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Passing time before you wake
You know why
I never really got up that way
You never want to see me at home
You rarely want to see me at all

Seven pills before you wake
You know what?
I never thought you'd end up that way
Whoever thought you'd take it so far
Whoever thought you’d die in the mar

Rio de Janeiro

Looking off Corcovado
You know why
His eyes are etched as sharp as a stone
The down and out are propped on the hill
I never thought you’d bend to their will

Pacify the residents
Even though
It doesn’t feel too different than then
200 days of fear in the streets
Another evening under the sheets

...where did you fall?

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Guitar/Vox - Christoph Hochheim
Drums/Vox - Anton Hochheim
Bass - Jordan Sabolick
Keys - Lucas Nathan

Produced by Lucas Nathan
Mixed by Kenny Gilmore
Mastered by Josh Bonati
Art by Jess Krichelle

Rio de Janeiro

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…And you say
You’ll let your hair grow out
And pull your garter down
To hand away

...And you’ll sing
In all your gratefulness
Your newfound purposes
In everything

But till then
You'll hold out, you'll hold out, for your heart

...And you’ll see
That path you’ve taken to
In your meandering
Brought you to me

...And on that day
Your doubts of you and me
And where we ought to be
Will melt away

Silent and carefree
I'll bare your witness
Your indecision
Out

You warn me
You’ll come home after
They steal your laughter
Out

And
You’ll hold out, you’ll hold out, for your heart

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Guitar/Vox - Christoph Hochheim
Drums/Vox - Anton Hochheim
Bass - Jordan Sabolick
Keys - Lucas Nathan

Produced by Lucas Nathan
Mixed by Kenny Gilmore
Mastered by Josh Bonati
Art by Jess Krichelle

Hold Out

From the album 'Bloom Off The Rose,' out July 16, 2021
Pre-order digital/vinyl:
alwaysyou.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-off-the-rose

Lyrics:
Your fickle eyes are casting shadows on the door
In darkened rooms with silver marbled floors
Your leopard coat it dangles weary on the stairs
Your body’s posed but you’re not there

Then your daddy came home while your head came undone
And your temper
Said i don't need for you to validate my life

Mother mary's old dress is caked in blood and oil
And unfettered

You'll regret those creature comforts in your life
Now i don't care what you do, and i don't care what you do
Just have it your way

Your hardened lines they shake the boy inside of me
Upon your back without a want to be
Envision all the things you'd do but wouldn't dare
You kiss her cheek and say a prayer

Then your daddy came home while your threads came undone
And you better
Say i don't need for you validate my life

You’ll be just like the rest if you can't save yourself
So you better
Ignore your sense when plucking people from your life
And i don't care what you do, now I don't care what you do
Just have it your way

Bloom Off The Rose

Have It Your Way

"Gone" is the first single from Shoestrings' forthcoming full-length album, "Expectations". Released digitally November 5, 2021 on Shelflife.

Expectations

Gone

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The French Pop Dream - When The Going Is Good

B03. Polyphonic Vision - Tides

The first single off the new album Trespassing shows the band in full California sunshine mode. The band, working with producer Bryan Hanna, recorded the track outdoors in the redwoods at the band's Mystery Lawn Mountain studio in Northern California where echoes of Fleetwood Mac are still refracting through the trees. Allen Clapp sings and plays piano; Jill Pries plays bass; John Moremen plays lead guitar; Gabriel Coan drums.

Trespassing

Running Away

Peel Dream Magazine is the nom de plume of New York City-based musician Joe Stevens. A nod to BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel, arbiter of all things underground, Peel Dream Magazine is highly evocative of a certain strain of independent music. Stevens harkens back to the early 1990s, when The Velvet Underground resurged as an inspiration to a new set of bands wielding synthesizers, off-set guitars, and a political bent. The Peel Dream experience is defined by a gentle, fuzzy psychedelia —it’s a hypnotic bit of mod-ish lo-fi pop, recalling the best of early Stereolab, Lilys, and other shaggy haired kids with vintage fuzz pedals, slim trousers, and good record collections.

Written and recorded over a four-week period in the fall of 2017, Peel Dream Magazine’s debut album "Modern Meta Physic" fixates on the New Age universe of the Catskills region of New York. Stevens deals in esoteric bohemian fare — Far East philosophy, Native American tradition, mid-century modern cool — as he appraises the world according to privileged urban expats who increasingly call the upstate paradise home.

