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Heavens Above

GAWJUSS - Heavens Above

Released July 6th 2022 'Baby Don't You Know' is the second single of CIEL's upcoming EP "Not In The Sun, Nor In The Dark" out later this year. 

Production and mix by Steven Ansell
Mastered by Robin Schmidt
Written and performed by CIEL

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Baby Don't You Know

Before The Reds, Pinks & Purples started getting noticed by a larger audience, a 4 song 7” EP called "I Should Have Helped You" snuck out on Swedish experimental label I Dischi Del Barone, disappeared quickly, and is now trading for insane prices on Discogs. Recorded around the same time as the material that ended up on the buzzed-about LP "Uncommon Weather," it contains some of the best examples of Donaldson’s melancholy but wry take on indie pop. "They Only Wanted Your Soul" adds six more tracks to make it a mini-LP length grab bag of hits. It has songs about record shopping, religion, worker’s rights, dysfunctional holidays, and of course heartbreak sung over a maze of shimmering fuzzy guitars and drum machine beats. This expanded reissue re-presents an essential chapter of the Reds, Pinks & Purples story and as such is crucial listening.

They Only Wanted Your Soul

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Saw You at the Record Shop Today

The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Keep Your Secrets Close

Mirage

Credits:
Engineered and mixed by Ryan Santos Phillips at Lux Perpetua NYC
Assistant engineering by Blaine Bailey and Joni Kyynäräinen
Mastered by Justin Colletti at Joe Lambert Mastering
Album art direction and layout by Coward's Way
Album art photography by Maria Nemm
Band photography by Nika de Carlo
Logo design by Jared Cortland

Lyrics:

I feel the fire of a burning sun
And the voices echo down on me
The sudden swell of a thousand waves
Are plunging to the depths of me
Can you tell a storm is coming
Forming distantly
Like memories that ceased to be

Softly, like wind carries heat in air
Our instincts guide us to the fire
The smoke will lead me there

I feel the fire of a burning sun
And the voices echo down on me
The sudden swell of a thousand waves
Are plunging to the depths of me
Can you hear the embers cracking
Dancing in release
My intuition calls on me

Audrey, listen close again to me
I will gladly go where you guide me
Wherever that may be
Like wind carries salt to sea
And this is the start

Illusory, alluring me
Harrowing, the path can be
But if you see the future in me
Like I see in my visions of you

I feel the fire of a burning sun
And the voices echo down on me
The sudden swell of a thousand waves
Are plunging to the depths of me
Can you tell a storm is coming
Forming distantly
I’ll go wherever you guide me

Gossamer Blue

Visions

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Soft Pastels - Star Flicker

Static in Verona's new album "Maybe Mayhem" will be out November 18, 2022. In the meantime, the most recent album "Let Us Be Reckless" is out everywhere.

Static in Verona is the work of Chicago musician Rob Merz, creating dreamy power pop weaved in an eclectic mixture of experimental, electronic and rock. A towering mass of sound built around uplifting, emotionally powerful choruses and epic arrangements.

All Static in Verona's music is available as a name-your-price (even free) downloads on Bandcamp (staticinverona.bandcamp.com) and on all streaming and download platforms.

New Album

Patterns (Speak With Me)

The Laughing Chimes is a musical project formed by teenage brothers Evan and Quinn Seurkamp based out of southeast Ohio. Living in a small, crumbling coal town on the brink of obscurity, Evan and Quinn wanted to bring to light some of their feelings and experiences from their time here. The project draws inspiration from American and British jangle pop from the 80s and 90s; establishing songs that blend enduring sounds with new melodies. The duo's 2020 album "In This Town" drew attention worldwide for its brilliantly timeless songs that could just as easily originated in Athens, GA or Dunedin, NZ as eastern Ohio.
 
The overwhelmingly positive reception of "In This Town" inspired the brothers to work on their next set of tunes. Evan wrote "Laurel Heights" upon seeing a sign in West Virginia with those words and from there the idea of an EP started to take shape.  More songs were written (some were discarded) and finally the brothers settled on the 6 tracks that comprise the "Zoo Avenue EP," including the first song written by Quinn.

