First single off of Dark Fire Heresy LP releasing on April 28, 2023

Dark Fire Heresy

Mitsuwa

the outline paints the outcome
til the water ruins all of it
the author wants to be loved
but the audience is different

the feelings there but i'm done
erase the progress i've spent all day
working on
my body's burning up
i'll set the sketch on fire and something good
erupts

is it enough? am i enough?
is it enough? am i enough?
i'm burning up burning up
burning up i'm burning up

set the sketch on fire!! (repeat)

sketch on fire
on fire

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Siobhan Wilson cinematically arranged and recorded Scotland’s longest surviving Scottish old Norse sea prayer in her home studio in the Scottish Borders. Sung in Norn. Sheet music available on siobhanwilson.bandcamp.com

Unst Boat Song
Mixed and trad arr. by Siobhan Wilson 
Photo credit Craig R MacIntosh

Copyright @sufferingfoolsrecords

Scandi-Scot historic song "Unst Boat Song".Cinematic Arrangement. Sheet Music available.

High Sunn 'heavenly petticoat' album released on Spirit Goth Records [SG54]
🎧 https://sg54.fanlink.to/heavenly-petticoat

heavenly petticoat

High Sunn - blue warmth

Lincoln - demo

Oakland CA's Blue Ocean have been working around the fringes of the Bay Area indie scene since 2019, honing their very particular noise-soaked racket into a unique and instantly identifiable sound. They blend elements of shoegaze, pop, noise rock and electronics into a dense, sometimes disorienting soundworld that embodies a spectral mystery that recalls forebearers like Disco Inferno, Bark Psychosis and Flying Saucer Attack. "Fertile State" is their debut album, following on the heels of 3 tape EPs and a LP drawn from those tapes that sold out instantly on release in 2021. Songs like "Ode," "Fertile State" and "Syncnine" show how much Blue Ocean has grown in the last few years. They've easily shrugged off many of the markers of their punk/indie roots, allowing their experimental urges free rein and and the noise to find it's own level. It's a bracing, invigorating album that truly rewards deep listening and points the way forward to an intriguing future.

Fertile State

Blue Ocean - Fertile State

ill douse myself with kerosene
because its hot when you are mean
a figment of my dirty dreams and rot

you got the chemical and match
i'm paranoid when i relax
don't need a better half for fucking up

i soak, you throw the molotov
turn down the heat when i get soft
its volatile and toxic but explosive when it's blasting off

just adding to the oil spill
think i'd be dead if eyes could kill
the rubble of the aftermath was too easily worth the thrill

Gabi Denny's Album

kerosene

Taken from the "GROG" LP Out Nov 17th - https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog

"New Ro" on Stereogum - https://www.stereogum.com/2242244/frog-new-ro/music

"New Ro" premiere on Various Small Flames - https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2023/11/09/frog-new-ro

New York duo Frog (brothers Danny & Steve Bateman) return with their fifth album “Grog.” This collection of gorgeous Indie Americana is full of the nostalgia, hope, defeat and lust that earned previous singles “Judy Garland” and “You Know I’m Down” several million streams on Spotify.

Eclectic and wildly creative, this fully realized LP veers from the gorgeous grooving funk of “Black on Black on Black” to the classic pop of “Maybelline” before “New Ro” exemplifies the “gothic and cartoonish” characteristics that songwriter Daniel Bateman describes his latest work with.

“Grog” will be released both CD and digitally on November 17th and launched with a performance at YoFi Fest 11 (Yonkers, NY) which accompanies a screening of their “Kings of Blah” documentary.

Artist Quote:

“There are really exciting places we were able to get to on this record, places that I didn’t know existed before I found them. It feels both gothic and cartoonish to me, big gargoyles, dark skies, storms, but the statues are of ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.’ Every song is a step deeper into the abyss.” - Daniel Bateman (Frog)

Previous Support: NPR / BBC Radio 1 / BBC 6 Music / TLOBF / CLASH / Gold Flake Paint / London In Stereo / DIY Mag / Various Small Flames / IMPOSE / Cereal & Sounds / For the Rabbits

Spotify Stats: 9.5 million streams / 78k monthly listeners (Oct 16th 2023)

Press Quotes:

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Locked between the unstoppable force of self-deprecation and the immovable object of the American Dream.” – Various Small Flames

“A subtle, stunning triumph.” – For the Rabbits

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

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