[Weekly Mix] 2022.04 (1)

Jeanines' 2019 self-titled debut was an indiepop tour-de-force that drew from a deep set of DIY pop influences, garnering attention from well beyond the international pop underground. Now they're back with "Don't Wait For A Sign," and it's a real gem. With the band now divided geographically and touched by the isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic, Jeanines' new album is deeper and a bit darker than their debut. The folk influences feel more pronounced, at times recalling early Fairport Convention or Vashti Bunyan as much as indiepop touchstones like Dear Nora, The Aislers Set, and the many bands of Pam Berry. The thirteen songs on "Don't Wait For A Sign" show a band in total mastery of their idiom—a brilliantly compelling blend of timeless influences illuminated by distinctive songwriting and sharp lyrics. The arrangements are always on point, full of interesting transitions and modulations but never fussy or in the way of the songs themselves. Alicia Jeanine's vocals really take flight here, richer and more confident, and often layered in harmony. Second albums can be tricky, but with "Don't Wait For A Sign” Jeanines ably manage to build on their terrific debut with well-honed songwriting, singular melodies, and unerringly sympathetic production.

Don't Wait For A Sign

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Released March 24th 2022 'Fine Everything' is the first single of CIEL's upcoming EP out later this year.

Production and mix by Steven Ansell
Mastered by Robin Schmidt
Written and performed by CIEL
Artwork by Mia Casati

Stream Fine Everything:
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Fine Everything

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Look at it in the Light

Lady in the Darkest Hour

Kate Bollinger - Lady in the Darkest Hour

Robin Kester returns with a limber indie pop song Leave Now. The song is the first track since the release of her mini-album This Is Not A Democracy. Since the critically acclaimed release, Kester has drawn a wide range of comparisons, ranging from Portishead, Broadcast to Julia Holter. Though operating on a comparable sonic wavelength, Robin Kester is a distinct voice coming fully into her own with lots of new music to be released later this year. The first song is out today: Leave Now.

Robin Kester and her band have just returned from SXSW in Austin, TX. The new single premiered on Lauren Laverne's show on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning. Leave Now is produced by Robin Kester together with Marien Dorleijn, chief songwriter of acclaimed indie rockers Moss, Emily Cross (Loma, Cross Record) plays clarinets on the track, additional production and mix by Ali Chant (Aldous Harding, PJ Harvey), while Joe Lambert (Sharon Van Etten, The Antlers) was called in for the mastering.

If fear keeps you from doing things, your world becomes smaller. Overcoming that fear by courting new, sometimes unnerving situations is the premise of the debut album by Dutch recording artist and musician Robin Kester. Kester’s experimental pop exudes a hazy euphoria and dark tension: the thrill of your synapses firing on all cylinders before turning into fully-formed thought. Leave Now tells the tale of a chaotic trip to Vietnam, a rude awakening of new sensations going into overdrive.

Drifting between the outer realms of chamber pop, electronic music and psychedelic rock, Kester writes wholly adventurous music. Not adventurous per se in the naive sense, since there’s always some element of mystery on the prowl. Having moved around from town to town a lot as a child, many of her songs reframe past impressions into wandering reflections, often inspired by specific moments and sceneries.

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Boy With Apple - Brighter Than the Sun

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Superbloom

"Dig Deep" by Man Man (Release Date: March 28, 2022)
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Man Man - Dig Deep

'My Other People' by TV Priest (Release Date: June 17, 2022)
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TV Priest - Bury Me In My Shoes (Single Version)

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Sirens (feat. Caroline Polachek)

HAAi - Purple Jelly Disc featuring @obi-franky . Taken from HAAi's debut album ‘Baby, We’re Ascending’, out now! Listen/Buy Here: mute.ffm.to/haai

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Mix - Marta Salogni 
Additional Production - Francine Perry
Mastering - Matt Colton 

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Baby, We're Ascending

Purple Jelly Disc feat. Obi Franky

Purple Jelly Disc (feat. Obi Franky)

"Shampoo" is the third single from Izaak Opatz's new album 'Extra Medium' (out now on Mama Bird Recording Co.). Stream/buy/save/share: https://smarturl.it/mb049

Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/wrr_XHxSBoQ

/// Credits:

Written by Izaak Opatz
Produced by Malachi DeLorenzo, Izaak Opatz & Dylan Rodrigue
Engineered & Mixed by Malachi DeLorenzo
Mastered by Kevin Ratterman

/// Players:

Izaak Opatz: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Malachi DeLorenzo: Drums, Backing Vocals
Dylan Rodrigue: Bass, Keys, Backing Vocals
Jordan Bush: Pedal Steel

/// Lyrics:

I’ve gotten good in the last few years
At surreptitiously uncapping
The shampoo in the shower so my hosts don’t know
I didn’t bring my own

It probably wouldn’t be a problem
But I’m just so tired of asking
They always say to make myself at home

Home’s just where I leave my stuff
Where the mail goes and my plants dry out
Home’s been sleeping with my ankles dangling over
The end of someone else’s couch

Home’s where I’ve got a full shampoo but
No time to use it
I can’t remember the last time I finished a bottle
And threw it out

I can’t remember the last time
I got to the bottom of anything
Squeezed the sides and rolled up the tube
And tried to get the last drop out

I’m always leaving in the middle
It’s easier to think it probably never would’ve worked out
Easier to pine for something out of reach
Than someone who could let me down

In lieu of finding some reason to be here
I always find some reason to leave
Pour out the rest of the milk and hide a key

I’m never as happy as I am these days
When I’m just on the way
Halfway there and in-between
Using the windshield as a TV screen

I can’t remember the last time
I got to the bottom of anything
Squeezed the sides and pounded on the counter
And tried to get the last drop out

I’m always leaving in the middle
It’s easier to think it probably never would’ve worked out
Easier to pine for something out of reach
Than someone who could let me down

I don’t mind doing the dishes
Stripping the bed or leaving a note
But none of it will ever really make up
For the kind of hospitality I’ve been shown

I’m gonna have to buy a house
Open it up to all my friends
Make sure everybody’s got a place to sleep
And the Wi-Fi’s on the fridge

And in the bathroom, I’ll make sure
There’s a big bottle of shampoo and soap
With pump lids so they’ll never have to worry
That I’ll never need to know

I can’t remember the last time
I got to the bottom of anything
Squeezed the sides and pounded on the counter
And tried to get the last drop out

[Weekly Mix] 2022.04 (1)

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