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Upbeat sunshine dancing-in-your-living-room vibe. It's a song about living in the moment, letting your happy hormones do their work instead of worrying about how you come across. Musical inspiration from Zouk La Sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni by Kassav'.

“Now's the only time to be”

Fun facts: Willem plays the kazoo while drumming. The lyrics are partly inspired by Cinderella.

Trip

My Love For You

RESET MY PASSWORD

Blurry Flurry

Creeper Deeper

What If Now, We All Change?

Taken from the 'Middleman' digital single on Matinée Recordings.

Middleman

The Saint Larsen - Middleman

"Hotline" (Release date: January 11, 2022)

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Lael Neale - Hotline

'Famously Alive' (Release Date: March 25, 2022)

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Guerilla Toss - Cannibal Capital

Ghostwriter

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Freeway Hitter

Freeway Hitter - Flimsey Lohan

Hey Little Girl is the byproduct of one afternoon practicing the Number System. Curiosity and experimentation with seventh chords led to its unique development. Much like the instrumentation, Hey Little Girl is about contrast and learning to authentically smile through life’s gritty up’s and downs- even when you don’t quite get it right.

Hey Little Girl

Full album 'Sensory Overload' by Midi Memory (AKA Cathedral Bells) out now on Spirit Goth [SG40].

🎧  Listen / Stream 'Sensory Overload' Album
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Sensory Overload

Midi Memory - Dissolver

Leeds quartet Crake have today announced their debut album, ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’. It arrives via Fika Recordings on April 8th. The band have also shared the album’s lead single, ‘Winter’s Song’. 

Led by enigmatic songwriter Rowan Sandle, Crake is driven by her endless curiosity. Armed with her gently cracking vocal, and inspiration from writers like Shirley Jackson and Nan Shepherd, she sings of crinoids, slime mould and pussy willow. When they supported Buck Meek at Brudenell Social Club, Buck found himself so beguiled by Sandle and her band that he invited them to support Big Thief on their UK and EU tour in 2019. Crake duly obliged and have been building towards their debut full-length ever since. 

Much of the forthcoming album revolves around the death of Sandle’s friend Anna, who died in Syria after being hit by a Turkish air strike. Anna was working for a woman’s liberation group in the war-stricken country when the tragedy took place. ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ explores the grief that followed and the lessons learnt from dealing with such a significant loss. 

Sandle does, however, find space to explore more themes alongside this grief, such as cruelty and queer nature. On lead single ‘Winter’s Song’ she acknowledges the cruelty and coldness that exists within us all, and questions how we can continue to grow and love whilst remaining true to that. 

Speaking about the track, she said: “Winter’s Song is about the absolute mundane beauty of being fallible. It's a true story, I saw the moon rise but swore it was the sun setting. I think about this line a lot: “keep a little coldness in you, just wear it soft and gentle” Be soft, be kind, be honest. Being unremarkable has its own beauty.” 

Sandle’s love for queer nature is so fervent that it makes the experience of listening to Crake akin to that of stumbling on an entirely new world. Sandle believes that life isn’t as black and white as we’ve been taught, and thinks nature holds the key to revealing the true nature of human experience. The appearances of things like slime mould - single-celled organisms that form a single body when in search of food  - brittle starfish - a type of starfish whose awareness isn’t concentrated in one place - and other such oddities furnish ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ with a folklore all of its own. 

‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ will send you down multiple rabbit holes and you’ll emerge from each with a newfound appreciation for the complexities of the world. Perhaps even more important than this though is the humanity that lies at the very heart of this debut full-length. Whether it’s in the sensitivity in how she portrays the loss of her friend, the depiction of our most base instincts - namely cruelty, passion and love - or the sincere, pure quality of the songwriting itself, it’s this that makes ‘Humans’ Worst Habits’ essential, and invaluable listening.

Winter's Song

Crake - Winter's Song

Stream 'All in Vision' : https://listen.niceguysrecords.com/allinvision

Pasiflorez is a fluid quartet that was formed in Byron Bay in late 2019. Their florid persuasions make for an easy excursion into a realm of sonic bliss. Drawing their vibe from all things psychedelia, surf and soul, the band echoes a stylish and curious display of dreamy psych-rock. With soaring guitars and a catchy chorus, their new single 'All In Vision' offers the perfect dreamy and colorful surf rock vibe.

All in Vision

Stream

Pasiflorez - All in Vision

From Young Prisms 3rd album 'Drifter' out March 25th on Fire Talk. 

Pre Order: https://ffm.to/youngprisms

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