Quantum Leap is from John Maus' forthcoming album, We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, out on June 28th in North America on Ribbon Music and June 27th in the UK / Europe on Upset the Rhythm.

Hear another track, Believer, from the album here: http://soundcloud.com/ribbonmusic/john-maus-believer

JOHN MAUS lives in his birthplace of Austin, Minnesota. Whilst working towards his PhD in Political Science, he also composes music that taps into melancholic fantasy and affirms that we are all truly alive. Questing synthesizers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines providing the perfect backdrop for John's deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal. Born in the decade of synth pop and sharing his birthday with George Frideric Handel, John started making music when Nirvana posters went up on every teenager’s wall. It’s this curious conflux of influences that partially helps to describe John’s music. It’s a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia and Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop. The confrontation of punk, the fleeting poignancy of 80’s movie soundtracks, the insistent pulse of Moroder and the spirituality of Medieval and Baroque music all find salvation in John Maus.

We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves breaks new ground for Maus. The shirt pulling and air punching of his impassioned live performance is finally captured in all its frenzied appeal alongside a tender inner space that wasn’t as apparent on his previous albums. It’s a record where promise takes the lead for the first time, providing a counterpoint to John’s default existential calling.

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John will be playing shows across the US this summer including co-headlining shows with LA's Puro Instinct.

05-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06-18 San Francisco, CA - Brick And Mortar Music Hall *
06-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
06-21 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
06-24 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-28 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands *
06-29 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
06-30 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
07-02 Winooski, VT - Monkey House
07-03 Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur *
07-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
07-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07-07 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe *
07-08 New Orleans, LA - Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *
07-09 Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside *
07-12 San Diego CA - Casbah *
07-13 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* w/ Puro Instinct

We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Quantum Leap

John Maus - Quantum Leap

DIE SLOW

I'm in this night, of purple fright 
Social enclosed, with no ones phone 
I cramp my face, and spill my drink 
The violet boy, is the missing thing…I'm here 

I cry on my my bike, I'm feared I'm cleared 
''I feel nerves are shaking'' 
Your heart's here, but your lips are so far away 
''I'm losing my purple'' 

My mind's a dream, coz you ain't near 
''I'm sorry babe, I ain't near'' 
My heart is tight, makes my blood go wild 
''I'm sorry babe, I am feared'' 
My eyes are queer, they keep pumping tears 
''I'm sorry babe, please don't tear'' 
A lion's game, still I love you but…I'm here 

I cry on my my bike, I'm feared I'm cleared 
''I feel nerves are shaking'' 
Your heart's here, but your lips are so far away 
''I'm losing my purple'' 
I cry, when I'm looking through the glass it's weird 
''I feel nerves are shaking'' 
Your heart's here, but your lips are so far away 
''I'm losing my purple''

Crying In The Discotheque

John Maus 
We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves.

Cop Killer by John Maus

Blind Dumb Deaf Combinat -  Cocteau Twins DSCRD - Drug mashup EP
1. Combinat - DSCRD - Monad XII - 2012 - Stroboscopic Artefacts 
2. Blind Dumb Deaf - Cocteau Twins - Garlands - 1983 - 4AD
3. Blind Dumb Deaf Combinat -  Cocteau Twins DSCRD - Drug mashup - 2014 - MИNSKTECHNO
30.08.2014
MИNSKTECHNO
Minsk, Belarus

Blind Dumb Deaf - Cocteau Twins - Garlands - 1983 - 4AD

The first single from Preoccupations' debut s/t album on Flemish Eye, out 2015/01/20.

Watch the video by the very talented director: Yoonha Park here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMz7BUtOvk

Preoccupations : Continental Shelf

@ 2025 Bogdan Anghel
Official lyric video here: https://youtu.be/GMtieWd6qQ0

"I'll be seeing you
You said there is no other way
I'll be seeing you
The way you'd seen me night and day

I'll be seeing you
Along the path with red stork's-bills
When life is blown on rotten bones
Where the sun is shining on the hills

And now you are free
The way you knew you'd be
To see all there is to see
And now all is well
The way you used to tell us 
All along

I'll be seeing you
In fables told around the table
In every card you sent away
In all the attention I wish I'd paid

I'll be seeing you
Your candid smile is here to stay
I'll be seeing you
Your faith has given God away

And now you are free
The way you knew you'd be
To see all there is to see
And now all is well
The way you used to tell us 
All along

I'll be seeing you
You said there is no other way"

The Halcyon Days

I'll Be Seeing You

Better (feat. funeral garden.)

Deeper

Pretender is the first single from the EP <A HREF="http://www.hardlyart.com/shop/blackmarble.html">Weight Against the Door</A>

Pretender

Third installment of our zine with DIY as theme. Stream the songs we put on the exclusive tape - that went with 100 of the zines - right here!

Cop Killer by John Maus

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