Absent

Journey

Chemically resistant 
Emotionally distant 
Pretending that this would turn out different

Produced by activebynight

No Good

Wall To Walls

A Shoegaze renaissance classic, first time on vinyl.

The shoegaze renaissance classic The Millia Pink And Green EP by Sway has influenced many a modern musician, shoegazer and non-shoegazer alike. Now, Saint Marie Records gives it the long awaited vinyl treatment. The record now weighs a bit more, thanks to the bonus track ‘Channel’ and its 180gm Coke bottle green transparent vinyl.

Sway began making noise in 1999, in Ventura, California. At the time, they were a four-piece garage rock outfit consisting of Andrew Saks, Amber Carlson, Seth Eubanks, and Vince Alatorre, playing shows and confusing audiences up and down the West Coast with its blurry wall of sound. They’re most known for the shoegaze renaissance classic The Millia Pink And Green EP released in 2003.

Andrew’s songwriting and sonic ideals are deeply rooted in the music he was surrounded by while coming of age: late ‘70s and ‘80s pop music.  Falling asleep nightly while listening to 1980s pop and R&B, and then waking up late at night in a dark dreamlike haze with New Order, Swing Out Sister, Talking Heads, Pet Shop Boys, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam whispering through his Walkman’s headphones, the sonic memory of such experiences keep Sway from ever giving itself over fully to the traditional shoegaze elements. The quest to recreate these musical properties is what later led Sway to embrace and be further influenced by the blissful textures of dreampop visionaries such as The Cocteau Twins, Medicine, and My Bloody Valentine.

In 2011, This Was Tomorrow was released by Saint Marie Records.  It was Sway’s first full-length release and its last.

SIDE A
Fall
Sounds Like Everyone
Sullust

SIDE B
Ever and Ever
Opentillate
Channel (Bonus Track)

Sway - Fall

( m i n i m a l )
Instruments:  µFreak + µBrute (Arturia)
E-sketches loosely themed around (what else?) space.

Hide & Sneak

Hot Shake

Patch us up with a band aid. 

Prod. Hersuasion 
Mix/master by Max Gowan

band aid

Taken from Saint Marie Records "Static Waves 3"
Released on 25/11/2014  
photo by Angel Ceballos 

CRAZY FOR YOU (SLOWDIVE)

"Cool Kids" by Shana Falana from Here Comes the Wave (TL-97), out October 21, 2016 on Team Love Records.

Here Comes the Wave

Shana Falana - Cool Kids (Single Version)

Sheila Nicholls’ first new release in 7 years, Songs from the Bardo, is an interesting combination of genres. Shifting easily from acoustic singer-songwriter to studio trip hop grooves.

 “Songs from the Bardo is an exploration of what interlaces the personal with the universal. What we experience individually, that ultimately makes us the same.”

Since moving to the US from England, Sheila has performed with NY-based group Splendid Fork, recorded 3 solo albums and started her own label, Essex Girl Records.  

 “After releasing two albums with Hollywood Records, I decided to lay low for a minute. I built a studio, bought equipment, and taught myself ProTools. I really wanted to expand my abilities and have more creative independence. Consequently this record took a while because I did it myself, with some help from friends. Oh and I also had a baby.” 

Available now on iTunes, Songs from the Bardo delivers an LP experience in which Sheila co-produced as well as wrote the entire album.


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