Notes from Left of the Dial: Jan. 24

Ninetails - Radiant Hex

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Concreté Misery - LP • http://smarturl.it/LM020



LuckyMe are very proud to present the ‘Concreté Misery’ LP from Sevendeaths.
Sevendeaths is the music of Steven Shade. Based in Edinburgh he has spent many years as a collaborator and band member in various projects on the experimental fringes of the Scottish Rock scene - most notably with early LuckyMe signing 'Americanmen' alongside Claude Speeed, Eunoia’s Ali Lloyd and Danananaykroyd’s Paul Carlin.

With Concreté Misery, Shade takes a different tact. A solitary affair written then adapted in long sprawling generative environments, testing the limits of conventional DAWs. The LP features 6 expansive compositions of deep, evolving programmed synth work. No guitars. No pedals. This is an agonizing record drawn out of processors. Moments of sparkling arpeggiators disappear between long plates of dissonant drone; then emerge again, clambering their way to the light. At once claustrophobic & personal and grandiose & distant – this is a record that hangs in a delicate balance.

With opener Petrograde finding its way into the sets of Rustie & Hudson Mohawke - the writer of these pieces has often been speculated upon. We are now proud to bring you a full digital release available with all good retailers. 

We have also produced a select range of physical editions of Screen Prints & Tees derived from the album artwork by Dominic Flannigan.

01 - Petrograde
02 - And Another Another
03 - All Night Graves
04 - Concreté Misery
05 - Ghostache
06 - In The Room

Concreté Misery

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SEVENDEATHS - ALL NIGHT GRAVES

Palehound will release the Kitchen 7" on February 25th via Exploding In Sound Records. Recorded by Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at Gravesend Recordings (at The Silent Barn).  Mastered by Josh Bonati. Artwork by Andrew Marathas.

Kitchen 7" marks the first recordings of Palehound as a full band...
Ellen Kempner (vox/guitar)
Ben Scherer (guitar)
Thom Lombardi (bass)
Max Kupperberg (drums)

Palehound are going on tour this Spring including a stop at SXSW. Get in touch with the band at ellen.kempner@gmail.com with any show requests.

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Quiet Confidence / Pure Utopian Moment

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O For Two

Purchase "Montana" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/montana-single/id799641047

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": http://shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

artwork by:
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For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

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INSTAGRAM - @iso50

Montana

"Prague" off of the new album 'In Cold Blood' out on 5/19 via SONGS/Crush Music in the US + CA, and Inertia on 5/23 in AU + NZ. Pre-order on iTunes for $7.99 and get an instant download of "They Don't Know" & "Prague" http://smarturl.it/incoldblood

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Ninetails - Radiant Hex

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