Choices Of The Grasshopper October 2019

Jackson Scott - Sunshine Redux
Bloodmoss Records
Release Date: April 28th, 2015

Pre-order (CD/LP): bit.ly/SunshineRedux
Pre-order (iTunes): hyperurl.co/SunshineRedux

Out of the modern musical abyss comes Jackson Scott, a 22-year-old artist living in Asheville, NC. Finding pure metaphysical euphoria within the depths of cassette recorders and guitar pedals, he enjoys the simple things in life such as playing music with friends and falling into existential voids. After touring extensively for his debut album Melbourne in 2013, Jackson returned home to record an album that he could listen to in absolutely any negative or positive state of mind.

His second album Sunshine Redux is a translation of this paradoxical psyche, a kaleidoscope of sounds ranging from 60’s flower power to 90’s hip-hop production techniques. Veering from nihilistic punk rock explosions to gentle sonic nightmares, it is his most cohesive musical undertaking yet.

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Jackson Scott - "Pacify" (Official Single)

Pre order ltd edition 7" flexizine: http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/568445?preview=true

Back in 2014 we put out a series of flexizines (a 7" flexidisc record accompanied by a 20 page zine) from the likes of Fear of Men, The Death of Pop and White Sands. We're delighted to say we're bringing the format back whilst also welcoming The Orielles to the family!

Hailing from Halifax, the Orielles formed after sisters Esme and Sid Hand-Halford met Henry Wade at a house party. Learning to play their instruments as they went along, the band have spent the past couple of years honing their craft with a string of singles and appearances at the likes of Live at Leeds, Festival no. 6, swn and Dot to Dot.

We're delighted to be releasing their new EP Jobin, three tracks of infectious surf pop influenced by the band's love of riot grrrl and all things C.A. The EP opens with lead track 'Jobin' - a barnstorming amalgamation of whoops and sweet summer melodies and the rest of the EP follows in a similarly seasonal fashion.

The EP is set to be released on 1st April on ltd edition flexizine; a 7" flexidisc featuring lead track Jobin, a 20 page colouring book zine illustrated by the awesome Alex Gamsu Jenkins and a download code for the full 3 track EP.

On tour:

6th March - Birmingham, Actress & Bishop 
12th March - The Maze, Nottingham 
25th March - Manchester, Soup Kitchen 
26th March - Tooting & Tram, London 
2nd April - Reading, Oakford Social Club 
3rd April - Louisiana, Bristol 
9th April - Flying Vinyl Festival, London 
7th May - Music Week Canada, Toronto

The Orielles - Jobin

Take 
From me what you've 
Needed 
I'm alone 
And 
I don't need a 
Reason 

When love's just a feeling 
(Love's just a- ) 
When love's just a feeling 

(Don't forget 
That) 

Your love's just a feeling 
(Love's just a- ) 
Your love's just a feeling 
(Love's just a- ) 
Your love's just a feeling 
(Love's just a- ) 
Your love's just a feeling 

I know what I want 
And now's when I need 
Your charm is disarming 
So inconvenient 
This isn't real 
Don't need a reason 
Means to an end 
And the end of a season 
Your heart is prison 
Lust is misleading 
Worship is bondage 
And fondness is fleeting 
Got what I wanted 
Now that I'm leaving 
Love's just a feeling 
Your love's just a feeling 

It's gonna take some 
Time 
To get you out my 
Mind 

It's gonna take some 
Time 
To get you out my 

Your love's just a feeling 
Your love's just a feeling 
Your love's just a feeling 
Your love's just a feeling 
Your love's just a feeling

Just a Feeling

Just A Feeling

From the album 'Up On High', out November 1st on Mama Bird Recording Co. (US/World) and Loose Music (UK/EU).

/// PLAYERS

Andy Cabic: vocals, guitars, keyboard
Gabe Noel: bass
Josh Adams: drums
Dan Iead: guitar

/// CREDITS

All songs written by Andy Cabic / Vetiverse Music (BMI)
Produced by Thom Monahan & Andy Cabic
Engineered and mixed by Thom Monahan
Recorded at Starlight Sound, Golden Void & Panoramic House
Mastered by Eric Broyhill at Broyhill Masters
Management by Dave Grazynski at Congress+Main
Cover photography by Terri Loewenthal 
Layout and design by Nathaniel Russell and Vincent Bancheri

/// LYRICS

Once a songbird caught me by surprise
With the strength of its singing
A bright call took flight, pierced the air
Like a lone bell a-ringing

What’s past is past
Wanted, never asked

I don’t expect to get a second chance
To choose my words as I mean to
But I’d take it all back, I was wrong
Now I know what you’ve been through

What’s past is past
Wanted, never asked

A songbird’s shadow upon the lawn
Lies in wait since you’re gone

Sun sure falls fast
No shadow cast
What’s past is past
Wanted, never asked

Up On High

Vetiver - Wanted, Never Asked

"Bloom" from the album Four of Arrows
out October 25th via Double Double Whammy

Four of Arrows

Great Grandpa - Bloom

Seeker

I’ve Got Reason

Taken from the album 'Crush', released 18 October on Ninja Tune: https://floatingpoints.lnk.to/crushSo

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Crush

Anasickmodular

Natural, Everyday Extended Play

Romeo

TURN OFF THE LIGHT

There Will Be Blood

Self Released 01/10/2019
Songwriters: Millie Duthie, Mitch Duce, Danny Southwell, Dan Hole 
Engineer/Producer: Josh (Hoagie) Harrison
Artwork: Sapphire Needham
MGMT: mhowes@theorchard.com

Two Sense

Talk Show - Stress

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

'The North' is taken from Vintage Crop's forthcoming album 'Serve To Serve Again' out August 7th on Upset The Rhythm & Anti Fade.

Available to pre-order now: upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Serve To Serve Again

Vintage Crop - The North

From Corey Flood's debut album Hanging Garden out September 4th on Fire Talk.

Buy: ffm.to/coreyfloodphl

There’s a vague sense of unease that permeates Corey Flood’s debut full-length, Hanging Garden, out September 5th via Fire Talk. From the surface, the record appears to break through the dark fog of the band’s 2018 EP, Wish You Hadn’t, but just below lay themes of ambivalence, uncertainty, and anxiety, layered elegantly in fuzz. Recorded in Philadelphia by Jackie Milestone, mixed by Natasha Jacobs, and mastered by Sarah Register, Hanging Garden pushes through feelings of discomfort and repressed emotions to discover what truly lies beneath.

Born in Philly circa 2017, Corey Flood began as the post-grad bedroom project of bassist Ivy Gray-Klein (formerly of Littler) and drummer Juliette Rando. A month after their first show with guitarist Em Boltz, the band signed with New York’s Fire Talk Records and turned four planned demos into a full-fledged, delightfully menacing debut EP. Now, after two years of intense growth and collaboration, the trio continues their “whirlwind trajectory” with the long-awaited, nine-track LP, Hanging Garden.

Inspired by Throwing Muses, Helium, Pale Saints, and Brix Smith-Start’s work with the Fall, Gray-Klein calls Hanging Garden “a reckoning with internal discord.” Through soft melodies, lush guitars and churning rhythms, the dual vocals of Gray-Klein and Boltz recall relatable experiences with gaslighting, imposter syndrome, and repetitive thoughts. Hanging Garden feels intimate and familiar but is strewn with playful surprises, like 70s krautrock guitar work and samba-influenced drum parts. Hanging Garden is a mature stride forward, and a bewitching amble towards the unknown.

I’ve Got Reason

Mikal Cronin

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