melodies courtesy of harry teardrop and laundry day i think oops

well the west flew to mid-ohio
skater boys from new york have followed
and i wonder if they think of me when their ego dies down

what a rude thing to say about them
they’re probably facing the hell of parents
who are funding almost everything to get them moved out
i know cause another one moved in now

i see him kickflip out the window
he could really make a name for himself though
i see him kickflip out the window
we could really make out if we lay low

you know the way to my heart
is a skateboard and living next to me
so, when do we start?

when do we start?
can we start right now?
let's start right now

been a month and you know my dogs name
i found the place where you work on weekdays
and i wonder if you think of me when you wanna get out
i know, i gotta move on but i look out

and see him kickflip out the window
he could really make a name for himself though
i see him look up at the window
i could play it off well if i lay low

you know the way to my heart
is a skateboard and living nextdoor
so, when do we start? 

can you heal the way i feel
can you heal how i feel
can you heal the way i feel

When do we start?

Little Apartment

bend

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

heavenly petticoat

High Sunn - blue warmth

I think I'm better off alone
At least for now
I really think I mean it somehow 
Unlike the last time
Or the last last time
I fed it into their ears to make them think I wasn't undone

And it took a day or two 
But really a month felt straining to the tooth
But now I feel loose
The weight is gone and
I think I can finally say
I think I'm better off alone

Better Off

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

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

Grog

New Ro

I started to make a song but it started to sound too much like giacomo casanova so i decided to cover it instead

benny has to be the nicest person in the music industry rn https://open.spotify.com/artist/31Fp7TWqvWz0fnyCvOEfZP?si=7qs_22adRcORj7Sm83I2zg

https://soundcloud.com/benjibenjibenjibenji

giacomo casanova (benny benji cover)

I’d try to give it all
To fade the static of whispered dreams
Painted in the dark
How can I try hard enough 

I keep seeing my own visions masking the picture of his face
All I want is to 
Hope that the picture will change

Drift between sleeping times
Where all my love I cannot hide 
To forfeit all just to say that
You can stay here

I keep seeing my own visions masking the picture of his face
All I want is to 
Hope that the picture will change

When do we start?

sketchist