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Musos' Guide Underexposed 20160210

EPR Weekly Roundup 2016 #6 W/C 8th Feb 2016

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Hyped Tracks of 2016 - Week 7

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Sivu – I Hold featuring Marika Hackman (Free Download)

Pre-Order Pinegrove's debut LP 'Cardinal' from RFC now: http://smarturl.it/PGPOs

Pinegrove - Old Friends

Released on January 22, 2016. 

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Charlie Hilton // Funny Anyway

Pre-order LP/CD: http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/293
Pre-order iTunes: http://smarturl.it/wolvesitunes

Scene reports. Regional styles. It all seems charmingly antiquated these days, given how social networking cross-pollination has transcended space and time. But with a hyper-literate, tightly wound, and irreverent brand of post-collegiate rock, Bent Shapes may just be the most quintessentially Boston band of the last few years.

Since forming the group under the name Girlfriends in 2009, principal songwriters Ben Potrykus and Andy Sadoway have largely ignored indie trends leaking from the "industry cities" in favor of churning out earnest, expertly-crafted pop and post-punk laced with “some of the tightest punk poetry around” (Liz Pelly).

2013’s "Feels Weird" (Father/Daughter Records) offered a glimpse at the discomfort and desperation of youth, with self-reflections on personal growth and decay. Over a year of critical acclaim from outlets as diverse as Maximum Rocknroll and Pitchfork, a tour with John Vanderslice, and shows with Fucked Up, Ted Leo, and The Bats followed, culminating with the addition of guitarist Luke Brandfon and bassist Jenny Mudarri.

Bent Shapes spent early 2015 recording "Wolves of Want" with Elio DeLuca (Titus Andronicus), although Potrykus and Sadoway began writing what would become their second album long before "Feels Weird" was even released. “The basic format for how songs came together was the same: Ben would write a guitar riff or vocal melody along with some chords and then we would hash out the arrangement in our rehearsal space,” explains Sadoway. The band took their biggest risk in the studio, electing to record "Wolves of Want" purely analog with 16 tracks. “Even with a relatively small number of tracks, we were able to bring in some additional instruments that we hadn’t added to our palette before: cello, trumpet, trombone to name a few,” says Sadoway. “My favorite part of tracking was when Luke and I got to play a Steinway grand together during the outro of ‘New Starts in Old Dominion.’”

Thematically, Wolves of Want is an album full of meditations on mental illness, the struggle to bring goodness into the world, and faith in humanity as a renewable resource. These themes are particularly personal to Potrykus who was diagnosed with multiple anxiety disorders after experiencing acute symptoms on-and-off for years. “I talk about it openly, because what helped me when I felt isolated and alone was reading books and listening to interviews by comedians and writers that had dealt with the same thing. The mainstream perception of a given disorder isn't always accurate, and I don't want anyone to feel like I did when things were at their worst,” explains Potrykus. “Writing about it was cathartic for me, as well -- documenting how I was feeling gave me a way of contextualizing a personal crisis that made it seem like something I could overcome.”

"Wolves of Want" will be released by Slumberland Records on March 11, 2016.


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Bent Shapes - New Starts In Old Dominion

Second Love

Part of Me

Just Kids

'Reichpop' is taken from the new Wild Nothing album 'Life Of Pause' which is to be released 19th February 2016 on Bella Union and is available for preorder now. The song is also available as an instant-grat download on iTunes, and Spotify.

iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/life-of-pause/id1061178724
Bella Union - http://tinyurl.com/ox3q3qj
Amazon - http://tinyurl.com/hljalmn


Wild Nothing - Reichpop

"Bring My Baby Back" by Dr. Dog from the album 'The Psychedelic Swamp,' available February 5 (World Excl. UK) and April 15 (UK)
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Official Site: http://www.drdogmusic.com
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The Psychedelic Swamp

Bring My Baby Back

Dr. Dog - Bring My Baby Back

Michael Nau
"Mowing" CD/LP/DIG
Order: CD/LP/DIG - http://store.suicidesqueeze.net
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
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Label Facebook - facebook.com/suicidesqueezerecords
Artist Twitter - @naumichael
Artist Instagram - @mnau
Label Instagram / Twitter: @suicidesqueeze