Leading off the album, "Qi Velocity" is a metronomic take on French pop that yields to a lush chorus reminiscent of Belle and Sebastian. “Deetjen's," named after the much-loved bed & breakfast in Big Sur, would fit snugly on Unrest's best Teen Beat material. "Due to Advances in Modern Tourism" displays a soft take on Neu!, while the organ that enters could be a sly wink to Steve Reich's "Four Organs.”

There is an economy to these tracks — everything is distilled down to it’s essential elements, no gestures are wasted, no superfluous ornamentation taking up space. While Stevens is more than happy to show his influences on his sleeve — mind you, they're great influences — it's clear Peel Dream Magazine isn't just a “sound." The guy can write songs. Where he goes next is anybody's guess.

Modern Meta Physic

Peel Dream Magazine - Qi Velocity

Blenefill 
Noun - Obscure English
Pronounced: Blen-ef-ill
1.Meaning 'Kindness is strength'.

The song was borne out of experimenting with tunings, delays and frequencies to try and capture the sounds we hear when out in the county of Lincolnshire. In a world where we are increasingly made to feel divided Corasandel believes that kindness is the new rebellion. One you can dance to. 

Blenefill is backed by the dreampop b-side We Play Forever.

As part of the band's ongoing work with local musicians, artists, producers and labels, 'Blenefill' is released digitally by Old Tin Box Recordings (www.oldtinbox.co.uk) in the UK. 

Written, recorded and mixed by the band. 
Percussion: Melvin Andersen 

Artwork by Lee Conybeare 
www.instagram.com/lee.conybeare/

"A blissed out slice of experimental shoegaze." Primal Music 
primalmusicblog.com/new-single-releases/new-single-corasandel-blenefill-b-w-we-play-forever/ 

"Atmospheric post-rock songs that your body slowly absorbs." Austin Town Hall 
austintownhall.com 

"Corasandel show a strong tendency for pushing the boundaries of dreampop and gaze-y music ahead." Destroy//Exist 
www.destroyexist.com/2018/09/corasandel-blenefill.html

Buy single

Blenefill

Unison Mix is the first digital single from Corasandel’s debut five track EP, All The Hours Are One released on 26 April 2019.

The song builds on the band’s fascination with reverb and delay; a desire to mix experimental ambient textures with a driving three minute charge that draws on their love of the Cocteau Twins, Slowdive and early Mercury Rev. 

Written and recorded during the turmoil and division in the UK and across the world last year, Unison Mix lyrically strives to find common ground between people, looking for positivity. Alone we are vulnerable, together the world does not have to end.

Written and produced by Merrifield/Osborne
All instruments by Merrifield/Osborne
Except - Kaossilator Les Elliot

Artwork by Lee Conybeare: 
www.instagram.com/lee.conybeare/

All The Hours Are One

Purchase EP

Unison Mix

Shelflife presents The Weather's Fine, the new album by Estonia's Picnic, coming this May.

Picnic formed in 2006 by Marju Taukar, Andres Soosaar and Rivo Jaervsoo. Marju and Andres were previously in 90s indie band Dreamphish and Rivo is a current member of Seksound label-mates Bad Apples. Picnic released their first album Winter Honey in 2010 and made their Shelflife debut last year with the now sold-out tribute 7" "We've Only Just Begun" b/w "Say a Little Prayer."

The Weather's Fine features 11 tracks recorded over the past year. The band decided to take a different approach for this record, primarily using a more relaxed home studio environment and Rivo taking the lead in handling most of the initial tracking himself. They only returned to the studio for final mixing with help from friend Lauri Liivak (from Bizarre), who also worked on Pia Fraus' Silmi Island.

The warmth of instrumentation on The Weather's Fine just feels comforting in contrast to the frozen winter landscape in hometown Tallinn. When asked about the title for the album, Rivo explained, "We are quite obsessed with the weather here in Estonia and it shows in the lyrics of the album."

Picnic have become masters at blending the ethereal and indie pop worlds, surrounding us throughout the album with spacious textures and glimmering soundscapes. The stunning beauty of their arrangements are filled with immaculate dream pop guitars and Marju's mesmerizing vocals. The Weather's Fine is an album that really begs to be absorbed all at once, from beginning to end.

The Weather's Fine is a co-release with Seksound in Estonia.

For fans of: Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, Evening Lights, The Radio Dept., Pia Fraus, Ulrich Schnauss

http://shelflife.com/catalogue/LIFE101.html

Forget Yourself Through The Beauty

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