Taken from Rips' forthcoming self-titled debut LP. Released by Faux Discx on June 16. Pre-order here: www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/rips
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TOUR DATES:
6/15  Brooklyn, NY - The Glove
7/1    Brooklyn, NY – Baby's All Right (record release) 
7/2    Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA w/ Joy Again
7/3    Richmond, VA - Strange Matter 
7/4    Washington, DC - Hole in the Sky
7/5    Cincinnati, OH - Northside Yacht Club
7/6    Bloomington, IN - Blockhouse Bar
7/7    Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle w/ Palehound, Clearance 
7/8    Minneapolis, MN - House of Lard
7/9    Omaha, NE - Brothers Bar
7/10  Denver, CO - Lost Lake w/ Howling Hex
7/12  Austin, TX - Cheer Up Charlies
7/13  New Orleans, LA - Siberia
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Brooklyn based Rips have quickly built a reputation amongst NYC showgoers, winning them over with their virtuous melodies and sheer ferocity amidst an endless flurry of shows. Their songs may channel late '70s New York City bands like Television and The Feelies, but Rips propels these references into something new. Their self-titled debut, produced by Austin Brown of Parquet Courts, is eleven tracks of buzzing guitar riffs driven by a charged rhythm section, all set under lyrics that are actually worth a damn.

Rips (the record) takes cues from the moonlighting era of rock, while delivering a set of songs distinctly fit for the modern age. Once described as a “hyperreal rock n’ roll group”, the phrase “borne forward ceaselessly into the future" is more what they’re going for here.

So break an old habit. Let your hair down (or up). Rips will take you there.

Rips – Losing II

Edited version of the first track taken from Dead Mellotron's new album 'Glitter', which is released via Sonic Cathedral Recordings on May 7, 2012.

Dead Mellotron 'Stranger'

Firestations - Receiver

Semblance

Lucky You

Haze - St. John

Holy Now - All The Time

The Other Side Of Midnight

Nots - Floating Hand

'Spud' taken from Terry's brand new 'Who's Terry?' 7" ep out July 19th through Upset The Rhythm.

http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

Who's Terry?

Terry - 'Spud'

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

Song included in the compilation 3" CD "We are the Time. We are the Famous" that comes with the 10th Cloudberry Fanzine (catalog number 410)! The fanzine includes interviews with Salt Lake Alley, Stephen's Shore, The Seashells, Okama Flannel Boy, The Color Waves, Den Baron, Dayflower and The BV's. 
CD tracklist
a1. Astral Brain - Five Thousand Miles
a2. The BV's - Mould
b1. Salt Lake Alley - But You Do, You Do
b2. Tvärtom - Järkyty
b3. Dayflower - Popping Candy

The BV's - Mould

Lazy Octopus is a record label / booking agency that puts out records and puts on shows. Feel free to contact us: lazyoctopusrecords@gmail.com

Holy Now - All The Time

Lazy Octopus Records

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