While You Stand by Michael Nau

Turning Light is written by Annelotte De Graaf and Keven Lareau

Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Greenberg
Mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering, Brooklyn, NYC

All songs recorded and mixed at Strange Weather Recording Studio and Figure 8 Recording, Brooklyn, NYC

Guitars by Shane Butler
Bass and drums by Keven Lareau
Synths by Jackson Pollis

Artwork and photography by Nick Helderman
www.amberarcades.net

Management by MMM


Fading Lines

Turning Light

Popular Music 
All music written and performed by LIFE, lyrics by Mez and Mick Recorded and produced by Ian Dowling
Artwork by Dan Wilson
(C) & (P) LIFE 2016

Popular Music

Recorded with Rory Atwell

photo by Orfeo T

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Duck Soup

In-Between

Nowadays vol. 5 (Winter Tape) 
@Chomsk @hoosky( @lafineequipe )

Listen/Download here: Nowadays.lnk.to/wintertape
Bandcamp: smarturl.it/nwds5bandcamp

w/ Jumo, Chomsky, BlackDoe, Kultur, oOgo, Blanka, Tigerz, Blaze!, Christopher Dixit, DFNSE, Yann Kesz.
Artwork by Erbery.
Release January 22nd
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Chomsky - Utopia (Nowadays #5)

Porches ‘Car’, taken from the new album ‘Pool’, out now.

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Porches - Car

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Cover Art: Golden Kingdom (thegoldenkingdom.com)

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Slow Burn

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Andrew Grant - Slow Burn

Don't Give Up On Me

Bromance new compilation "Homieland vol.2"
Out January 22nd, 2016

Get the compil here: http://apple.co/1Nt1hrG
Deezer: bit.ly/1S4zQYf
Spotify: spoti.fi/1lBKloZ

Bricc Baby Feat. King Kanobby - Figure Me Out

CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue (KDA Remix)

Taken from the new album 'Atomic', out 1st April on Rock Action (UK/ROW), and Temporary Residence (North America)

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Mogwai // Ether

'Patience' Out Now - 
Ninjashop / Stream / Download: https://theinvisible.lnk.to/patienceSo

Taken from 'Patience' released 10th June 2016 via Ninja Tune.

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Save You

The Invisible - 'Save You'

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The first single taken from Teleman's new album Brilliant Sanity, due for release on 8th April. Pre-order the album now to get an instant download of this track at http://www.telemanmusic.com

They tour the UK & Europe from March 2016 with NZCA Lines in support (with the exception of Cambridge & Birmingham, where it's Oscar): http://smarturl.it/TelemanLive

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Brilliant Sanity

Teleman - Dusseldorf

My official remix of "All The Ways" by @wet


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Wet - All The Ways (Arnold Remix)

The Estate of James Yancey has revived J Dilla’s longstanding company PayJay as a functioning imprint to release Dilla’s long lost vocal album, The Diary on April 15th, in conjunction with Mass Appeal Records. Initially intended for release in 2002, The Diary is the final batch of unissued material that Dilla had assembled for release during his lifetime, lending crucial insight into the producer’s prowess and thought process in the period leading up to his break with the major label system and the extremely fertile period that followed (which encompassed the making of the canonical classics Ruff Draft, Jaylib, and Donuts). The Diary features vocal performances by J Dilla, Snoop Dogg, Bilal, Kokane, Frank and Dank, Nottz and Boogie, over production by Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Hi-tek, Nottz, House Shoes, Supa Dave West, Bink! and Karriem Riggins.

"The Introduction" - produced by House Shoes with additional production by J Dilla

Pre-order on iTunes: http://found.ee/JDillaTheDiary

THE DIARY TRACK LIST:

1. The Introduction
2. The Anthem feat. Frank & Dank
3. Fight Club feat. Nottz & Boogie
4. The Shining Pt. 1 (Diamonds) feat. Kenny Wray
5. The Shining Pt. 2 (Ice)
6. Trucks
7. Gangsta Boogie feat. Snoop Dogg & Kokane
8. Drive Me Wild
9. Give Them What They Want
10. The Creep (The O)
11. The Ex feat. Bilal
12. So Far
13. Fuck The Police
14. The Diary
15. Bonus Track 1 [iTunes Exclusive]
16. Bonus Track 2 [iTunes Exclusive]

