Taken from the 12"/digital EP "The Next LIfe"
Out now on Slumberland Records/Tough Love Records.

limited edition white vinyl 12": http://smarturl.it/gntnl-vinyl
expanded digital edition from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/gntnl-itunes

Belfast four-piece Girls Names released their critically acclaimed second album, "The New Life," in February and it marked a new direction for the band altogether. That directional shift is emphasized even further by a new limited edition 12" EP, entitled The Next Life.

With the artwork making a playful nod to Bowie's latest record, it's not surprising that the EP should see the band experiment with the sonic make up of their last album. Leading is "Visions," a spooked tune from the album sessions, seeing wide release here for the first time. Also of note is a cover version of Brian Eno's 'Third Uncle.' Recorded in August of this year, it is the first recorded Girls Names track to feature new drummer Gib Cassidy and offers a telling glimpse at what creative steps the band may next take.

Following are a series incredible remixes of tracks taken from the sister record. The first is by producer/composer/dance don legend David Holmes, who lends a somewhat European elan to the titular track. The second sees Gabe Gurnsey from Factory Floor add his band's characteristic dance floor focus to Girls Names' motorik groove, turning in something that jitters and pulses in a manner befitting of any track attributed the Factory Floor moniker. JD Twitch from the Optimo DJ/production team turns in a suitably grooving take on "The New Life," while Locust/Seefeel/Black Hearted Brother member Mark Van Hoen strips down and tracks out "Drawing Lines." The EP wraps up with a spectral take on "Occultation" by bedroom psych/ambient genius The Soft Walls.

All in all, it's an enlightening series of interpretations that sheds new light on Girls Names source material and points way to new avenues of exploration.

Girls Names - The New Life (David Holmes Remix)

"More Than" by Au Revoir Simone. Produced by Au Revoir Simone & Jorge Elbrecht, available on Instant Records (US), Moshi Moshi (Europe/AUS), and Rallye (Japan)

More Than

..........youth, art, the pulse of the city. City of Hearts is a song to walk or dance to.
"If Gary Numan spawned a love-child with Niki And The Dove it would sound like this (CIty of Hearts)" Eddy Temple-Morris, XFM
”Bewitching, beguiling, dark-hearted…infectious, substantial noir-disco.. electropop” The Irish Times
"If they ever film a sequel to Nicolas Winding Refn’s hyper-stylish film Drive......Sleep Thieves should be on the short list for scoring duties" 
Pigeons and Planes
“.....think wave-y-gothic vocals (Austra/Fever Ray/The Golden Filter) floating in and out from the dark to the bright side and back!"	
Deer De Bois
Sleep Thieves, are Sorcha Brennan (vocals, synths), Wayne Fahy (Vocals, synths, bass, programming), and Keith Byrne (synths, guitar, bass, programming). The Dublin-dwelling trio met through Twitter where they bonded over film soundtracks and vintage synths. This musical friendship was solidified in the recording of their self-released EP, Islands in 2012, which garnered accolades from the press.

Song written by Sleep Thieves.
Recorded by Keith Byrne.
Mixed by Rian Trench and mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs, Dublin.
Single artwork by Neil Hoare (original photo).
City of Hearts is an original song and the copyright property of Sleep Thieves 2014.

City of Hearts
I felt that I was half alive
I counted 24, 25
I wanted,
I wanted not to be lonely but still alone
Walking slowly but nearing home
I wanted
I wanted
 
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
I have always wondered why
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
Won’t you open up our eyes
 
You’d say that it was true to form
I was wishing hard for a storm
I wanted,
I wanted to see storm clouds rushing by
In a dark, brooding, stormy sky
I wanted, I wanted
 
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
I have always wondered why
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
Won’t you open up our eyes

Copyright 2014 Sleep Thieves

Sleep Thieves - City Of Hearts

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Washed Out - All I Know (Moby Remix)

Out now!

Essex's finest (and one part of Project Tempo) returns with a dance floor-destroying 80s-tinged vocal chop-up.

A remix by long-time cohort Syon Ward takes the EP into darker territories, with a radio-friendly edit rounding out this stomping EP.

Artwork by Stricly Kev
Mastering by Chris Latham at Cosmic Trigger Audio

All You Desire

Custodian - All You Desire (Radio Edit)

from "The Natural World" - released August 21, 2015 by Greater Than Collective/Misra Records

Land Lines - Plans

WARPAINT "Ashes To Ashes" (taken from WE WERE SO TURNED ON: A TRIBUTE TO DAVID BOWIE; October 2010/ MANIMAL)


Paul Beahan/MANIMAL 2010

Secrets

Silver Swans