[Weekly Mix] 2022.05 (1)

Zoltan Freitag featuring Anomys - The End Of Times

“Tutan|<hamun” is the 3rd single off Plattenabau’s upcoming album Shape / Shifting, out February 11, 2022 on Dedstrange. Sounding like early The Cure on a bad acid trip, 'Tutan|<hamun” explores ideas of worship and monument building in the era of false idols and broken dreams. A tight rockabilly drum beat and commanding bassline lock horns in a conversation that is pierced and tossed in every angle as synths and delayed vocals crash and burn over the top. “Tutan|<hamun” is the anthem for post idealogical worship and for forgotten monuments that were never built.

Shape / Shifting

Tutan|<hamun

Plattenbau - Tutan|<hamun

She slipped away

The Numinous

Thief

LYRICS 

Did I let on?
I had so much too say I couldn't get a word out
Did I let on?
When I came round?

We had to call it
The thing is, I miss you
Whenever it gets me down
I wonder if there's anybody like you

FALLING DOWN
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
FALLING DOWN
WILL I EVER FEEL THIS - 
I'LL NEVER FEEL THIS AGAIN

You're special 
You had me off the ground since our eyes made contact
Didn't notice the magpie on my back

I got way too cerebral when you brought me drugs
And we got wrapped around shit talk concerning love
I thought we might kiss in that enduring hug
Instead we stayed in that Youtube trench that we dug I'm

FALLING DOWN
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
FALLING DOWN
WILL I EVER FEEL THIS - 
I'LL NEVER FEEL THIS
I'M
FALLING DOWN
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
FALLING DOWN
WILL I EVER FEEL THIS - 
I'LL NEVER FEEL THIS AGAIN

Will I ever feel this - 
I'll never feel this again

I'm over it
I'm over it 
This time I swear
It's out of necessity 
I'm over it 
I'm over it
Then you come back again I'm

FALLING DOWN
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
FALLING DOWN
WILL I EVER FEEL THIS - 
I'LL NEVER FEEL THIS
FALLING DOWN
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
FALLING DOWN
WILL I EVER FEEL THIS - 
I'LL NEVER FEEL THIS AGAIN

FALLING DOWN

Strange Neighbours 'Devil On The Scene' Ft. Fake Turins & The Winches

Strange Neighbours 'Devil On The Scene' FT. Fake Turins & The Winches

The Fourth Wall

Souvenirs

Part of Man

From the dreams of 100% is a midnight drive to the club that will wash away your panic and pain. Using what they know best in a sound both intimate and refreshing, which only the synths and beats of Chloe Blackwood (Cannon), Grace Stevenson (Rebel Yell) combined with the voice of Lena Molnar (Bloodletter) can deliver. One to keep you moving without looking back. Fresh off the pot for their new album, Clear Visions is set to wipe the dust off your eyes with Abandon. 

First single from the forth coming debut album CLEAR VISIONS out soon on It Records

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100% - Abandon

Led by enigmatic songwriter Rowan Sandle, Crake is driven by her endless curiosity. Armed with her gently cracking vocal, and inspiration from writers like Shirley Jackson and Nan Shepherd, she sings of crinoids, slime mould and pussy willow. When they supported Buck Meek at Brudenell Social Club, Buck found himself so beguiled by Sandle and her band that he invited them to support Big Thief on their UK and EU tour in 2019. Crake duly obliged and have been building towards their debut full-length ever since. 

Much of the forthcoming album revolves around the death of Sandle’s friend Anna, who died in Syria after being hit by a Turkish air strike. Anna was working for a woman’s liberation group in the 
war-stricken country when the tragedy took place. ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ explores the grief that followed and the lessons learnt from dealing with such a significant loss. 

Sandle does, however, find space to explore more themes alongside this grief, such as cruelty and queer nature. On lead single ‘Winter’s Song’ she acknowledges the cruelty and coldness that exists within us all, and questions how we can continue to grow and love whilst remaining true to that. 

Speaking about the track, she said: “Winter’s Song is about the absolute mundane beauty of being fallible. It's a true story, I saw the moon rise but swore it was the sun setting. I think about this line a lot: “keep a little coldness in you, just wear it soft and gentle” Be soft, be kind, be honest. Being unremarkable has its own beauty.” 

Sandle’s love for queer nature is so fervent that it makes the experience of listening to Crake akin to that of stumbling on an entirely new world. Sandle believes that life isn’t as black and white as we’ve been taught, and thinks nature holds the key to revealing the true nature of human experience. The appearances of things like slime mould - single-celled organisms that form a single body when in search of food  - brittle starfish - a type of starfish whose awareness isn’t concentrated in one place - and other such oddities furnish ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ with a folklore all of its own. 

‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ will send you down multiple rabbit holes and you’ll emerge from each with a newfound appreciation for the complexities of the world. Perhaps even more important than this though is the humanity that lies at the very heart of this debut full-length. Whether it’s in the sensitivity in how she portrays the loss of her friend, the depiction of our most base instincts - namely cruelty, passion and love - or the 
sincere, pure quality of the songwriting itself, it’s this that makes ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ essential, and 
invaluable listening. 

“A pensive, dejected moment of magic, but magic nonetheless” Gold Flake Paint
“Charming and intimate alt-folk” Dork
“The guitars sizzle like lightning bolts striking against an otherwise clear sky, while Sandle’s distinct, hoarse vocal plays like another instrument” Secret Meeting
“In a world of cynics, [Crake] make you believe anything might still be possible” For The Rabbits 

https://fikarecordings.com/artists/crake

Crake are:
Rowan Sandle - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Russell Searle - Electric Guitar, Piano
Rob Slater - Drums / Backing Vocals
Sarah Statham - Bass / Backing Vocals

Humans' Worst Habits

Rabbit

Crake - Rabbit

Crosswalk

From the albumette released TONN Recordings, recorded by Iv/An during the period of self-isolation imposed by what is now known as the new normal after the global pandemic stopping the world in its tracks. Play loud when no-one is around. Stowaway dusted off. 

Available on cassette on TONN Recordings Bandcamp.  

Mastering by Thanos Mylonas 
Image © Alan Currall 
Design by Nieuw NDG 

Iv/An // A Scream Is But A Train Of Thought 
cat. tonn034 
2022

A Scream Is But A Train Of Thought

A Scream Is But A Train Of Thought 1-4

A Scream Is But A Train Of Thought 1-4 - Iv/An (from the cassette album)

There's a new tomorrow
If you hold on today
And forget all the sorrow
That causes the pain

It tears you apart
Like ashes in the wind
You need a new start
When next day begins

There´s a new tomorrow
It was a yesterday
When there was no sorrow
There was no pain

100% - Abandon

it Records

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