Website: thenewup.com
Genre:    ElectroRock

The New Up’s Tiny Mirrors came to life in three distinctly charmed spaces: a self-built studio in the group’s “band house” in San Francisco, an intimate Marin home surrounded by redwoods, and a secluded barn in a seaside Mendocino town. Equally the result of an exacting, metamorphic songwriting process, Tiny Mirrors reveals itself as a gorgeous paradox: a collection of songs that give a bracing glimpse at the state of the world but still feel fiercely intimate; an album that’s supremely life-affirming despite all its apocalyptic overtones.

Politically charged yet intensely introspective, raw in emotion yet cinematic in scope, Tiny Mirrors explores the notion of overcoming disconnection by “looking at our own reflection first and seeing more than just tiny, disjointed fragments,” according to Pitcher. With its buzzing synths and serpentine riffs, indelible melodies and sprawling arrangements, Tiny Mirrors also marks The New Up’s first collaboration with an outside producer: Jack Frost, a DJ and longtime musical cohort whom the band credits with encouraging their move into more electronically crafted terrain. Throughout the album, Pitcher’s sultry vocals cut through that richly layered sound to capture endless dimensions of feeling. On “Future Is Now,” the song’s hazy soundscape and graceful melody meet with an unnerving narrative about “people not being willing to stick with what they know is right when everyone else is trying to influence them otherwise,” as Reid explains. Stark yet shimmering, “Black Swan” gives a boldly detailed portrait of loneliness. And on “Almost Human,” with its snarling guitar tones and jagged beats, The New Up deliver a powerful meditation on the longing for connection. 

Forming soon after Reid and Pitcher serendipitously met in the parking lot of a music festival, The New Up have turned out three self-released EPs (Gold, Better Off, Broken Machine) and one full-length (Palace of Industrial Hope). When it came time to start working on Tiny Mirrors, the band decided to launch an Indiegogo campaign to obtain the gear needed to create their own recording studio, which was essential to realizing their creative vision. After surpassing their crowdfunding goal, The New Up used those funds to construct the studio at their home, the “Pleasure Pad” (which included converting a closet into an isolation booth and executing some innovative microphone placement), as well as to transform the aforementioned barn in Gualala, California, into a state-of-the-art recording facility and finish up the producing and mixing process at engineer Sean Beresford’s redwood-ensconced home in Woodacre, California.

That renewed sense of purpose brought its share of daunting moments to the making of Tiny Mirrors. What’s more, the band endured many personal shakeups in the last year and a half of working on the album, including the death of several friends and the birth of Pitcher and Reid’s daughter. “Having these heavy and contrasting experiences really allowed us to go deeper into the process of this album—to make music that’s a little more meaningful in a world that can sometimes feel very surfaced or superficial,” says Pitcher. But as a result of their determined perseverance, The New Up ultimately gave life to an album that wholly embodies their mission as a band. “It touches on what it truly means to be human,” says Reid. “And that’s the most important aspect of everything we’re going for with this band: embracing the absolute truth and living with it and really making the most of it, no matter how painful or ugly—or beautiful—it might be.”

Apreciador da boa música e dono de um carisma indiscutível, Nonato possui uma facilidade nata na construção dos seus sets sempre grooveados e repletos de referências inusitadas com muita criatividade e extremo bom gosto, fundindo com naturalidade e maestria elementos e estilos diversos. Técnica apurada, versatilidade entre a vertentes da House Music e uma leitura de pista incomum completam sua receita pessoal para uma gig divertida, animada e surpreendente. Hoje, DJ  residente da  Pipper Club ( http://pipperclub.com/ )e Festa Divina (https://www.facebook.com/festadivina/), dedica-se integralmente à profissão  com contínuo estudo e pesquisa para sempre se manter alinhado com as tendências da atualidade. 


Brut Mod Records is a Sheffield based boutique record label and party organiser.

We're currently on the look out for people to get involved and submit tracks to our roster, predominantly Electro pop/ Electro House/ House.

If you feel you can bring something to the party drop box a track to us.

Sonic entity created by French men at the turn of the century I LOVE UFO is a powerful sonic mayhem driven by punk energy and psychedelic experiences. 

They have been spotted on stage with some of the most radical bands around: The EX, the Hard Ons, 80's Matchbox B Line Disaster, Oneida, Ex Models, Jarcrew, Cobra Killer... Their shows have been qualified as punkadelic madness ...

 Following 1st EP released on UK label Miscreant Records and 2 UK tours, I LOVE UFO have release their debut album "Wish" on French label Record Makers.

    Now build up as a quartet, I LOVE UFO is more than ever devoted to the downfall of UK-US empire, I LOVE UFO is rational. I Love UFO is human, I LOVE UFO is GLOBAL. Listen and support I LOVE UFO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ted Key is the original bass player and songwriter for the 1980s iconic, ground-breaking band The Housemartins. He received BPI gold discs for his contributions to the albums “London 0 – Hull 4”, and “Now That’s What I Call Quite Good”, and toured with the Housemartins for almost two years before leaving to continue with cult Hull punk-abilly band The Gargoyles, with singer Eddie Smith and drummer Hugh Whitaker. They released two seminal albums, “Mrs Twodinners” and “Steamflapper” on Reasonable Records and a handful of memorable singles.
In 1990 he diverted into a 25-year career as a Maths teacher, during which time he still managed to spend ten years as guitarist with internationally-acclaimed Johnny Cash tribute band, Keep it Cash. Continuing to write and record throughout this period he released a critically-acclaimed debut album, “Madolescent Street” in 2011, then in 2016 wrote a Hull musical based in a local history class called “The All New Kingston Ramblers’ Audio Guide”.
While supporting legendary Mighty Wah! front-man Pete Wylie in Hull, Ted was spotted by promoter Paul Greendale who brought him to London for a handful of solo spots. From this was born the current project, Ted Key and The Kingstons, in March 2017. With Paul on bass and renowned Ladbroke Grove drummer Nick Harrison, they formed a folky, funked-up reggae protest trio, with memorable tunes and thought-provoking, story-driven lyrics, powered on with blazing harmonica.
They have now performed 15 gigs in Hull and London, including supporting The Vibrators, headline slots at Portobello Live! Festival, and a series of killer shows at the famous KPH in the heart of Ladbroke Grove. A video for “Anarchy in Argos” was shot in May at O’Rileys and other locations around Hull. Ted & The Kingstons are currently preparing material for their first LP, “Work Like You’re On Holiday”, in advance of more shows across the UK in the Autumn

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