Go on a UK tour, been checking you out for a couple of years. Your sound is excellent 👍

Weekly New Wonders-Playlist # 5 of 2019

Ruby Haunt - Northern Rivers

Beliefs "Leaper" available November 13th 2015. Produced & Mixed by Josh Korody. Recorded at Candle Recording Studio, Toronto. Mastered by Mikko Gordon at Mannequin House. https://facebook.com/weareBeliefs
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Beliefs - Ghosts

FLYYING COLOURS
NEW EP - ‘ROYGBIV’
11th MAY ON CLUB AC30 (UK) /12th MAY ON SHELFLIFE (US)

•	“It’s hard not to crush on the extensive, encircling sound of Flyying Colours” – NO FEAR OF POP
•	 “blistering from start to finish, Kevin Sheields’-inspired shadows linger” - CLASH

Melbourne-based shoegazers Flyying Colours return with a second EP of psychedelic pop textures tempered with sugar-rush melodies. The ‘ROYGBIV’ EP is out May 11th on Club AC30 and Shelflife.

Hailing from a country more synonymous with the beachcombers and the sunshine coast than shoegaze luminaries, Flyying Colours have nonetheless been compared to Lush and Ride, weaving smooth, tactile vocals with coarse textures with finely-crafted songwriting. 

True to their name, Flyying Colours unashamedly display their influences on ROYGBIV – tone-bending My Bloody Valentine / Swervedriver guitars, ferocious bass hooks and the familiar soft hush of early 90s dueting vocals. Added to the mix is their own edgy, refreshing pop-mindedness, buoyed by the lush vocal interplay 

On ‘Running Late’ guitars overlap, playing seemingly different melodies and rhythms, as the vocals float up from the ether of the background. Hearkening back to the 80s but also at once sounding thoroughly futuristic, there’s finely-textured guitar loops and lo-fi delay used to get effect throughout the record. ‘Not Today’ and ‘Leaks’ share the same considerable style and skill: successfully channelling not just Kevin Shield’s growling, bending, wall-of-sound guitars, but also Bilinda Butcher’s cooing, unintelligible vocals. The album opener ‘I Don’t Want To Let You Down’ sports a rolling darkwave groove that’s like Joy Division gone psychedelic. 

Formed in 2011, Flyying Colours self-titled EP received a considerable amount of attention, which was then backed up by their explosive live shows, setting them well apart from others occupying Melbourne's fledgling shoegaze scene. A follow-up, ROYGBIV is a snapshot of a band reaching for the heavens and finding themselves reflected in at all over the cosmos: a sign of greater things to come.


Flyying Colours – UK / EU Tour – May 2015
06 May – CARDIFF - Clwb Ifor Bach   with Pinkshinyultrablast
07 May – BIRMINGHAM - The Temple  with Pinkshinyultrablast
08 May – NOTTINGHAM - Lofthouse with Pinkshinyultrablast
09 May – LEICESTER - Scholar Bar with Pinkshinyultrablast
11 May – LONDON - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen with Pinkshinyultrablast
13 May – RAMSGATE - Music Hall with Pinkshinyultrablast
15 May – BRIGHTON – The Great Escape Festival - The Hope
22 May – PRAGUE - 007 Venue
23 May – HAMBURG - Molotiv


Flyying Colours - Running Late

VHS
"Needles For Pricks" 7"/DIG
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Release Date: January 22, 2016
Label: Casino Trash Records 
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Needles For Pricks by VHS

Shell

from Impossible Accomplice, releases July 14, 2017 
Written, performed and recorded by Annie Hart 
Bass and drums recorded at Fred Armisen's apartment 
Mixed by Jorge Elbrecht 
Mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
I never loved anyone like this 
It's so hard to be still. 
Come around again 
and meet me on you way back home. 

I understand you now for the first time in years. 
For the first time in years 
You gave me what I want 
You gave me what I want 
You gave me what I want 
I got nothing left to ask you for. 

And I'll never give you up 
I'll never give you up 
I'll never give you up 
I made a promise but it's more than that now.

Hard To Be Still

01 First Exit

This is the consequence of a lot of influences: music, visual references and cities we have visited. We wanted to make something different, something brighter; East / West is that. A double album that reflects our idea of ​​evolution as a band. On one hand, we have 8 synth-pop songs with a very marked aesthetic; on the other, we got into experimenting with different types of instruments to create environments that go along with a side that we did not want to leave behind. This album is a perfect balance between that idea we had of the band that gazed at their shoes and the legacy of a whole generation of music made with synthesizers and futurism.
credits
released March 15, 2018 

/// East (Audio Credits) \\\ 

Sexores: 

606: Acoustic and Electronic Drums, Synths and Programming 
2046: Guitars, Vocals, Synths and Programming 

Produced by Sexores 
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Emilia Bahamonde at the East City Side (Quito) 
Support: David Yépez 

-------------------------------------------------- 

/// West (Audio Credits) \\\ 

Sexores: 

606: Acoustic and Electronic Drums, Synths and Programming 
2046: Guitars, Vocals, Synths and Programming 

Bass Synths in Tales of the East Coast: a) Bluish Lovers, The City That Sorrow Built, Evil Drivers, Berlin and Rigel: Daniel Pasquel 
Additional Programming in all West tracks: Daniel Pasquel 
Background Vocals in When I’m in Your Eyes, Evil Drivers, Berlin and Rigel: Daniel Pasquel 

Guest Bass Player in When I’m in Your Eyes, Tropical 
Nest and Underneath: Martín Herrera 

