Name: Anon, part II by SLOWNESS in 2014.09.12 - Dead Leaf Echo, Soft Science, All About Rockets, Slowness
Duration: 3 min 19 s
Description: This song is the second part of the four part requiem that is the second side of our new record, "How to Keep from Falling off a Mountain," and features Sean Eden of Luna on lead guitar.

Show Sampler: 

Dead Leaf Echo (NYC) and Soft Science (Sac) 
with All About Rockets (Sac) and Slowness (SF) 

at Starlite Lounge in Sacramento, CA 
on Friday, September 12th, 2014 

Presented by Records on Broadway & LLW

2014.09.12 - Dead Leaf Echo, Soft Science, All About Rockets, Slowness

Nothing

From Dead Leaf Echo's upcoming new EP "truedeepsleeper" 
Released 2.25.14  on Moon Sounds Records 
Mixed by Monte Vallier (Soft Moon, Weekend)
Mastered by Joe Lambert (School of Seven Bells, Washed Out)

so.wrong

This song is the second part of the four part requiem that is the second side of our new record, "How to Keep from Falling off a Mountain," and features Sean Eden of Luna on lead guitar. 

Anon, part II

Watch the video here; https://youtu.be/dcCzEDXXBBs

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Indie pop duo Ummagma to release first LP in 7 years, preview 'Caravan' single 

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Otherworldly climes, matching heavenly vocals to arrangements as complex as they are hopelessly beautiful. Soaring melodies and swathes of sound... gorgeous with near orchestral reach – Clash Music

Full kaleidoscope of sounds, harmonies and musical instruments… the result is massive with an intricate fabric – Rolling Stone

Perfect slice of laid-back dream-pop, and McLarnon’s vocals seem to float over its woozy instrumentation – The Skinny

Ethereal pop indebted to Cocteau Twins and much of the rest of 4AD’s ’80s output – BrooklynVegan

Ummagma create music of otherworldly delicacy... Cosmic yet introspective dreampop – The Wire Magazine


Indie pop electronic rock duo Ummagma have announced their new album 'Compass', to be released via Manchester-based label Leonard Skully Records. Their third long-play, this is the duo's first album in seven years and also the first time the band is releasing a record on vinyl.

Ahead of this album, they present the 'Caravan' single, along with a special B-side 'Ty i Ya'. The title track is an invigorating pop rock anthem inspired by the musicians' own journeys and infused with Carpathian gammas and percussion.

'Ty i Ya' is a vibe-injected upbeat track, with infectious Daft Punk-esque bassline, that Alexander Kretov composed and performs in his native Ukrainian language. This is the first single Ummagma has ever released in a language other than English, stepping beyond the confines of past songwriting limits.

"Caravan is about a personal journey - one that begins in the mind before any borders have even been crossed," says Ummagma vocalist Shauna McLarnon. "The trip is so much better when you truly want to be part of it. You map your own destiny in many ways and dreaming is a great place to begin."

The 'Compass' LP is beguiling in its post-genre nature. It is an album of grace and change, of familiarity and exploration, of emotion and euphoria, of sky-scraping cinematic highs and intimate and intriguing lows. This is the sound of a band allowing themselves to jump creative divides, to kick down musical barriers, and rip up the rule book or perhaps just ignore the fact that there ever was one in the first place.

Formed in Moscow in 2003, McLarnon hails from northern Canada while Kretov is originally from western Ukraine. Now based in Peterborough, Ontario, the couple completed this album over the course of five years and multiple moves, ultimately hauling their studio with them across the Atlantic and setting up all over again. With such transience in the real world, how could their sonic world reflect anything other than the same fluidity and movement?

This record follows on the trail of their ‘LCD’ EP with Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) and Dean Garcia (Curve), and 'Winter Tale' EP with 4AD dreampop pioneer A.R.Kane. Both of these were released in 2017.

They say you can tell a lot about someone by the company that they keep, and the same holds true for a band. Ummagma's collaborations speak volumes. Apart from these three dreampop-shoegaze icons, they've worked with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Malcolm Holmes, Swervedriver's Graham Bonnar, and nudisco kingpin Alexander Robotnick.

Ummagma's music has always presented an exhilarating positive vision, showcasing their ability to wander diverse musical pathways. Representing Ukraine among 23 countries, they won the Alternative Eurovision on Amazing Radio in 2013, and have been featured in a full-page spread in Rolling Stone Russia. In 2015, their collaborative 'New Born' album with Sounds of Sputnik also received a Jagermeister indie award, Russia's most esteemed music award.

