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Taken from their debut album "Weird Sister."
Out now on Slumberland Records (US) & Fortuna Pop! (UK)

LP/CD: http://smarturl.it/jgws-album
Digital: http://smarturl.it/jgws-itunes

Thrilling Cardiff-based noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome will be releasing their terrific debut album via Fortuna POP! (Europe) and Slumberland (USA) in September. Brimming with irresistible pop melodies and spiked with dissonant fuzzy jangle, their songs are shot through with loud discordant feedback and super-fast, hardcore punk drumbeats. This album sees their first foray away from recording in a living room to a proper studio under the guidance of producer MJ of the much lauded Hookworms.

Kicking it against sexism and homophobia, nothing is off-limits, drawing inspiration from DIY scenes such as Riot Grrrl/noisepop/C86 /K Records as well as post hardcore like Drive Like Jehu/Converge and the art rock of The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine, Joanna Gruesome offer a staggeringly diverse album, unexpectedly quiet and surprisingly loud.

Joanna Gruesome comprise Alanna on vocals, Owen on guitar, Max on bass, George on guitar and Dave on drums. They all met in an anger management counseling group. During the course they were told that writing, making music, dancing or painting could relieve tension and help reduce feelings of anger. One initiative involved a project where they were assigned a group to compose and perform a song in front of other members. Initially they found each other infuriating but gradually acknowledged their musical chemistry and decided to continue with the band outside the therapy group.

Most of the album was written during a month long stay in a seedy west Brighton hotel (now closed down) called The Hell House. The residents were pretty strange, kept attempting occult rituals/using Ouija boards etc and many of the songs were written to distract from the weirdness. Heart-wrenching and exhilarating in equal measure, these are not cheerful songs.

Awash with nods to mental illness and the dark recesses of the mind, the record is littered with references to the devil or zombies and allusions to comic books. “Secret Surprise”, in which mental illness takes a physical form and is fought using razor blades. Or "Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers," which is about stealing a scooter and driving it into the ocean when you should be in school LEARNING. Or "Sugarcrush," about spending a summer burning knitwear.

They have built-up a phenomenal live reputation, blending obnoxiously loud guitars and the occasional band uniform, with a high energy performance dispersed with quieter reflection, boy/girl vocals and teenage angst.

“Abrasion, anger, attitude. One guitarist is in the audience, but this isn’t too much of a stretch. There are slower parts where the musicians take a second to breath. There are noisier bits where the musicians take a second to reflect. There are thumpy bits where the musicians take a second to dance and enjoy themselves. Everyone’s smiling. Everyone’s hugging themselves. What a glorious mess of a noise to be a part of. What a glorious sense of community.” Everett True, Collapse Board
 
"A brilliant band from Cardiff who love their fuzzy melodies and songs dripped in scuzzy reverb." Huw Stephens, Radio One.

Joanna Gruesome - Sugarcrush

Get Me My Blade

Circles

Estamos Aqui

Chill remix..had this song in my mind for hours...mala.//i do not own this music///

Mala - Alicia

Just messing with some wonky ideas. Mixed on shit headphones whoops. 


RIFFINDORE

Queens of the Stone Age

If Only

haha

Cloak

recorded live at Maida Vale studios for Zane Lowe BBC Radio 1

original version on forthcoming album WONDER WHERE WE LAND

TEMPORARY VIEW with SAMPHA LIVE AT BBC MAIDA VALE

Whispers

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Zed Bias - Shizam Ft. Stylo G & Scrufizzer

From Parquet Courts upcoming album Content Nausea, available Nov 11th Digitally and Dec 2nd on CD/LP. 

Pre-order the record from What's Your Rupture?  http://whatsyourrupture.bigcartel.com/product/parquet-courts-content-nausea-preorder-cd-lp-2xcd 

Or internationally from Rough trade.  

Parkay Quarts - Uncast Shadow Of A Southern Myth

This Could Build Us a Home

SURPRISE

little sister

This is a cover of a Tom Waits Song. Feels good on a chilly November night. 

Sick, Sick, Sick

Goin' Out West

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndmk99vng07fakj
Prod. Rich Flyer & Erick Arc Elliott

Flatbush ZOMBiES x The Underachievers - No Religion

 iTunes: http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork 
Matador Store LP/CD: http://bit.ly/qotsa-likeclockwork
Amazon http://smarturl.it/QOTSAamazon

...Like Clockwork

I Sat by the Ocean

I got a problem,
I wanna talk about it,
If i bottle this up,
I'll just forget about it,
I wanna do this face to face,
No pretense, No ego's, No Bullshit and no mistakes.
I wanna start with
Some wise words,
They're not my own but you
May have heard,
Be the change you want to see,
If you want to make a difference in this fallacy now,
Talk is cheap and so are actions,
Its not what you do its how its done,
Make the choice, be the voice, follow it up with the real mccoy,
Its a crazy world a hazy world,
Its a fucked up time to find a girl,
We stand by we all get high while the world around us stays deprived.

