[Verse]
Pretty neat if you ask me
Sharp as the edge of a glass sea
Colors pop like a wild spree
Lights flash
Bounce off the marquee

[Chorus]
Pretty neat
As neat as can be
Like a comet cutting through the galaxy
Pretty neat
Yeah
Can't you see
It's a spark in the dark
A fire running free

[Verse 2]
Neon signs hum in the night
Street's alive
It feels just right
Every shadow's got its own bright fight
It's a wild rhythm
Hold on tight

[Chorus]
Pretty neat
As neat as can be
Like a dream stitched into reality
Pretty neat
Yeah
Can't you see
It's the beat in your feet
The pulse in the spree

[Bridge]
Catch the wind
Let it spin
Spin
Spin
Every end’s just where you begin
It's a whirl
It's a blur
It's a grin
So neat
So sweet
Pull me in

[Chorus]
Pretty neat
As neat as can be
Like a rocket chasing infinity
Pretty neat
Yeah
Can't you see
It's a spark in the dark
A fire running free

Pretty Neat

Lens Mozer - I Wanna Love You

Known for their compelling song-writing and excruciatingly long breaks between albums, The Laurels are back with ‘Monkey On My Back’, the first single to be lifted from their forthcoming and highly anticipated third record.

‘Monkey On My Back’ combines raw guitars and layered harmonies that are driven by a soulful rhythm section. The track sees the band regain the energy they captured on Mesozoic, the pop sensibilities displayed on Plains, and the hip-hop production aesthetic developed on Sonicology.

Monkey On My Back by The Laurels

For more info about the SLR30 Singles Series:
https://slumberlandrecords.com/slr30singles

Lake Ruth was formed in 2015 by multi-instrumentalist Hewson Chen of The New Lines, drummer Matt Schulz (Holy Fuck, Enon, SAVAK) and vocalist Allison Brice (The Eighteenth Day of May, The Silver Abduction). Their expanded live line-up includes René Dennis (The New Lines), James Canty (The Make-up, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists), and David Mason (Listening Center).
 
Inspired by 1960's sonic experimentation, baroque psychedelia, library obscurities, vintage pop noir, Giallo soundtracks, kraut and jazz, Lake Ruth creates intriguing and unique music rich with multilayered instrumentation, propulsive rhythms and atmospheric vocals.

Following up two excellent albums and several singles, "Extended Leave" is their latest music and perhaps the sharpest, most incisive example of their deep, thought-provoking pop yet. Mysterious and melodic, both sides of this double-A side single ably demonstrate why Lake Ruth are one of the most interesting bands out there today.

Extended Leave

Lake Ruth - Extended Leave

Peel Dream Magazine is the musical vehicle for NYC's Joe Stevens, who launched the band in 2018 with the critically acclaimed album "Modern Meta Physic." With it Stevens created a mysterious, liminal tribute to the hazy end of ‘90s dream-pop – a masterful mix of first-class songwriting precision and train-window sonic impressionism that duly found its place on numerous "Best of 2018" lists.

After 18 months of writing and live shows with a shifting cast of band members, Peel Dream are back with "Agitprop Alterna," an album that pushes the group's dreamy, motorik-heavy sound to a deeply melodic and beautifully discordant place. The album pays homage to a strain of mod-ish U.K. pop that spans early My Bloody Valentine and Talulah Gosh, up through early Stereolab, Belle & Sebastian, and even Broadcast. It's also indebted to stateside pop bands that were cut from a similar cloth -- Rocketship, Lilys, Yo La Tengo, and even "Nevermind"-era Nirvana.

Where the creation of "Modern Meta Physic" was a solitary pursuit, "Agitprop Alterna" found Stevens channeling the collaborative spirit of the band's ever-rotating live incarnation in the studio. The album is ultimately defined by the tension of difference: between itself and its predecessor; intertwined male-female vocals; the music's languid dreaminess and concrete sonic immediacy.

Deeply rooted in the Brechtian ideas of art as a tool to spur action, "Agitprop Alterna" deepens the connection between the existential and the interpretive first explored on "Modern Meta Physic," giving the listener space to find their own meaning in shimmering guitars, fuzzed-out synths, and buzzing organ drones. It is a rejection of manipulation in all its forms and a buzzsaw against complacency – soft-focus pop whose clear-cut message is that you get to decide the message. It's a rare trick to agitate without being obvious: perhaps that makes "Agitprop Alterna" the most Peel Dream Magazine-like statement yet.

Agitprop Alterna

Agitprop Altern

Peel Dream Magazine - Emotional Devotion Creator

From the Pamplona, Spain band's second album "Dias Raros", which launches the garage-pop punch of their debut across a landscape of lysergic dream pop, melancholic indie rock and strident guitar jangle, awash in luminous waves of harmony. Out MAY 1st, 2020 via Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Dias Raros

3 Segundos

Melenas - 3 segundos

Lesser

Caged Sleep is taken from the forthcoming album "Consummation" out 22nd May 2020. Pre-order here: https://smarturl.it/kvsconsummation

Katie Von Schleicher - Caged Sleep

Song included in the compilation 3" CD "We are the Time. We are the Famous" that comes with the 10th Cloudberry Fanzine (catalog number 410)! The fanzine includes interviews with Salt Lake Alley, Stephen's Shore, The Seashells, Okama Flannel Boy, The Color Waves, Den Baron, Dayflower and The BV's. 
CD tracklist
a1. Astral Brain - Five Thousand Miles
a2. The BV's - Mould
b1. Salt Lake Alley - But You Do, You Do
b2. Tvärtom - Järkyty
b3. Dayflower - Popping Candy

Monkey On My Back by The Laurels

Rice Is Nice