The first song from debut album 'Cupid In Error' out now on Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records.

December

Pree's unique and lyrically driven experimental imaginings serve up a rare and colorful cocktail of style and substance within an irresistible pop realm.

“Two Feet Shy,” the first single released off their follow-up, RIMA, demands more attention than anything they’ve put out before it.”
 —BRIGHTEST YOUNG THINGS 

After returning to DC following several months of touring in 2011 & 2012, the members of Pree took time to reorient themselves, and with the sudden halt of motion came reexamination of the self and of relationships.

The songs in RIMA (which takes its name from geologic fissures on the Moon) are a series of confrontations--perceptions enhanced and at times distorted by the narrator's own fractured understanding of others.  They are sent off as an outpouring of letters, often born out of the perilous self-trap of expectation whose imposing jaws, once set upon others, are only capable of ensnaring disappointment and heartbreak.  They reveal truths at the price of a harsh light, exposing wide expanses between people who have spent time enough apart to approach each other with an air of near-scientific objectivity.  Other expanses, more narrow and still tender, can take the form of defensive trenches or a reason to raise one's voice to a figure not yet out of reach.  Whether the gaps have taken a lifetime to develop or appear abruptly and perhaps as a form of self-infliction, the letters in Rima remain unanswered, prompting the sender to draw her own conclusions.  The album is a study in these divergences of personal relationships and how the narrator copes with their implications as she seeks to define herself and determine what to leave behind, and what is worth hanging onto.

Pree is:
May Tabol • main vocals, electric, and keys 
Michael Zepeda • lead electric
Ben Schurr • bass and vocals
Ben Usie • drums and vocals

New album RIMA coming February 2015 on Paper Garden Records

Press Assets: http://papergardenrecords.com/artists/pree/ 




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Pree - Two Feet Shy

For lovers of Stereolab, Curve, Cocteau Twins, Broadcast, Everything But The Girl, Dubstar

Formed in Moscow in 2003, Canadian Shauna McLarnon and Ukrainian Alexx Kretov have been consistently writing and recording music whilst living between Ukraine and Canada. Shauna’s delicate airy gossamer-like vocals hold glimmers of Cocteau Twins, Stereolab, The Sundays, Curve, Lush, and Slowdive. Alexx's guitar, vocals, synths, beats and programming create cinematic soundscapes with elements of Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Bill Nelson and Brian Eno, enabling the listener soar above the music.

Ummagma debuted with 2 simultaneous LPs ('Antigravity' and 'Ummagma') in 2012. They’ve built on the success of those records by collaborating with Moscow’s Sounds of Sputnik on their ‘New Born’ LP, which will be released by UK label Ear to Ear Records on November 21st 2014.

In 2013, Ummagma won the Alternative Eurovision, hosted by Amazing Radio, from 21 countries and repeated the feat in 2014 on Pure FM. They received 2 awards at the 2013 Australian Independent Music Video Awards, often feature in The Scottish New Music Chart, and landed a full-spread feature in Rolling Stone Russia. Ummagma has also caught the attention of Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) and Malcolm Holmes (OMD), who have remixed tracks for forthcoming release.

Emerald & Doreen Recordings is a German boutique record label for futuristic indie, chill & dance music, curated by dedicated audiophile music makers and lovers who pride themselves on selecting the most exciting original material they can find, engaging the services of the most innovative remixers. Emerald & Doreen Recordings released Ummagma’s ‘Rotation/Live and Let Die’ single in December 2013, followed by the 'Lama' extended EP in late May 2014.

Pre-Order at www.amazon.com/Kiev-Remixes-Ummagma/dp/B00MJOQQ9E

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"Cut Flowers" (Original Mix / Chicago 2007)
Artwork by Anastasiya Metesheva 
Music by Sean Lynch 
Additional Guitars by Jon Elkas

Cut Flowers (Chicago)

Blue

Champs' new single 'Desire'. Taken from their forthcoming second album.

Vamala

Desire

Rewind

It’s a pretty positive wee fella! It’s exploring who you are in this life and it’s a message to yourself that you will get to where you want to be eventually. The lyrics focus on the fact that I never dream (or remember my dreams anyway) when I sleep, which I’m guessing is pretty unusual; however, I think I do all my dreaming whilst I’m awake. I am pretty fascinated about where your soul, thoughts and feelings go (“amongst the wreckage of a pile of planes”?) and how your body can just switch off like it does. It parallels with the being lost and the mystery of not knowing where you’re going to end up in the future. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing I guess. I wanted to find the right balance between this song having depth and emotion to it as well as it being able to sail on subtle quirks and hypnotic Casio gems.


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Katie Hunt