Guest Vocals in Underneath: Milton Mahan from Dënver 

Saxophone in The City That Sorrow Built: Álvaro Jaramillo 

Produced by Daniel Pasquel 
Co-produced by Sexores 
Recorded by Daniel Pasquel at La Increíble Sociedad (Quito) 
Mixed by Daniel Pasquel at La Increíble Sociedad Mobile Studio (Brooklyn, NY) 
Mastered by Juan Pablo Rivas 

-------------------------------------------------- 

/// East / West (Visual Credits) \\\ 

Cover: Trevor Alexander 
Photography and Post-production: María José Rodríguez and Jairo Proaño 
Package Design: Alexis Madrid 
Art Direction: Sexores 

This is for all the cities we have visited 
​ 
© 2018 Sexores 
℗ 2018 Buh Records 
℗ 2018 Recoop

Tropical Nest

This Is How You Smile

Running

PERTH'S NOAH DILLON ANNOUNCES "HOLDING ON" & NATIONAL TOUR

“another total winner from noah dillon. it blends some sunny, real estate type guitars with a grittier edge. and that modest mouse tinge is still there which is juuuust fine."
- Declan Byrne, Triple J on "You Did It To Yourself"

"Noah Dillon knocked his set out of the park... 2018 has been a massive year for him, so do yourself a favour and keep an eye out for what he’s got up his sleeve next" -
X-Press Mag Live Review


Singer-song writer Noah Dillon, has recently exploded onto the vibrant WA music scene with his 5 piece alt-rock band. His lyric driven music is a melting pot of honest stories and emotional tales, seamlessly colliding mundane existence with the darkest depths of life. Opening 2019 with a bang, Dillon has just announced the release of his new heartfelt single "Holding On" (Out Feb 1st) and a national tour to boot.

Written about the death of a close friend, "Holding On" was something of a coping mechanism for Dillon as he explains, "This song looks into the enormity and injustice of death at such a young age and the trail of destruction, questioning and emptiness it leaves behind for the loved ones around them. After the initial impart of losing a friend that had passed I found a fear in returning to my normal routine and life moving along without them. The title of the song (Holding On) is in reference to holding onto the things that make my life keep spinning for the person thats no longer here because thats what they would want." 

Recorded at Tunafish Studio (Stella Donnelly) with Broderick Madden-Scott, the song was recorded to feel as real and raw as the emotional heart of the song, which had Dillon play most of the extra instruments on the track (synths, guitars, keys).

“The art work was inspired by a shot from a Wes Anderson film, and taken on the Swan River. The balloon symbolises the baggage of death not as a weight on who we are but a flying memory and guiding strength forward.” - Noah Dillon

The group released their first single, "The Man I’m Not", in 2017 with huge success, gathering over 150,000+ streams on Spotify and community radio airplay across Australia. This success grew with a second single titled "Maggots", released in May last year, receiving airplay on Triple J and becoming the most played song on RTRFM 92.1 in May, as well as their 6th most played song of 2018.

Noah’s music is a genre bending mix of singer song-writer inspirations such as Bob Dylan and Courtney Barnett with the tear jerking attitude of Modest Mouse and Alex G creating a unique kaleidoscope of songs that'll make you question who you are.

"Combining and juxtaposing the mundanities of everyday life against concepts of love, death and purpose; the band aims to provoke emotion, question actions and create a cathartic listening experience." - Noah Dillon

HOLDING ON NATIONAL TOUR
Thursday February 14 | The Retreat (W/ Sleeping Lessons) | Melbourne, VIC
Friday February 15 | Waywards at The Bank Hotel | Sydney, NSW
Sunday February 17 | The Bearded Lady (W/ Sacred Blue) | Brisbane, QLD
Saturday February 23 | Swan Hotel | Fremantle, WA
Saturday March 16 | Osborne Park - Rock Scholars | Perth, WA
Wednesday March 27 | The Bird | Northbridge, WA
Thursday March 28 | Prince of Wales Hotel | Bunbury, WA
Friday March 29 | The White Star Hotel | Albany, WA
Saturday March 30 | The Pier Hotel | Esperance, WA
Sunday March 31 | Freehand Cellar Door | Denmark, WA

Holding On

Private audio stream of "She's In a State", H.Grimace's upcoming new single. To be released on Living Waters Records January 25, 2018.

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"She's In a State" b/w "In The Body" 7"

"She's In a State"

H.Grimace - "She's In a State"

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something blue

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Burn Out

From the many musical lives of artist Glenn Donaldson emerges The Reds, Pinks and Purples, a project that sifts out the purest elements of pop music and in the process chronicles the point of view of an assiduous songwriter. His new album "Uncommon Weather" is both an elusive portrait of San Francisco -- during one of its fluctuations as an untenable place for musicians and artists -- and also a self-portrait of a songwriter who has dispatched another treasured collection of timeless sounding DIY-pop songs. Self-recorded and mostly self-performed, the music on "Uncommon Weather" continuously reckons with the influence of The Television Personalities' Dan Treacy, as well as The Cleaners From Venus, Blueboy, East River Pipe, and the Cherry Red and Flying Nun labels. Beautiful, mysterious and rather perfect pop.

Uncommon Weather

The Reds, Pinks & Purples - The Biggest Fan

“LK SAYS: Silver Lining was inspired by San Junipero; feeling like an outsider and being trapped by your own intrusive thoughts, but finding someone who makes you feel that you belong and allows you to let go of your insecurities”

Ski Saigon -  Silver Lining

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Writing for PICKING UP ROCKS, a blog obsessively devoted to excavating the unjustifiably overlooked, hidden in plain sight & truly underappreciated in the musical universe, old and new ! Link below !
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