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Soko - Monster Love (feat. Ariel Pink)

Tomorrow is the release of Diary of Purple Songs on PNRC. But the 30th of this month I'll release the Cultlove EP on RVRB MUSIC!!! Worked very hard on this for a few months. It features 8 songs including Would You Join My Cult?. Today I'll upload the single Desire Song on soundcloud and the videoclip is already watchable at the Mexican Vans website: http://v66.com.mx/ . Check it out<4 #cultlove for all of you.

Lyrics:

Colored grey, streetlight bliss
I am a man who smells like piss
You took my kids in '96
Last night I dreamed I kissed your lips

You make me cry
It took so long
Heroin tears
Desire Song

I'm walking down to memory lane
The years I was a little saint
A black man says I'm running out
Reality is lost and found

You make me cry
It took so long
Heroin tears
Desire Song

Desire Song

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

Ghost Dance

Crystal Stilts - The Dazzled

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A sweeping, cinematic, emotional change is in the air. Molly Nilsson’s sixth studio album Zenith begins with clear, wide eyes open to Earth as we would love it to be but seldom is. Recorded in her home of Berlin and whilst touring and, as ever, conceived, produced, written and recorded in solitude, Zenith is Nilsson’s big statement and consequently her most affecting work to date. It sees her reveling in big arrangements, sweeping synth strings, bigger choruses and emotions. Like the rest of us she looks within and to endless sunsets in wonder and puzzlement.

That Molly Nilsson is a DIY cult figure is beyond question; she has always written directly and with wit straight down the line between the universal and the personal. The difference with Zenith, and you can hear it in the opening chords of opener The Only Planet, is that her scope is now much wider and her heart heavier than ever before: over a post-ecstatic dusk, Nilsson serenades the globe in a loving embrace. Following on, 1995 is, arguably, one of Nilsson’s finest songs to date. It’s one of those songs to learn the lyrics to, to listen to on repeat, a reason to wear the grooves down to the bone, it’s why pop music can be one of the greatest art forms we have. It’s an example of how, on this album, Molly draws the listener closer to her heart than ever before. There’s simply no escape from the line “The plans that you made / when you still had the time / I’ve saved all the things that you left behind but by now I guess I’d consider them all mine /Windows 95, is only a metaphor for what I feel inside / Although I’m older now / there’s still an emptiness that’s never letting go somehow.” Show-stopper Mountain Time is the soundtrack to being on the run, from societal conventions, from normative ideas of happiness, from your surroundings. It’s the intoxicating call of the renegade. That’s not to say that Nilsson’s light touch has been forsaken for grandiose statements. Bunny Club begins as a demo-sketch before breaking into a fast-paced tale of doomed romance with big rave synths and Bus 194 (All There Is) sees Molly joyride through a city on a happy hardcore bus. But it’s tracks like Tomorrow and another contender for best-ever-Molly moment, Happyness that the true scale of what she’s accomplished reveals itself. We’re locked in a spiraling orbit, strings and bass whirling, gazing at the spinning planet below us as we contemplate both the ultimate freedom in loneliness and the glimmer of hope in the Other. Can we ever be truly with someone? Are we ever truly alone?

Over the 13 tracks here we get the impression that Nilsson may always be restless; like anyone else she has conflicting feelings of love and hate. It’s just not many other people can tell you exactly how you feel before you know it yourself.

MOLLY NILSSON: Mountain Time (from Zenith)

The World Inside: The Story of the Sophomore Album

When The Iddy Biddies first formed at Berklee, the collective set out with a specific sonic goal: to marry the raw, intimate dissonance of indie-pop with the narrative grandeur of Americana. Led by singer-songwriter Gene Wallenstein, the group’s sophomore effort, The World Inside, represents a significant leap forward in this pursuit. It is a record that trades traditional tropes for a sound that is both structurally sophisticated and emotionally unvarnished.

The Performance vs. The Internal Truth

Drawing inspiration from the literary storytelling of The Decemberists and the "Beatlesque" harmonic complexity of Elliott Smith, the album explores the masks we wear to navigate a chaotic world. The track "It’s Just a Show" (inspired by the lectures of Alan Watts) acts as the album's philosophical catalyst, suggesting that our external reality is often a performance designed to numb the "troubled mind." This tension between the "show" we put on and the truth we carry is the heartbeat of the record.

Heady Narratives and Character Studies

The album moves through a series of vivid, often surreal narratives. From the psychedelic, Wonderland-esque character study of "Mr. September" to the sharp, socially-charged energy of "Fortunate Sons," the collective crafts stories that feel like echoes of our common humanity. These aren’t just songs; they are observations of the "follies and foibles" found in everyday life—the exhausted commuter, the impatient waitress, the "Red King" settling scores while a country falls.

The Dissonance of Reality

Musically, The World Inside embraces a "strange" beauty. On tracks like "Strange World," the band utilizes chromatic progressions and atmospheric textures to mimic the weight of internal fear. The arrangements are steady and rhythmic, favoring a driving, mid-tempo indie-folk energy that underscores the urgency of the lyrics. It is the sound of a band no longer content with "okay" solutions, pushing instead into the complex, often dissonant spaces where life is truly lived.

A Shared Invitation to Grace

Despite its explorations of heartache and deception—as heard in the biting "Words You Like To Say" or the melancholic "Love Wonders Why"—the album remains a deeply compassionate project. It is, in the band’s own words, a "dinner invitation" to a friend’s home. It is music that arrives when you have something important to share, reminding the listener through the final, soaring spiritual "In Heaven’s Lobby" that we are all traveling the same path.

The World Inside is a sophisticated, honest collection of songs for those who look beneath the surface. It is an anthem for the inter-connected, a reminder that every moment is a sacred opportunity for grace, and a testament to the heavy, beautiful weight we all carry within.


Love Wonders Why

Lust - The Raveonettes

Taken from their self-titled debut album 'Exploded View', Out Now!

 New band from Berlin & Mexico City fronted by Anika. 

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Exploded View – Orlando

Sacred Bones Records