Any artist is welcome to send us ONE track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Thursday morning - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track*. This is our full inbox from the week beginning 4 September. From mid-day on Friday you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch252

*Note: we don't listen again to tunes we've already heard, and automatically block artists who send more than one track a week (our moderators can manage to work their way through 150+ tunes overnight, but 300+ would be impossible!)

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 252

Obscure Sound - Best of August 2017

New Indie October 2017 | 1

indie 2

Visit Beach Day's Facebook page for a FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD. (Must be fan of page).

FREE DOWNLOAD

Beach Day - Dracula's Daughter

Pinback - Byzantine [Nebulas Beyond Remix]

Over Sands

Two Cranes

New single from Colleen Green's upcoming self-titled EP, out Friday May 13th on metallic gold cassette as part of the Infinity Cat Cassette Series!

Between The Lines - Colleen Green

Everythin is OK

My Girl

ITUNES

Reflections

Doomsday

From the new album 'Souvenirs', out 14th August.

Pre-order Souvenirs now + get 'P.A.W.S' instantly: http://channelswimmer.com/album/souvenirs

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P.A.W.S (Single Edit)

Your Face

Calgrove - 'Wind Vane EP'
Released by Forged Artifacts and Gentle Reminder

Wind Vane - EP

Buy Cassette/Download

Calgrove - Flak Bait

Recorded and mixed by Ryan Pinson
Artwork by JP

Acid Test

I Worry I Worry

GPS By Flo Ft K19 remixed on a brand new original song by shot project

By Flo Ft K19 (SHOT Remix)

GPS (SHOT Remix)

First song off the EP "See You Soon" out 6th October

Not Worth Hiding

A Maze

Here is our new single 'Something Good', we really hope you enjoy!

Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Studios
Artwork by Johnny Lihou

Something Good

new wave conscious rap/rnb from the UK

<a href="https://theartistunion.com/tracks/39768f" rel="nofollow">Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Going Home

Garden (Feat Nina K)

Hose Out

From the full-length album Anthropocene by Peter Oren.  Available November 10, 2017 from Western Vinyl

Pre-Order Anthropocene
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Bandcamp https://peteroren.bandcamp.com/album/anthropocene
WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv159

PETER OREN
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Indiana-born, everywhere-based singer-songwriter Peter Oren possesses a remarkable singing voice, low and deep and richly textured: as solid as a glacier, as big as a mountain. It rumbles in your conscience, a righteous sound that marks him as an artist for our tumultuous times, when sanity seems absent from popular discussions. The songs on Anthropocene are direct and poetic, outraged and measured, taking in the entire fucked-up world from his fixed point of view. 

Oren attracted the attention of Ken Coomer, the former drummer for Wilco and a producer in Nashville. Together, the duo assembled a backing band featuring some of the city’s finest session musicians, including keyboard player Michael Webb (John Fogerty), singer Maureen Murphy (Zac Brown Band), and guitarists Sam Wilson (Sons of Bill) and Laur Jaomets (Sturgill Simpson). On Anthropocene they provide stately backing for Oren’s songs, with drips of pedal steel and quivers of strings subtly reinforcing his observations about the state of the world.

Anthropocene

Peter Oren - "Falling Water"

Allah-Las - Tell Me (What's On Your Mind)

Forming in August of 2014, Semantics are a product of the combined styles, emotions and influences of its four members Bridie Green (Guitar), Rob Lilley (Vocals and Guitar), Simon Lees (Drums) and Josh RB (Bass), who write as a collaborative of four individuals.

Their debut EP was released on the 1st of July 2016 and was recorded and mixed over the course of 2015 with Ryan Pinson, with the artwork being contributed by Boston based artist Ash Rose. It has received extensive airplay on BBC Introducing as well as radio stations internationally. Upon its release it was described as being an ”opaque, but inviting, listen, creating swathes of mystery” (Counteract) and one that ”will shake those who seek 'a different sound’ to their core” (Quays News). 

After a successful bout of headline shows and support slots with bands such as The Vryll Society, Holy Esque and Field studies, Semantics are releasing their second EP titled 'Acid Test' in September 2017. 

”For those who still associate Birmingham with the bright colours of B-Town, Semantics will offer plenty of food for thought – be careful, though, their jagged rhythms might leave quite a lump in the throat”. Louder Than War

''Besides the tunefulness and impeccable execution (production and sound are topnotch as well), the four bring a presence to bear that can’t help but suggest a powerful future'' Stereo Embers Magazine.

Email: semanticsbirmingham@gmail.com