Name: Red Flags by LAV.ISH in Best of February 2023
Duration: 3 min 30 s
Description: the 2nd single leading up to the 3rd LP by LAV.ISH "Another Good Day"

Best of February 2023

Shooting Stars

"Summer Days" by Shady Cove

From the "Hey There Flower" LP by Tony Jay, released by Mt.St.Mtn. on May 6, 2022, MTN-35

Hey There Flower

Tony Jay - The Portal

Second single from the forthcoming second album HYMNS, due later this year. 

FFO: Manchester Orchestra, Frightened Rabbit, Arcade Fire. 

Recorded in West Wales by the band. 

Produced in Toronto, Canada by Matt Lederman. Mastered by Ryan Morey (Arcade Fire, Half Moon Run). 

Laid back Death Cab-esque drum patterns and cool americana guitars, the new single from Broken Fires makes you want to roll down the window of your getaway car (a 1967 Pontiac by the way) and drive off into the spring sunset. Except it’s a song about the morbid human fascination with serial killers… 

Sharks is written looking down on a convicted man in the dock of a Swansea courtroom. Guitarist and singer Gareth explains: “I think I had been watching too many Netflix real crime series… but there has always been something curious to me about what runs through the mind of those that find themselves standing in the dock looking out at the jury”. 

The final guitars were layered up over beers in Earlsfield South London but keys, violins and vocals added in living rooms separately during the lockdowns of 2021. The tracks were sent to Canada for finishing touches with mixing by Matt Lederman (Rural Alberta Advantage, !!!) and mastering by Ryan Morey (Arcade Fire). 

The laid back groove in the first half of Sharks reveals a different side to Broken Fires. But with what is becoming a trademark move, the song builds to a shattering crescendo with layered violins and enough guitar tracks to make Trent Reznor twitch. 

If you like a killer melody this is for you.

Sharks

Sharks - Edit

the 2nd single leading up to the 3rd LP by LAV.ISH "Another Good Day"

Red Flags

Ari Kirkman - gtr, vox
Quinn Sternberg - bass
Nicholas Solnick - drums

Recorded at Downman Sounds Studios. Mixed by Nathan Feller at Voyager Sounds Studios in Brooklyn. Mastered by Kate Siefker.

Luck 4 Beginners

Release Date - Nov 11, 2022

Originally a working title representing the first letters of the band members’ names (Sean, Cory, Alec, Brandon), S.C.A.B. is an acronym with a shifting meaning – its phonetic double acting as a metaphor for protection and healing for a group that’s always been there for one another.

Following the release of the band’s debut album, 2019’s Beauty & Balance, COVID-19 put the brakes on the Brooklyn-based band’s burgeoning career. Not content with sitting still, the band decided to travel down to Georgia to record their sophomore, self-titled LP (S.C.A.B.), which they engineered and produced themselves. Having distance from their beloved city during this unprecedented, tragic time helped them hone a sound that is even more distinctly New York.

Frontman Sean Camargo, whose parents immigrated from South America as teenagers, was born in Elmhurst, Queens. His lyrics are colored with nostalgic memories of 90’s Bushwick, where his grandparents settled, alongside sardonic observations of the contemporary city where he landed again after stops in Maryland and Massachusetts. Each song on S.C.A.B. contains snapshots of New York moments that feel hazy with nostalgia, yet are the result of being present through transformational circumstances, no matter how seemingly small. As a self-titled effort, it solidifies the band’s mastery of balancing raucous, distorted guitars with glimmering spoken word passages and a pop-infused melodic confidence.

The angular guitar passages in lead single “Tuesday” conjure up trains skidding across deteriorated subway platforms, as Camargo declares “keep trying to let go of everyone I’ve ever loved”, reflecting a relatable disillusionment with trying to form meaningful connections, and searching aimlessly for something worthwhile. Thematically, S.C.A.B. covers an array of topics ranging from grief (“Small Talk”), as Camargo describes bonding with another band member over the loss of a parent, to infatuation with a partner you know is ultimately bad for you (“Why Do I Dream Of You”).

The newest entry to their catalog, S.C.A.B. is a result of four musicians, a tight-knit group, best friends: the kind of rare conditions that allow for such raw, emotionally-charged music. When the members of a band are this close, able to protect each other from the world outside it, they are a force to be reckoned with. As Frank Sinatra famously sang about the city, “Green beams of steel, making me feel, like I’m home again”. S.C.A.B. embodies that sentiment and evokes the intangible magic that is New York City.

VINYL 💿

S.C.A.B. - Six Songs Into Your Spotify Playlist

Demons At The Dinner Table

Bask

Clockwork

Parachute

A psychedelic spaghetti western.... 
Featuring shredder supreme Derek Taylor on electric.

We're All Ghosts (Feat Derek Taylor)

"I've done the portrait of M. Gachet with a melancholy expression, which might well seem like a grimace to those who see it... Sad but gentle, yet clear and intelligent, that is how many portraits ought to be done..."

Dr. Gachet

I got some bad moods I can’t seem to shake em 
Cold winds attack all my patience 
Bad news it’s hard to replace em 
(Leave me out of it)
Ripped skin falling off my face n
Now these places seem a lil basic 
Can't tell if it’s me or my head just leave me out of it 

All of these nights I waste my time 
Maybe this time I’ll make my mind up 

Maybe then I’ll find a way
Maybe it’s just time n place 
Maybe later on

Maybe then I’ll find a way
Maybe it’s just time n place 
Maybe later on

Charge the ki gonna kamehameha
Super saiyan blast off we hit the majors 
And I need my cape called me captain under 
And all the traffic catch me flying over 

You’re like a kite 
When you’re at my height 

Machu pichu see you
Maybe yeah I might 

Girl you acting young like a little tike 
Arms crossed 
Why you got a underbite 
Bitch gotta underbite

All of these nights I waste my time
n maybe this time I’ll make my mind up

Get inside
Raining blood
Trying to erase
Red Stains, 
Flecks on the face
Keep the pace up,
Keep the pace
Keep the pace up
Keep the pace
Keep the pace up 
Keep the pace
Keep the pace up 
Keep the pace

Maybe then I’ll find a way
Maybe it’s just time n place 
Maybe later on

Maybe then I’ll find a way
Maybe it’s just time n place 
Maybe later on

Keep the pace up,
Keep the pace
Keep the pace up
Keep the pace
Keep the pace up 
Keep the pace

James Mantis, Younger Hunger, Yoshi T. - TIME&PLACE

Tshirt

Negative Space

Pink + Blue

Fresh pressed indie music. 
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THE LAMB CHOPS OF MUSICAL STYLINGS. 

Contact: lavishmusica@gmail.com

Red Flags

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