I've heard this album for the first time 3 or 4 years ago and it became an instant classic for me. The synth's ups and downs make me travel miles away!

pic: Church of the Most Holy Trinity, designed by Fritz Wotruba

John Maus - The Silent Chorus

Quantum Leap is from John Maus' forthcoming album, We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, out on June 28th in North America on Ribbon Music and June 27th in the UK / Europe on Upset the Rhythm.

Hear another track, Believer, from the album here: http://soundcloud.com/ribbonmusic/john-maus-believer

JOHN MAUS lives in his birthplace of Austin, Minnesota. Whilst working towards his PhD in Political Science, he also composes music that taps into melancholic fantasy and affirms that we are all truly alive. Questing synthesizers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines providing the perfect backdrop for John's deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal. Born in the decade of synth pop and sharing his birthday with George Frideric Handel, John started making music when Nirvana posters went up on every teenager’s wall. It’s this curious conflux of influences that partially helps to describe John’s music. It’s a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia and Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop. The confrontation of punk, the fleeting poignancy of 80’s movie soundtracks, the insistent pulse of Moroder and the spirituality of Medieval and Baroque music all find salvation in John Maus.

We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves breaks new ground for Maus. The shirt pulling and air punching of his impassioned live performance is finally captured in all its frenzied appeal alongside a tender inner space that wasn’t as apparent on his previous albums. It’s a record where promise takes the lead for the first time, providing a counterpoint to John’s default existential calling.

Signup to stay informed of the latest John Maus news, including a chance to pre-order the new album on CD/limited-edition LP:
http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/
http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

John will be playing shows across the US this summer including co-headlining shows with LA's Puro Instinct.

05-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06-18 San Francisco, CA - Brick And Mortar Music Hall *
06-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
06-21 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
06-24 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-28 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands *
06-29 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
06-30 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
07-02 Winooski, VT - Monkey House
07-03 Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur *
07-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
07-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07-07 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe *
07-08 New Orleans, LA - Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *
07-09 Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside *
07-12 San Diego CA - Casbah *
07-13 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* w/ Puro Instinct

We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Quantum Leap

John Maus - Quantum Leap

John Maus - My Whole Worlds Coming Apart

John Maus - Streetlight (unofficial music video)

John Maus - Keep Pushing On

Taken from forthcoming album 'We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves' released this June on Upset The Rhythm. 


John Maus - Head For The Country

John Maus 'No Title (Molly)' is available on a limited edition transparent orange Flexi Disc as part of Smugglers Way, Ribbon Music and Domino's first ever FlexiDisc Zine available exclusively on Record Store Day, April 21st.

Smugglers Way features unreleased songs by Dirty Projectors, Real Estate, Cass McCombs, Villagers and John Maus on FIVE individual, multi-colored Flexi Discs.

The 24pg zine is comprised of contributions by Domino & Ribbon artists including Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Laura Marling, Owen Pallett, Bjorn Copeland (Black Dice), Alex Bleeker (Real Estate), Andrea Estella (Twin Sister), Orange Juice, James Yorkston, Jon Hopkins, Ade Blackburn (Clinic), Jana Hunter (Lower Dens), Conor O'Brien (Villagers), King Creosote & Tom Fleming (Wild Beasts).

Smugglers Way is a limited, one of kind item, conceived and designed exclusively for Record Store Day. We couldn't be more proud of this and we hope you find Smugglers Way as exciting to read and listen to as it was for us to put together.

For more information visit: http://smugglersway.tumblr.com/

John Maus - No Title (Molly) (Smugglers Way FlexiZine)

Midnight Cowboy

John Maus - Do Your Best

Released May 27th. Night School Records.
CD/LP/Digital.
Pre-Order: http://nightschoolrecords.bigcartel.com/product/lssn016-terror-bird-all-this-time-lp

“All This Time” is the 3rd full length LP from Terror Bird - aka Nikki Nevver - and is by far the most personal, emotionally affecting and musically developed. Recorded at home over a period of 5 months, the 10 songs on “All This Time” document a period of intense emotional upheaval, a period wherein Nevver underwent major shifts in her personal life, rediscovered the solo recording process (previous albums having used live drumming and studio production) and married a raw, personal music with a straight-to-tape aesthetic most in-tune with her early recording experiences. The difference this time is that Nevver’s unique voice - at turns operatic and fragile, untutored and wearing its heart on its sleeve - serves as the perfect conduit for the emotional turmoil in the songs.

Nevver’s voice has grown into a formidable instrument, a towering, unabashed vocal whose resonance curls around the synth and drum machine production, at times duetting with itself, at times scaling the vocal register to reach new dramatic heights. Brought up on the music of the 80s “studio” - The Smiths, Kate Bush, The Cure - Nevver’s music exists beyond modern zeitgeists or considerations, subverting “big production” music into a personal DIY aesthetic. It’s a pure songwriting that outgrows genre and thrives purely on the merits of direct communication between songwriter and listener. 

Each song on “All This Time” serves as a chapter in a narrative that is universal; from the self-doubt and loneliness of opener “The Wrong Way,” to the doomed bedroom romance of “Try To Break Me,” from the masochistic guilt of “Locket” to the near-anthemic “Lust & Violence.” Each song speaks directly, plainly, to the listener, dispensing as much as possible with the unnecessary augmentation of modern pop music; “All This Time” is simply the deeply romantic, part-doomed / part-hopeful songs of a singular, unique talent.

John Maus - Streetlight (unofficial music video)

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