Wistful blend of  indie-alternative, shoegaze, & dreampop. For fans of Far Caspian, The Shins, Alvvays, Stray Fossa, Men I Trust, Beach Fossils  – https://www.instagram.com/brokenpalacerecords

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Breathe

From//October - Somewhere Quiet

Do You Still Remember Me?

The cherry blossom start
A summer with all the bugs
We stumble out for air
Like we've never seen the world
The tags inside our collars
Cut them out for good
And wash them till they're soft

I can tell
You're gonna leave a mark on me
All as well
We're weaning off cetirizine

The skin we lost is settled
In corners we don't go
And growing like the guilt
Of never calling home

I can tell
You're gonna leave a mark on me
All as well
We're weaning off cetirizine
I can tell
You're in it till you can't be seen
For a while
And then we're trading allergies

Performed by Stray Fossa (W. Evans, N. Evans, Z. Blount)
Lyrics by Nicholas Warren Evans
Music by Nicholas Warren Evans and William J Evans

Produced by William Evans

Cover art by Melissa Santamaría

Blossomer

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Performed by: Altai
Music and lyrics by: Tessa Collins
Produced by: Lachlan Mitchell  
Mixed by: Lachlan Mitchell and William Evans
Art by: Andrew Wilkinson

Lyrics

Hold me like you want to and you need it
Then I’ll feel right at home
Come on closer
It’s fucking freezing
Cause the doors aren’t all closed
It’s the season for that feeling
So please put down your phone

Hold me like you need it and you want to
Go on throw me a bone
There’s no reason for concealing
All your thoughts big or small
I’m here and I’m not leaving
So try tear down those walls
I’m here
There’s that feeling

Bathing in the sunlight when it’s colder
Than the worst day of June
Is the healing is that I’m seeking
And I’m long overdue
Do you see it
There’s that feeling
It’s all you need to know
Do you feel it
You’re my heating

It’s the season
I’m not leaving
This time

Give me a moment to cherish with all that I am
And a little bit more
And I’ll give you a lifetime of moments with all that I can
It’s all I ask for

It’s the season
I’m not leaving
It’s season
I’m not leaving
This time

Like you want to
Go on throw me a bone
It’s the season
So please put down your phone
Like you want to
Then I’ll feel right at home
Then I’ll seek right at home

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Altai - Like You Need It

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Of The City

First track off the forthcoming new LP from Bergen, Norway's The Megaphonic Thrift. In contrast to the band’s previous releases, their fourth studio album features lyrics in Norwegian. The soundscape is less guitar orientated, and is filled with synthesizers. The album is also their first with new collaborators, namely Njål Paulsberg (neo Tokyo/Young Dreams) and Emil Nikolaisen (Serena-Maneesh). According to TMT the collaborators were part of the project even before they had heard of it or even agreed to it. Paulsberg and Nikolaisen explains the + behind the original band name 

The Megaphonic Thrift - Hendene

Earlier this year, the band won a Spellemann Award (equivelant of a Norwegian GRAMMY Award) for best indie album. Få meg til verden i tide is The Megaphonic Thrift's fourth album, and it's the band's first to feature lyrics in Norwegian. Much less guitar orientated than previous albums, Få meg til verden i tide is filled with synthesizers, and it's their first with new collaborators Njål Paulsberg (neo Tokyo/Young Dreams) and Emil Nikolaisen (Serena-Maneesh). 

"The four members in Megaphonic have become more unison for each record we’ve made together," says guitarist and vocalist Richard Myklebust. "After the third record, making new music felt like giving each other a hug. We wanted to bring in someone who had a more radical approach to making music. We needed disagreement, and boy did we get it."
 
A lot has happened since the summer of 2015 when The Megaphonic Thrift filled a car with synths and boxed wine, isolating themselves in a cabin far up in the Norwegian desolate mountains to write what would become Få meg til verden i tide.
 
"We thought we were just heading into the studio to make the final adjustments and thought it was going to be easy. All the songs were ready. It didn’t turn out easy at all," says bassist and vocalist Linn Frøkedal.
 
The band describes the studio process as a long road trip, where a new driver can take the wheel at any moment. "Nikolaisen is based in Oslo (on the other side of the mountains), and guitarist Clementsen was on a Japanese tour with his other band Electric Eye, so sketches and new ideas were thrown back and forth on seemingly endless mail threads," says guitarist Njål Clementsen. "This record is proof that it is possible to make a really cool record in a really hard way. It doesn’t have to be easy!"

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The Megaphonic Thrift - Pilene

Credit:
Musikk: John Olav Nilsen (vox, synth, trommeprog)
Lars Andreas Eriksen (gitar, bass, synth, vox)
Einar Vaagenes (gitar, bass, synth, vox)
Lyrikk: John Olav Nilsen
Diverse synth og trommeprog: Yngve L. Sætre

Innspilt i Duper Studio og Poilen 2 av Yngve L. Sætre og John Olav Nilsen 
Produsert og mikset av Yngve L. Sætre 
Co-produsert av John Olav Nilsen

Tekniker: Mikael Knutsen Kanstad 
Mastret av Jørgen Træen i Duper Grotten

Omslag: John Olav Nilsen
Foto: John Olav Nilsen

Tekst:
flygende svevende og stupende
det kjennes ut som om vi er de siste levende
de eneste som kom seg løs

vold med innhold åpner øyne med blindvold
ser ut i verden med bind foran
stirrer rett i lyset mens de skyter i Paris
går rundt i Bergen med bind foran

men aldri vi

varmeste korteste og våteste
vi er blitt sånn som vinteren som oftest er
rundt om her

vold med innhold åpner øyne med blindvold
ser ut i verden med bind foran
stirrer rett i lyset mens de skyter i Paris
går rundt i Bergen med bind foran

men aldri vi
eg lukker aldri øynene rundt deg
men aldri vi
men aldri vi
eg lukker aldri øynene rundt deg
men aldri vi
alle øynene på deg
men aldri vi
eg lukker aldri øynene rundt deg
men aldri vi

John Olav Nilsen & Nordsjøen - Paris, Bergen

In the moment when you walked away 
what I could’ve said hid deep in my chest 
I’ll recollect the moment once again 
but it never works it’s never the same 

when you walked away 
I couldn’t say a word 
oh my tongue was twisting 
all around my lungs 

could I made you stay 
by calling your name 

I’ll recreate the moment once again 
but it never works it’s never the same 
oh and what difference does it make 
if I can’t forget or remember it well 

when you walked away 
I couldn’t say a word 
oh my tongue was twisting 
all around my lungs 

could I made you stay 
by calling your name 

and now it’s too late 
I cannot see your whole face 
there’s a mockery instead 
lacking any of the details 

could I made you stay 
cause I still can’t tell

Julio Baca on Electric Guitar 
Nelson Devereaux on Horns 
Andrew Tomten on Additional Horns 
Max Devereaux on Bongos, Shaker and Backing Vocals 

Artwork by Matt Bertzyk

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