(Chorus)
I don't wanna die alone,
I got nothing to live for,
But I don't wanna die alone,
Give me something to live for.

Just look
At the current state of affairs,
If like me you prefer to stay unaware.
What we don't see doesn't exist,
But the fact of the matter is this shit persists.
Every day another struggle,
Every day we need to juggle,
separate what we want and what we need,
We need to think about our legacy,
We can Take control of our lives again,
WE CAN be the generation that starts again,
WE CAN make a difference,
WE CAN transcend,
WE CAN be the ones to bring this to an end.
But what this comes down to is,
Can I really risk the chance of bringing up a kid,
The probability is swayed the wrong side
So at the end of my life,

(Chorus)
I don't wanna die alone,
I got nothing to live for,
But I don't wanna die alone,
Give me something to live for.
I don't want to die alone,
I don't want to risk another soul being sucked into this heartless life we call home,
I don't want to die alone,
But when the worst is yet to come don't want the guilt of a soul being sucked into this unknown.

I feel like shit, I can't commit,
And everybody around me has just given in.
It feels like, I'm alone on this journey,
The only prospect is family and that aint happening,
Me aside, I'll drop my pride,
Don't really feel like i've given this a good try,
But my logic has got the better of me,
Do i die alone or bring a child to this make believe.

(Chorus)
I don't wanna die alone,
I got nothing to live for,
But I don't wanna die alone,
Give me something to live for.
I don't want to die alone,
I don't want to risk another soul being sucked into this heartless life we call home,
I don't want to die alone,
But when the worst is yet to come don't want the guilt of a soul being sucked into this unknown.


Alienation

Taken from their debut album "Weird Sister."
Out now on Slumberland Records (US) & Fortuna Pop! (UK)

LP/CD: http://smarturl.it/jgws-album
Digital: http://smarturl.it/jgws-itunes

Thrilling Cardiff-based noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome will be releasing their terrific debut album via Fortuna POP! (Europe) and Slumberland (USA) in September. Brimming with irresistible pop melodies and spiked with dissonant fuzzy jangle, their songs are shot through with loud discordant feedback and super-fast, hardcore punk drumbeats. This album sees their first foray away from recording in a living room to a proper studio under the guidance of producer MJ of the much lauded Hookworms.

Kicking it against sexism and homophobia, nothing is off-limits, drawing inspiration from DIY scenes such as Riot Grrrl/noisepop/C86 /K Records as well as post hardcore like Drive Like Jehu/Converge and the art rock of The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine, Joanna Gruesome offer a staggeringly diverse album, unexpectedly quiet and surprisingly loud.

Joanna Gruesome comprise Alanna on vocals, Owen on guitar, Max on bass, George on guitar and Dave on drums. They all met in an anger management counseling group. During the course they were told that writing, making music, dancing or painting could relieve tension and help reduce feelings of anger. One initiative involved a project where they were assigned a group to compose and perform a song in front of other members. Initially they found each other infuriating but gradually acknowledged their musical chemistry and decided to continue with the band outside the therapy group.

Most of the album was written during a month long stay in a seedy west Brighton hotel (now closed down) called The Hell House. The residents were pretty strange, kept attempting occult rituals/using Ouija boards etc and many of the songs were written to distract from the weirdness. Heart-wrenching and exhilarating in equal measure, these are not cheerful songs.

Awash with nods to mental illness and the dark recesses of the mind, the record is littered with references to the devil or zombies and allusions to comic books. “Secret Surprise”, in which mental illness takes a physical form and is fought using razor blades. Or "Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers," which is about stealing a scooter and driving it into the ocean when you should be in school LEARNING. Or "Sugarcrush," about spending a summer burning knitwear.

They have built-up a phenomenal live reputation, blending obnoxiously loud guitars and the occasional band uniform, with a high energy performance dispersed with quieter reflection, boy/girl vocals and teenage angst.

“Abrasion, anger, attitude. One guitarist is in the audience, but this isn’t too much of a stretch. There are slower parts where the musicians take a second to breath. There are noisier bits where the musicians take a second to reflect. There are thumpy bits where the musicians take a second to dance and enjoy themselves. Everyone’s smiling. Everyone’s hugging themselves. What a glorious mess of a noise to be a part of. What a glorious sense of community.” Everett True, Collapse Board
 
"A brilliant band from Cardiff who love their fuzzy melodies and songs dripped in scuzzy reverb." Huw Stephens, Radio One.

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