This is a very very very very very very very good song.

http://dotsanddashes.co.uk/blog/next-stop-triangulation-station-islet/

Blogged some and then some... http://sleepinmusic.com/post/49523424561/islet-triangulation-station

That space-jazz breakdown gets me every time...

“Dream of Bees” is the first single from Lilies on Mars’ full-length Dot to Dot, to be given worldwide release early next year on Saint Marie Records. Previous recordings by the London-based, Sardinian multi-instrumentalists Lisa Masia and Marina Cristofalo have established the duo, formed in 2009, as purveyors of  poignant, otherworldly “retro-futurist” dreampop.

“Dream of Bees” opens with a hovering organ chord that’s quickly overtaken by an instrumental preview of a chorus that always pulls the listener aloft on a softly turning but slightly dizzying carousel of sound, an image bolstered by a vertiginously calliope-like keyboard line. With the first verse commences a high, distant vocal that soars gently through the rest of the track. Nimble drum work contributed by Valentina Magaletti ensures that the proceedings never quite touch the Ground.

The first remix included with the single comes by way of San Francisco’s ethereal pop team Silver Swans, whose sparer, more synthetic approach to the song brings the vocal line to the fore and uses programmed drums to pull the track’s rhythmic emphasis inside out. A remix by Vancouver-born, New York-based cellist Julia Kent startlingly recasts “Dream of Bees” in purely instrumental terms with an exquisite string arrangement.

Lilies On Mars - Dream Of Bees

Taken from The Wave Pictures' forthcoming album Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon released on 16th February 2015. It was co-written and co-produced by their hero, Billy Childish. 

They play a headline UK tour in February. Get tickets here: http://showsnear.by/TheWavePictures$

Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon

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Second excerpt from the EP "Ocean", out now.

Tape: http://beko.bigcartel.com/product/orange-red-ocean
Digital: https://scandinaviancrush.bandcamp.com/releases
Stream: https://play.spotify.com/artist/5rF9dZnlc1CJ15zhyKOX76

Orange Red - Ocean

"Tokyo" is the second single from TEEN's forthcoming record "Love Yes" out February 19th, 2016

Pre-order the album here:
iTunes w/ instant grat: http://smarturl.it/loveyes_itunes
Carpark shop: http://smarturl.it/loveyes_carpark

catch the band on tour this winter: http://bit.ly/1ntZJhH
February 14th - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
February 16th - Philadelphia, PA - Ortlieb’s
February 17th - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
February 18th - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
February 19th - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
February 20th - Lakewood, OH - Mahall’s
February 21st - Chicago, IL - Hideout Inn
February 22nd - Cincinnati, OH - Monday Night at the Comet
February 24th - New Haven, CT - BAR
February 26th - Stony Brook, NY - Stony Brook University

TEEN - Tokyo

"This was initially intended for a full band with a string section and all, but after we tracked the demo live in the room it just felt right and I didn't wanna touch it after that. So that's how we left it." - HEK

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Hanni El Khatib - "Miracle"

Lost Animal - Too Late To Die Young

Peel Dream Magazine is the musical vehicle for NYC's Joe Stevens, who launched the band in 2018 with the critically acclaimed album "Modern Meta Physic." With it Stevens created a mysterious, liminal tribute to the hazy end of ‘90s dream-pop – a masterful mix of first-class songwriting precision and train-window sonic impressionism that duly found its place on numerous "Best of 2018" lists.

After 18 months of writing and live shows with a shifting cast of band members, Peel Dream are back with "Agitprop Alterna," an album that pushes the group's dreamy, motorik-heavy sound to a deeply melodic and beautifully discordant place. The album pays homage to a strain of mod-ish U.K. pop that spans early My Bloody Valentine and Talulah Gosh, up through early Stereolab, Belle & Sebastian, and even Broadcast. It's also indebted to stateside pop bands that were cut from a similar cloth -- Rocketship, Lilys, Yo La Tengo, and even "Nevermind"-era Nirvana.

Where the creation of "Modern Meta Physic" was a solitary pursuit, "Agitprop Alterna" found Stevens channeling the collaborative spirit of the band's ever-rotating live incarnation in the studio. The album is ultimately defined by the tension of difference: between itself and its predecessor; intertwined male-female vocals; the music's languid dreaminess and concrete sonic immediacy.

Deeply rooted in the Brechtian ideas of art as a tool to spur action, "Agitprop Alterna" deepens the connection between the existential and the interpretive first explored on "Modern Meta Physic," giving the listener space to find their own meaning in shimmering guitars, fuzzed-out synths, and buzzing organ drones. It is a rejection of manipulation in all its forms and a buzzsaw against complacency – soft-focus pop whose clear-cut message is that you get to decide the message. It's a rare trick to agitate without being obvious: perhaps that makes "Agitprop Alterna" the most Peel Dream Magazine-like statement yet.

Agitprop Alterna

Agitprop Altern

Peel Dream Magazine - Emotional Devotion Creator

Out now limited 12” and download on Mark's own Shape Records label.

'Triangulation Station' comes from our forthcoming album 'Released By The Movement', due for release in the autumn.

The single will come with with three additional exclusive tracks. Inlet is a new track we recorded at the Rhombus Rooms using a lot of synths, a drum machine and none at all of shouting. Plus a woozy drone remix of Triangulation Station by Welsh musician/producer R. Seiliog and our remix of I Chi by the awesome Danish band Pinkunoizu.

Pre-orders of the 12" come with immediate download of this track.  The vinyl includes a colour riso printed sleeve and a poster issue of The Isness, a zine made by ourselves.

Recorded and mixed in Wales by Stephen Black. All artwork by Islet.

http://www.shaperecords.co.uk
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Islet - Triangulation Station

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