if I could fall
What if I could follow you
You might not be wrong
But you might not be right this time

STREAM/DL ☀️

Blue Canopy - Bright Spot

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