<b>Swedish husband & wife duo Joel and Linnea Edin, aka The Forest & The Trees, return with the first single lifted off of their long awaited second album.</b>

A masterclass in classic songwriting, ‘Putting Down The Gun’ along with its b-side – the fragile, desperately romantic ballad ‘By My Side’  - released digitally worldwide on September 30 via Best Fit Recordings.

Recorded in Grönskan by The Forest & The Trees
Mixed by Johannes Berglund at Whitehorse studio.

1. Putting Down The Gun
2. By My Side

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Missions

The Forest & The Trees - Putting Down The Gun

Swing Left

Taken from CREO's 2014 EP Release 'Afterglow' Out Now. 

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Written by CREO
Produced, Mixed and Engineered by Nathan Sheehy.
Recorded at The Parliament Studios.
Additional engineering by Phan Sjarif & Lewis Mitchell.
Mastered by Tony "Jack the Bear" Mantz

Afterglow

<b>The Forest & The Trees - Missions</b>
The new album out on CD, Vinyl and Digitally on June 16 through Best Fit Recordings.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/missions/id884127313
CD / Vinyl: 
http://www.bestfitrecordings.com/store/the-forest-the-trees-missions

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Hailing from Stockholm, couple Linnea and Joel Edin, aka The Forest & The Trees are a striking addition to the canon of quintessential bittersweet indie-pop to emerge from Sweden in recent years. Creating delicately crafted songs, their work showcases a talent for combining playful melodies with the perfectly balanced harmonies of their vocals.

Having originally played together in Joel’s band Tupelo Honeys, they formed in 2008, before releasing their self-titled debut in 2010. After playing throughout Europe they released their “What We Lost” EP in 2011, featuring remixes from the likes of NIVA and Houses.

In the years that followed the ennui of daily life kicked in, and when Linnea lost her job and Joel found himself bored of his studies, inspiration to write new songs proved hard to find. The couple decided to “take action and leave the Swedish darkness”, and moved to Valencia for four months, a city they’d first visited and fallen in love with when they'd played there several years earlier.

The influence of their time in the city is palpable, lending their new album a sun-drenched optimism, despite having only written one song (lead track “You’re In My Skin”) during the duration of their stay. It’s a noticeable shift in mood, and one that the duo acknowledges: “Whereas our first album evolved around escaping and fear of growing up, the new songs are mostly about facing that fear and dealing with stuff instead of running away. We decided to name the album Missions, from one of the songs on the album, because it sums it up, it’s more positive. These songs are more about facing problems and doing something about them, rather than escaping.”

Drawing on the music they listened to as teenagers, bands like Popsicle, The Cardigans and The Cocteau Twins, has driven their sound to develop precision, while retaining a balance of the carefree and complex. Such a middle ground was hard to find, so despite early plans to produce the record themselves, they eventually decided to bring in Johannes Berglund, who'd previously worked with The Radio Dept. Shout Out Louds and The Knife, seeking some necessary objectivity. “We’ve been acquainted with Johannes for a few years and we totally love the work he’s been doing. So we asked if he wanted to mix our single “Putting Down the Gun” which he did and we were so pleased with the result,” they explain. “It felt like he really understood what we wanted and could help us with that final push. He really works with his gut and puts so much feeling into his mixes - we’ve been very lucky to get to work with him.”

The Forest & The Trees - What We Lost

First single off debut album "Ain't it Time?"

Mars

Heigh Ho

If I'm Unworthy

Innocent

Off the debut EP "Sipping Tea To Make Music To Sip Tea To", out 3rd October on CD/Digital on Stop Start.

Produced and mixed by Adrian Breakspear at Sony Studios, Darlinghurst.
Mastered by Leon Zervos at Studios 301, Alexandria.

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High-tails - "Walking Down The Stairs"

Carbon Cadence

"Blackout" available on iTunes:
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Released February 23, 2015.
Written & Performed by The Living Statues. 
Produced by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena, The Living Statues.
Engineered & Mixed by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena at M-15 West Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Mastered by Justin Shturtz at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.

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Lyrics: 
Oh notorious angel,
You grow tired of me
Coming home with a complex
Late at night when you’re tryin’ to sleep.

That Great American Sadness
Is a shot in the dark -
You’d only know if you had it,
But there you sit and wait the spark.

Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s kill it right now?
Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s fade to blackout,
To blackout, to blackout now.

