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Flaural's Debut LP 'Postponement' out April 19th via Staycation Records


Recorded in part at The Animal Room in Oakland and in Denver, CO w James Barone (Beach House, Tennis) at Crown Lanes Studios.

Engineered by James Barone and Andy Roundy
Mixed by James Barone
Mastered by Christopher Colbert

The Thinker

Dreamless

Neutral

Tell Me Everything

Slow

slow (feat. Jouska)

2019 ellis
something blue

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something blue

The Underground Youth ninth album, Montage Images of Lust & Fear is undoubtedly their most sincere work in an extensive, decade-long discography with which they’ve picked up a cult following across the globe – made evident in their millions of YouTube streams and relentless international touring.  


This is The Underground Youth’s most intense and honest record yet - in the ambitious songwriting and live recording (a first for the band), as well as the lyrical subject matter. Craig Dyer explains “Montage Images of Lust & Fear is inspired by the succession of experiences we are increasingly dealt by the media. Sex, violence, love, suspicion, desire, distress, etc. The album acts as a montage itself, the subject of each song dealing with an aspect of either lust or fear. Like flicking through the channels on a television. Until in the end you are overcome by white noise. Static.”

Montage Images Of Lust & Fear

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The Underground Youth - Last Exit To Nowhere

Team Me - Blurry Precise

'Break A' is taken from Vital Idles' brand new 4-track EP, out March 8th on Upset The Rhythm.

http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

If there isn't yet a tradition of following a magnificent debut album with a, shoelaces-tightened, excellent mission statement of an EP (one would be forgiven to think that the debut long player was the mission statement already, breaking in on the scene/ry with such unmissable and rarely seen sensory delight, but then upon hearing the subsequently released EP one is tempted to think: "Wow! That debut was truly astonishing but now they are REALLY on a mission!"), well, if this tradition doesn't already exist - and thinking about Young Marble Giants' scene-defining "Final Day" 7", Pylon's absolutely essential "!!" 10" and Carla Dal Forno's recent-yet-already-classic "The Garden" 12" one might argue that this tradition is undoubtedly fully existent (more so: alive and well) — then this self-titled extended play from much beloved Glasgow quartet Vital Idles would surely be a striking argument for the genesis of such a tradition.

On the other hand, when taking sides with the many seasoned critics arguing that this tradition has indeed long been established, one might confidently list this effort as a bona fide example of such practice, sharing with the aforementioned not only an astute and accomplished artistic ability but also a sense of minimalist psychedelia that transcends restrictions set by redundant referencialism and grateless genre parameters such as "Post Punk" or "Minimal Pop" (on which the same critics, of course, often disagree).

That being said, ping-ponging from gritty post punk smashes to minimal pop moments and vice versa, Vital Idles' sphere of stripped-down efficiency and sharp personal observation also brings to mind crucially overseen half-chord-wonders Glorious Din as well as antipodean contemporaries like Constant Mongrel (who also had their latest release mastered by the fantastic M. Young), Primo! (who also had their latest release mastered by the fantastic M. Young) and Terry (who also had their latest release mastered by the fantastic M. Young).

The EP reveals itself as a steady, hypotenusal rise of intensity and momentum, starting with the hallucinogenic restrain of opener "Break A", building tension throughout the gothic-noise flourishes of "Seconds" and "Rustle Rustle" and culminating in "Careful Extracts", a 2 minute burst of carefree introspection that might as well be the unintentional answer to early career highlight "My Sentiments": "just me and my/ tired ire/ a a a a a a a a a a"

In conclusion: Vital Idles' debut was truly astonishing but - wow! - now they are truly on a mission.



Written by David Roeder, January 2019

EP  

Vital Idles - 'Break A'

Varg & Coucou Chloe - I Get Lit (cause if not I think of you)

@ramzihouti

"Heads" is taken from Eric Copeland's latest LP, Trogg Modal Vol. 1, out now in indie shops, and on digital, streaming, and DFA Bandcamp.

Buy the remix here: smarturl.it/HeadsRAMZi

Buy Trogg Modal Vol. 1 here: smarturl.it/TroggModalVol1

Eric Copeland - Heads (RAMZi Remix)

Music by NIGHT CHAMP
Recorded by Collin Ingram at Band Cave
Mastered by Corey Coffman
Artwork by Alex Runge

Full EP drops 2/22 at group-hug.bandcamp.com DONT SLEEP

NIGHT CHAMP - Hard Stop (NIGHT CHAMP EP drops 2/22)

Pre-order : smarturl.it/MUNYA

I don't care the reason why I'd stay
Feeling my heart racing everyday
Only you can look at me this way
Everything I dreamed of is you and me

Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle
Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle
Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle
Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle

Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle
Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle
Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle
Tous les soirs quand tu m'appelles
Dis-moi chérie que je suis belle

I don't care
Feeling my heart
Only you can look 
Everything I dreamed of is you and me

Benjamin

Written by Pawns
Recorded and engineered by Ben Greenberg in 2018
Mastered by Josh Bonati
Artwork by Gage Allison
Pre-order of Monuments of Faith EP available via Inflammable Material (UK) and Near Dark/Last Hour Records (USA) 2019

Monuments of Faith

She Says

From Witching Waves new album, Persistence out 5th April on Specialist Subject Records.

Pre-order LP / CD - http://shop.specialistsubjectrecords.co.uk/products/636329-witching-waves-persistence-lp-cd

WITCHING WAVES - Eye 2 Eye

‘Nightcrawler’ presents a simmering nocturnal dance cut, charged with glowing bursts of deep house, candid lyrics and a self-directed video portraying a woozy tale of London’s underbelly.

City Limits EP released March 1, 2019
https://rhythmsection.lnk.to/Pinty

City Limits

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Pinty - Nightcrawler

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Recorded and Mixed At: MANT Studios
Mixer: Rob Schnapf 
Engineer: Brian Rosemeyer
Produced By: Rob Schnapf and The Palms
Art Work By: Bridgett Ricketts www.bridgettericketts.com

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