Forest of Tongue was founded during a Long Beach summer when singer-songwriter/guitar-shredder Joel Jasper connected with blitzy drummer Zach Mabry and invented their flavor of thrashy loop rock. Joel Jasper embraced his looping pedal as a tool to fill his punchy melodic songs with layered guitars and keyboards. During performances, Jasper looped the textured elements on the spot alongside the innovative and precisely-percussive drumming of Mabry, developing an impressively large sound for two sonically-experimental teenagers. 

Since 2008, Forest of Tongue has been performing across Long Beach and Los Angeles at established venues, house shows, warehouses, underground parking garages, and other unique spaces. With the same DIY-punk spirit, they spent early 2012 self-recording their first album Body Pains. In March 2012, they self-released the album in a packed out performance at (what would later become) Porch Party Records.

In the summer of 2014, after a brief hiatus due to other music projects, Forest of Tongue reunited. In a fit of inspiration, exploding from the intense stress of a bug infested household, Jasper and Mabry wrote a completely new batch of sticky songs in under 3 weeks- unintentionally creating the gummy backdrop of the new full-length Fancy Itch.  

The weekend after writing the new songs, Forest of Tongue played the album live in its entirety at the legendary Long Beach venue Alex’s Bar. Shortly after, the band met up with producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist J.P. Bendzinski (Crystal Antlers, DeLux) to record the album. After one long sweaty weekend in Bendzinski’s living room and garage, the core of the songs were finished.

Bendzinski hustled in his studio mixing and mastering in the months to follow. While hearing the record on continuous repeat, Bendzinski felt the itch- his love for their unconventional sound made him want to join the band as a permanent member. Bendzinski adding bass opened up a new spectrum of dynamic range for Forest of Tongue. After a year of molding these candyland recordings, drenched in the full sound that they deserve, the songs are ready to be experienced in their entirety as Fancy Itch. Born from influences such as Deerhoof, Animal Collective, and Sonic Youth, Forest of Tongue is screeching beautifully into a dark chocolate world of gumdrop thrash-pop.

FOREST OF TONGUE - Dark Chocolate

No More I Love Yous (The Lover Speaks Cover)

Produced and arranged by Toro y Moi

Catch Madeline Kenney opening for Chaz Bundick Meets the Mattson 2
April 13th – Durham, NC – Duke Coffeehouse
April 14th – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
April 15th – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
April 16th – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
April 18th – Somerville, MA – Once Ballroom
April 19th – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz
April 20th – Toronto, ON – Great Hall
April 21st – Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
April 22nd – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
April 23rd – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club

Madeline Kenney - Still Together

Pre-order my new record, "III" here:
https://foliagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/iii
And on cassette, through Z Tapes:
https://ztapes.bandcamp.com/album/iii
Stream on Spotify:
spoti.fi/2qAkLWg
Lyrics:
It's time to rehearse our goodbyes, for a minute or two 
I must take me away from you 
Eventually we'll die, and I'll find another 
Just like you, just like you 

You think you're too good for me, your esteem is heightened 
You say that you're so unique, yet you're overrating everything 
I've went through that shit, and I won't let that slide again 
I've went through these games before, you're just like the others

It's Time (Single)

It's Time

"Still Learning" is the newest track from the lovely Madeline Kenney, featuring the artistic style of Naytronix (of Tune-Yards).

AVAILABLE HERE
Carpark shop - smarturl.it/stilllearning_cpark
Everywhere else - smarturl.it/stilllearning_dsps

TOUR DATES
March 27th – Lexington, KY – The Burl *
March 28th – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop *
March 29th – Chicago, IL – Schubas *
March 30th – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel *
March 31st – Minneapolis, MN – Bryant Lake Bowl *
April 3rd – Spokane, WA – The Bartlett *
April 4th – Seattle, WA – Barboza *
April 5th – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
April 10th – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo *
April 11th – Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar *
May 16th – Brighton, UK – The Haunt 
May 18th – Dublin, IRE – Button Factory ^
May 19th – Belfast, UK – Empire ^
May 21st – Sheffield, UK – The Plug ^
May 22nd – Edinburgh, UK – The Caves ^
May 23rd – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds ^
* - w Soccer Mommy
^ - w Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Madeline Kenney - Still Learning (feat. Naytronix)

hi here's a cover of my favorite britney song, taken from my next album "it's not britney bitch"

it's not Britney Bitch

How I Roll - Britney Spears (cover)

Four

Bird Song

くだらないとか言わないで
寂しくないこと言わないで
雨上がり 風のせいで涙が出る
頑張りすぎなよ 
手を伸ばす君のこと 好きだよ

痛がるふりをみせないで
諦めたふりをさせないで
針の音は 責め立ててるわけじゃないのさ
サイズの合わない 服がよく似合ってる 素敵さ

集めよう
まだ足りないにも足りてない
反則的で行こうよ
ずるいことできやしないさ 君はね

雨上がり 風のせいで涙が出る
頑張りすぎなよ
手を伸ばす君のこと
本気で思ってる 好きだよ

期待してるぜベイビー

New album:
https://perhapsy.bandcamp.com/album/a-carpenters-market

Perhapsy is the solo project of musician/graphic-artist Derek Barber, guitarist and songwriter of Oakland-based groups Bells Atlas, Salami Rose Joe Louis' live band, and former contributor to Curls (Christopher Owens of Girls), Madeline Kenney, and Astronauts, etc.

A Carpenter's Market is the upcoming and fourth full-length release from Barber's project — out on cassette and digital platforms March 5th, 2021. The album features his most personal songs to date as well as his most texturally-experimental sounds. There are songs about slowly-splintering relationships, the difficulties of recollecting family history, the blurry line between religion and drugs, and how an experience where one grows up can influence where one ends up living. 

Barber, who's been an active illustrator and cartoonist, recently took up animation in the last year. His work includes animations for Salami Rose Joe Louis, NIIKA, Glockabelle, Yolanda, Moonrun, Chris Alarie, and Bells Atlas. The self-animated music video for A Carpenter's Market song "Lake Erie (Whispering)" is his most detailed and ambitious animation work to date. 

https://www.instagram.com/perhapsymusic/

https://www.facebook.com/perhapsymusic

Bird Song

PERHAPSY

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