From the deliciously paisley-tinged opener "Ice Cream Skies" through future anthem "Laurel Heights," the pastoral "Cats Go Car Watching" and the gorgeously melodic jangle of "Zoo Avenue" we can hear that Evan and Quinn have crafted a terrifically assured follow-up to "In This Town," one that sharpens their sound and broadens their musical palette while retaining all of the considerable charm of their debut. They're already working on their next record and have recently expanded to a trio and started playing live shows, so we're beyond excited to see where they go next.

The Laughing Chimes

Zoo Avenue EP

The Laughing Chimes - Ice Cream Skies

Release Date - Nov 11, 2022

Originally a working title representing the first letters of the band members’ names (Sean, Cory, Alec, Brandon), S.C.A.B. is an acronym with a shifting meaning – its phonetic double acting as a metaphor for protection and healing for a group that’s always been there for one another.

Following the release of the band’s debut album, 2019’s Beauty & Balance, COVID-19 put the brakes on the Brooklyn-based band’s burgeoning career. Not content with sitting still, the band decided to travel down to Georgia to record their sophomore, self-titled LP (S.C.A.B.), which they engineered and produced themselves. (side note: Brandon, the letter "B" in S.C.A.B., does play on this record, but has since left the group to focus on solo work under the name Hayfitz). Having distance from their beloved city during this unprecedented, tragic time helped them hone a sound that is even more distinctly New York.

Frontman Sean Camargo, whose parents immigrated from Ecuador and Bolivia as teenagers, was born in Elmhurst, Queens. His lyrics are colored with nostalgic memories of 90s Bushwick, where his grandparents later settled, alongside sardonic observations of the contemporary city where he landed again after stops in Maryland and Massachusetts. Each song on S.C.A.B. contains snapshots of New York moments that feel hazy with nostalgia, yet are the result of being present through transformational circumstances, no matter how seemingly small. As a self-titled effort, it solidifies the band’s mastery of balancing raucous, distorted guitars with glimmering spoken word passages and a pop-infused melodic confidence.

The angular guitar passages in lead single “Tuesday” conjure up trains skidding across deteriorated subway platforms, as Camargo declares he's "trying to let go of everyone I’ve ever loved," reflecting a relatable disillusionment with trying to form meaningful connections, and searching aimlessly for something worthwhile. Thematically, S.C.A.B. covers an array of topics ranging from grief (“Small Talk”), as Camargo describes bonding with another band member over the loss of a parent, to infatuation with a partner you know is ultimately bad for you (“Why Do I Dream Of You”).

S.C.A.B. is a result of four musicians, a tight-knit group, best friends: the kind of rare conditions that allow for such raw, emotionally-charged music. When the members of a band are this close, able to protect each other from the world outside it, they are a force to be reckoned with. As Frank Sinatra famously sang about the city, “Green beams of steel, making me feel, like I’m home again”. S.C.A.B. embodies that sentiment and evokes the intangible magic that is New York City.

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S.C.A.B. - Why Do I Dream Of You (Edit)

Soft Pastels 'Shutters View' album released on Spirit Goth [SG49]
https://sg49.fanlink.to/shutters-view

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Shutters View

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Soft Pastels - On The Wall

Slumberland began operations in 1989, inspired by such musical happenings as C-86, early Creation, Sarah, Postcard, and the UK post-punk indie label scene. Since then we've covered a lot of territory, from punk to lofi noise to shoegaze and of course pop, releasing records from bands like The Aislers Set, Boyracer, Stereolab, Rocketship, Lorelei, The Ropers, The Saturday People and Black Tambourine.

By the mid 2000s we were starting to see a resurgence of interest in guitar pop and the start of the ongoing vinyl revival: the perfect environment for Slumberland! We launched into our latest phase of activity with as string of classic releases from The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose, Veronica Falls, Allo Darlin', Joanna Gruesome and so many more.

2018 is our twenty-ninth year we are still going strong, ploughing our own furrow and bringing you unique, genre-defining (and genre-defying!) releases from bands like Smokescreens, Tony Molina, Papercuts, Business of Dreams, Peel Dream Magazine, D.A. Stern, The Spook School, Frankie Rose, Young Guv, Terry Malts and many, many more. As always, we operate entirely outside of the echo chamber of trends, fashion and phoney hipness. Slumberland bands are independent in the best way possible -- making music devoid of bullshit and true to their own voices, regardless of current popular taste.

The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Keep Your Secrets Close

Slumberland Records

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