Compass

BUY THE ALBUM

Caravan

Asunder

Breathe

Les miserable everything turns to dismay
The warnings of woe can help enact or escape
Things get macabre when totalitarian schisms
Smash violins downers go up out goes in

Weakness goes wrong when hellfire evil’s the way
Millions conform prison whips cabaret
Poetry censored rhetoric lies and the spins
Singing along like 1930s Berlin

Berlin

Berths

Rose

The Fall

Otherworldly climes, matching heavenly vocals to arrangements as complex as they are hopelessly beautiful. Soaring melodies and swathes of sound... gorgeous with near orchestral reach – CLASH MUSIC 

Full kaleidoscope of sounds, harmonies and musical instruments… the result is massive with an intricate fabric – ROLLING STONE 

Perfect slice of laid-back dream-pop, and McLarnon’s vocals seem to float over its woozy instrumentation – THE SKINNY 

Ethereal pop indebted to Cocteau Twins and much of the rest of 4AD’s ’80s output – BROOKLYNVEGAN 

Ummagma create music of otherworldly delicacy... Cosmic yet introspective dreampop – THE WIRE MAGAZINE 


Indie pop electronic rock duo Ummagma have announced their new album 'Compass', to be released via Manchester-based label Leonard Skully Records. Their third long-play, this is the duo's first album in 7 years and also the first time the band is releasing a record on vinyl. 

Ahead of this album, they present the 'Caravan' single, along with a special B-side 'Ty i Ya'. The title track is an invigorating pop rock anthem inspired by the musicians' own journeys and infused with Carpathian gammas and percussion. 

'Ty i Ya' is a vibe-injected upbeat track, with infectious Daft Punk-esque bassline, that Alexander Kretov composed and performs in his native Ukrainian language. This is the first single Ummagma has ever released in a language other than English, stepping beyond the confines of past songwriting limits. 

"Caravan is about a personal journey - one that begins in the mind before any borders have even been crossed," says Ummagma vocalist Shauna McLarnon. "The trip is so much better when you truly want to be part of it. You map your own destiny in many ways and dreaming is a great place to begin." 

Ummagma's new output is beguiling in its post-genre nature - full of grace and change, of familiarity and exploration, of emotion and euphoria, of sky-scraping cinematic highs and intimate and intriguing lows. This is the sound of a band allowing themselves to jump creative divides, to kick down musical barriers, and rip up the rule book or perhaps just ignore the fact that there ever was one in the first place. 

Formed in Moscow in 2003, McLarnon hails from northern Canada while Kretov is originally from western Ukraine. Now based in Peterborough, Ontario, the couple completed this album over the course of five years and multiple moves, ultimately hauling their studio with them across the Atlantic and setting up all over again. With such transience in the real world, how could their sonic world reflect anything other than the same fluidity and movement? 

This record follows on the trail of their ‘LCD’ EP with Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) and Dean Garcia (Curve), and 'Winter Tale' EP with 4AD dreampop pioneer A.R.Kane. Both of these were released in 2017. 

They say you can tell a lot about someone by the company that they keep, and the same holds true for a band. Ummagma's collaborations speak volumes. Apart from these three dreampop-shoegaze icons, they've worked with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Malcolm Holmes, Swervedriver's Graham Bonnar, and nudisco kingpin Alexander Robotnick. 

Ummagma's music has always presented an exhiliarating positive vision, showcasing their ability to wander diverse musical pathways. Representing Ukraine among 23 countries, they won the Alternative Eurovision on Amazing Radio in 2013, and have been featured in a full-page spread in Rolling Stone Russia. In 2015, their collaborative 'New Born' album with Sounds of Sputnik also received a Jagermeister indie award, Russia's most esteemed music award. 

Ummagma's ‘Compass’ album will be released via Manchester-based Leonard Skully Records and will be available on black vinyl and CD with artwork by Alexander Kretov, as well as digitally everywhere, including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. In the meantime, it can pre-ordered directly through Ummagma's Bandcamp.

Ty i Ya

Laura curat(ed), book(ed), promot(ed), and DJ(ed) at live music events in the Sacramento area.

​SLOWNESS was formed in 2010 in SF by Julie Lynn and Geoffrey Scott. The debut EP "Hopeless but Otherwise" was produced by Monte Vallier (Weekend, The Soft Moon, Wax Idols). The LPs "For Those Who Wish to See the Glass Half Full" and "How to Keep from Falling off a Mountain" were released on Blue Aurora Audio and were supported by tours in America and Europe. A new record is due June 7, 2019.

Anon, part II

SLOWNESS

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