Pre-order on iTunes

J Dilla - The Introduction

If you hadn’t guessed by now, we’re big fans of the Swing Ting crew here at Truants. Samrai & Platt have already provided us with a Truancy Volume and a premiere of their track “Bad Riddim“, and Florentino served us up his edit of “Get You Alone” last year. In 2015, Swing Ting fully established their label arm to run alongside their monthly clubnight in Manchester, putting out five releases including their first LP – Madd Again!’s MaddTing Vol. 1. Their first delivery of 2016 comes in the form of “Tease Me”, where they link up with Kingston’s Equiknoxx crew: vocals provided by Kemikal, with Puppy Disco remixing the single. You might remember the original as the closer to Truancy Volume 127.

We’re very lucky to have both tracks for you to listen to here first. “Tease Me” is a kicked-back groove with a gorgeous garage-y bassline and airy keys, which spins back and pops off enough to make anyone wish for the long summer evenings to roll round again. It’s the perfect accompaniment for Kemikal, whose rhymes hype it up just enough to make it perfect for the dancefloor. On the flip, Puppy Disco deftly crafts a carefree vibe, repitching Kemikal’s vocals alongside vocoders and organs to wash away any February blues you might have.

We also asked all the crew involved how the tracks and the Manchester/Kingston link up came about – here’s what they had to say:

http://truantsblog.com/2016/premiere-samrai-platt-tease-me-ft-kemikal/

(Artwork by Karen Cazabon)

Premiere: Samrai & Platt ft. Kemikal - Tease Me

MIXED BY DYLAN KIM
MASTERED BY DYLAN KIM & ROMAN LUNA
ARWORK BY ROMAN LUNA

SECRET BOY (PROD. FOXWEDDING)

Long Distance Calling - Aurora

Moshi Moshi Records started off as a hobby in 1998. Set up by three friends who had jobs working for major record labels. It was intended as a way of working with the bands that they loved but which didn’t fit in with the agenda of the day-job taskmasters. Early single releases from Zan Lyons, Kathryn Williams & Pedro and J Xaverre earned the label some plaudits. And sold a few records. Over the next five years Moshi Moshi slowly started to build a reputation for interesting, slightly leftfield, low-key releases. Then in 2004 things changed. For a start Moshi stopped being a hobby and became a fulltime job. Very soon after, Hot Chip and Bloc Party arrived and Moshi Moshi quickly became a name known to more than a few. Chart success followed with Yeti and The Rakes and higher-profile album releases from Architecture In Helsinki and Au Revoir Simone helped lift the label onto a new level. Then from 2006 onwards came artists such as Hot Club De Paris, Tilly And The Wall, The Wave Pictures, Slow Club, James Yuill, The Drums, Summer Camp, the list goes on.

In late 2006 the two remaining Moshi Moshi founders decided they wanted to get back to their one-off 7” release roots and the Moshi Moshi Singles Club was born. The intention was to try and release one 7” each month by a new up-and-coming artist. It would be limited to 1000 and only be available in a select group of indie stores. The artwork would be restricted to one colour and be designed by the bands themselves. Now some 40+ releases later the singles club’s roster makes an impressive list – (including) Kate Nash, Late of The Pier, Friendly Fires, Lykke Li, Florence and The Machine, Kindness, Dananananayckroyd. Disclosure. In 2011 Moshi Moshi expanded its remit by partnering up with some very talented young A&R folk to set up the imprints Tender Age, Not Even, Apricot and Dream Beach. Working under the Moshi Moshi umbrella these new labels have already yielded a clutch of exciting releases by artists from as far afield as Kenya and Seattle.

At the same time as running the record label Moshi Moshi Management has been quietly guiding the career of Metronomy and Slow Club as well as producers Ash Workman and Ollie Bayston. From 2012 this side of the business started to expand dramatically and now features a sizeable roster of emerging artists.

Looking back on the Moshi Moshi roster (particularly since the label ‘went fulltime’ in 2004) it’s a collection that bears comparison with any of its peers. For a label run by two people with no financial backing, it’s nothing short of an inspiration.

Teleman - Dusseldorf

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