It’s stranger now that we’re older
To look back on the days.
We’re unhappy as ashes,
And trying hard to hesitate.

Do what you do to me, darling
You were silver and gold
Breaking hearts in the Heartland
You’ve ruined unforgettable. 

Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s kill it right now?
Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s fade to blackout,
To blackout, to blackout now.

Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s kill it right now?
Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s fade to blackout?

Whattaya say 

Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s kill it right now?
Whattaya say, can this be over?
Whattaya say, let’s fade to blackout
To blackout, to blackout now.

Blackout

From Astral Swans debut album All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson - coming on Madic Records on February 24. 

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Astral Swans - Beginning Of The End (Madic Records)

"Empty Nesters" is the first single off Toro Y Moi's forthcoming album "What For?" out April 7th. iTunes pre-order:  http://smarturl.it/whatfor_itunes

Lyrics:
Understand the purpose of making
Everything around you better
There are no zeros after this one
There is no one to destroy your sweater

I’ll try to hum it to you if I can’t sing
My Baby wants me back before I even leave
Smothered and covered by my high school dreams
Call Mom and Daddy cause the nest is empty
And so are you

Did you meet with your advisor?
Do you still draw in the margins?
Bubble letters reading “WHAT FOR?”
And “I wish I had a stand in...”

Let’s try to make another hit for the teens
I miss your bangs, can you cut them for me
Smothered and covered by my high school dreams
Call Mom and Daddy cause the nest is empty
And so are you





Toro Y Moi - Empty Nesters

Plastic Love

The Helio Sequence

Stoic Resemblance

The Helio Sequence - Stoic Resemblance

All We Are

Utmost Good

All new music on Wah Wah 45s! 

Brand new signing Maze Hill is the brain child of producer Andy Highmore, vocalist Holly Bestic and singer and spoken word artist Joshua Idehen. 

You may be familiar with Josh from his work with legendary UK production outfit LV on the critically acclaimed Routes album. Or even from his output in London based Afro funk, punk collective Benin City.

With Maze Hill Joshua flexes his vocal chords a little more harmonically alongside the gorgeous tones of Holly Bestic and it is a genuine treat to hear his vocal talents in this context for the first time.  

The trio brings together their influences including Beach House and Grizzly Bear with the production delivering reverbed out electronica, and more than a little soul and even jazz elements. 

We think this will also be warmly welcomed by fans of the likes of Little Dragon and of course other Wah Wah artists including Stac and Scrimshire. 

On Long Haul drum machines meat lush electronic keyboards and a deeply catchy vocal hook that describes the band's attitude and approach right from the start. 

On this first single we're also giving you a stunning second track 'I Can Be Your Light'. This was one that first drew us to the band and we hope it will have the same effect on you. A tender and beautiful duet with a little more going on under the surface than your average piano ballad.

And to truly round off the debut in style we have a killer down beat remix from production masters LV.

Maze Hill will be doing a stripped down live set at our event at Scala on November 10th and will be delivering their debut album in the first half of 2013.

Ladies and Gentlemen - welcome to Maze Hill.

Maze Hill - Long Haul (Radio edit)

Her third single on Wah Wah 45s, “Robots and Angels”, roundsof what’s been a landmark year from this young lady, with a run of festivals and gigs that ranged from playing to a packed house at The Hootananny in Brixton to supporting new folkers Bellowhead at The Towersey Festival this summer. She’s been described as “simply brilliant” by Gilles Peterson on BBC6Music, who also made it his Album of the Week earlier this year. This final single from the much loved debut album, “Barefoot In Your Kitchen”, is a pseudo-festive delight complete with Bev’s trademark ‘instruments’ including a drill, zippers and the culinary untensil naturally. 

Remixes come courtesy of one of our faourite producers of the moment, Claws For?, who recently worked his magic with Scrimshire’s “Alignment” and here again takes us straight to the dance floor with a sturdy disco/house re-boot. Neapolitan producer, and main man behind the excellent Really Swing imprint, Quiroga delivers a quirky, low slung remix that’s a bit of a favourite here at Wah Wah Towers. 

Festive greetings one and all. We hope you enjoy!


Robots and Angels

I'm Not Thinkin' About You

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'Night Reels' out now on Week of Wonders
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Sailor (Of The Cosmic Ark)

Debut album Sky City out now and available here: 
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Buy on iTunes

Went To War

I make a variety of noises, and listen to many more.
There are also many old demos, collaborations and various recordings available, mostly for family and friends.

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