Best of October 2023

Wrong Again

Are you afraid of death? With “Lions” Todd Binder helps you find the courage to face life. Recorded at legendary Tiny Telephone Studio, this single bursts forth with an epic level of energy, backed by an experimental drum beat, and synth sections that, at times, seem to make the track soar. Todd shows us that our shared experiences and natural ability to create can be the source of new adventures. Ultimately, he urges the listener to seek out and savour these connections before it’s too late.

Lions

Just Let it In

Stand and Deliver

Don't Take It Personally

‘The Wailers’ (released 1st October 2023) is the first single from UK-based singer-songwriter, Man With A Corduroy Heart. 

‘The Wailers’ is a lofi-folk song, layered with jazz guitar and recorded using cassette tapes. It’s a song about becoming a dad and trying to get the baby to sleep through the music of Bob Marley. 

It’s peppered with Marley references, as the opening verse tells:  ‘Your little baby face brings out the sun / Your hand holds my finger and I think Is This Love? / But then something turns and clouds start to rain / And if I think that you’re gonna stop crying I’ll be Waiting In Vain’.

While Man With A Corduroy Heart is a new artist to 2023, the man behind it, Ryan Davies, isn’t new to the scene. By day Ryan is an audio engineer: “Unlike my day-to-day work where artists want perfect and pristine mixes, here I wanted to do one-takes and embrace unwanted noise like hissing and pops, go back to using cassettes and let the song do the work rather than the mix!”

Follow Man With A Corduroy Heart on:  Instagram  /  YouTube

The Wailers

A fast-paced anthem about being insanely attracted to someone, “to the point where it is hurting”.

Attraction

Wildhorse - Attraction

Official Video: https://youtu.be/jzc95jP6BdM
Art by Dylan Michilsen 
Written, composed & produced by Yael Brener 
Guitar: Ben Kurt
Drums: Itay Manber
Mix: Etienne Meunier
Mastering: Aran Lavi, Tan Tan Studio

Screens 4 Eyes - Trip to the North

Fucking Up A Good Thing

A haunting/etheral introduction to both album and track alike, "The Izoku" does well to encompass a vast array of shifts in structure and the technical ability of all 3 members. All the while, maintaining the listeners attention with a subtle underlying motif that is revisited through the track as a conceptual piece and a hint of what can be expected upon further listening to the album in full. The song itself expands on soundscapes and effects derived from 3 main instruments (guitar, bass and drums) but also debuts extra percussion that all 3 members experimented with during the recording/writing process. This lends itself towards a shift in the band's maturity and evolution of the overall sound. "The Izoku" perfectly sets the stage for what is to follow and at the same time questions the listener's ability to predict where the music will go next.

The Izoku

Buy on Bandcamp: https://madamepsychosisband.bandcamp.com/album/mp3

Concrete Streets is an upbeat alternative rock song about self care and the importance of taking time away from the 9-5 grind to focus on ourselves and our passions. It features strong vocal harmonies, a catchy chorus and a haunting bridge that all meld into a layered climax.

Concrete Streets

Hypocentre is an indie rock song with desert rock and psychedelic influences that draws on feelings of recklessness and restlessness - when boredom tips over into self-destructiveness.

Hypocentre

Too Shy

Honeydeux

Rearrange

This is a new track off our upcoming EP, Whiskey Hotel Tango

Whiskey Hotel Tango

Love On Hold

Club Bored

fake me out
and tear me in two
break me apart
and phase me through

we know the end is here
we know the end is here
i’ll take a couple of pills
to grasp that the end is here

take me down
and lay me in two
i won’t be drowned
until you tell me to

we know the end is here
we know the end is here
i’ll take a couple of pills
to grasp that the end is here

gazed

Saxophone performed by Richard Feder

Stereophonic Mastering by Timothy Stollenwerk
www.stereopho.com

Coffin

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Best of October 2023

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