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Our latest demo comes from Beta Blocker and The Body Clock, a three-piece from Oxford who define their music as “deliciously distorted, balancing noise, melody, space, and rhythm in a fuzz-fuelled frenzy.” They say that they are trying to avoid the pitfalls of the grunge revival by employing innovative sonic flourishes to make their songs fresh and relevant. Pop tropes like twisted falsettos, sugary harmonies, and surf guitar wade up from scuzzy depths, emerging like the cross pollination of Glenn Branca, Pavement and the Dixie Cups.

Enjoy...

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bbatbc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beta-Blocker-And-The-Body-Clock/104225836327556

Bandcamp: http://betablockerandthebodyclock.bandcamp.com/

Soundcloud Page

BBATBC - Graduation

A GRUESOME DISCOVERY

Taken from Tense Men's 'Where Dull Care Is Forgotten' mini LP released by Faux Discx on 10th March 2014, available on 12" (limited to 300) and digital download.

PRE-ORDER NOW:
http://fauxdiscx.bandcamp.com/album/where-dull-care-is-forgotten

WATCH THE VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Ltaq3UPbU

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The claustrophobic, miasmic world of Tense Men is a world of scuttling shapes, deformed shadows and rigid, repetitive rhythms. The world of Tense Men has a low ceiling, the walls are wooden, rotting in places and badly varnished. The world of Tense Men is clammy to the touch. Eyes twitch, ears ring. Ears burn, eyes sting. The world of Tense Men is dripping all over your mouldy living room carpet. Reptilian tongues darting in and out tasting the dank air. Human forms jerking awkwardly to a record skipping in a locked, sweaty room. Shrieking voices. Murmuring whispers. Telling you things you don’t want to know over and over again, you listen because you aren’t sure if you’re really hearing it or not. You are! Aren't you?

Tense Men was two and is now three men, varying in tension, height and origination. These men also exist within other entities, namely Sauna Youth, Cold Pumas and Omi Palone, amongst others. It began in the bleak Autumn of 2010 and has henceforth been peddling its suspect wares back and forth, here and there. Prior to Where Dull Care is Forgotten, there was an unnamed cassette on Casenove Tapes.

http://tensemen.tumblr.com
http://fauxdiscx.com

TENSE MEN – RNRFON

KILLING BIRDS

THE PERENNIAL STATE

Taken from Rips' forthcoming self-titled debut LP. Released by Faux Discx on June 16. Pre-order here: www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/rips
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Brooklyn based Rips have quickly built a reputation amongst NYC showgoers, winning them over with their virtuous melodies and sheer ferocity amidst an endless flurry of shows. Their songs may channel late '70s New York City bands like Television and The Feelies, but Rips propels these references into something new. Their self-titled debut, produced by Austin Brown of Parquet Courts, is eleven tracks of buzzing guitar riffs driven by a charged rhythm section, all set under lyrics that are actually worth a damn.

Rips (the record) takes cues from the moonlighting era of rock, while delivering a set of songs distinctly fit for the modern age. Once described as a “hyperreal rock n’ roll group”, the phrase “borne forward ceaselessly into the future" is more what they’re going for here.

So break an old habit. Let your hair down (or up). Rips will take you there.

Rips

Rips – Delay

Taken from The Sticks' forthcoming tape 'Why Bother' out 02/06/17 via Faux Discx. ORDER HERE >>> http://www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/the-sticks-why-bother

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Why Bother is an unearthed, long-forgotten, and previously unreleased album that was due to see the light-of-day some years ago, by The Sticks; a Brighton institution.

A rarely spotted, but much-loved group which shares members with The Pheromoans and King Alfred Man of Leisure. They are a stripped-down garage party band, they bash drums, sway on the bass and claw at guitar - often swapping over instruments between songs live - and yelp with melodic abandon and delight. The Sticks were once dubbed as 'semi-amateur', this may be true. With cheap, unreliable equipment they manage to tease out a cacophony of crashing drums and raucous guitar melodies.

The key elements of the trio's sound are undoubtedly drawn from the rudimentary ideas found in the more inept efforts of mid-sixties teen bands such as The Chimney Sweeps and The Keggs. They then take a touch of The Raincoats, and finally dribble some comparisons with modern (ish) day equivalents The Black Lips, The Coachwhips or The Hospitals.

THE STICKS – Come Back

“Its sureness and subtlety say more than a few gauche early pullquotes” | PITCHFORK
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17355-persistent-malaise/

“The songs do this wonderful thing, where they just gnaw on you” | DAYTROTTER
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/cold-pumas/20056359-37383554

“The methodically planned looseness of ‘Persistent Malaise’s constant groove is thoroughly captivating” | LOUD AND QUIET
http://www.loudandquiet.com/2012/11/cold-pumas-persistent-malaise/

“I can’t think of a better album from a British band all year” | NORMAN RECORDS
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/136796-cold-pumas-persistent-malaise

Fog Cutter

Sherry Island

FROM 'PERSISTENT MALAISE'

“Its sureness and subtlety say more than a few gauche early pullquotes” | PITCHFORK
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17355-persistent-malaise/

“The songs do this wonderful thing, where they just gnaw on you” | DAYTROTTER
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/cold-pumas/20056359-37383554

“The methodically planned looseness of ‘Persistent Malaise’s constant groove is thoroughly captivating” | LOUD AND QUIET
http://www.loudandquiet.com/2012/11/cold-pumas-persistent-malaise/

“I can’t think of a better album from a British band all year” | NORMAN RECORDS
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/136796-cold-pumas-persistent-malaise

Variety Lights

Rayon Gris

SORE POINTS  Outta Luck

Portals Mix: Towards The Sun

UV-TV Hide

Matt Karmil - PB

From the upcoming album 'Inner Song' out Aug 28th on Smalltown Supersound

Pre-order the album here: https://kellyleeowens.lnk.to/innersong

Kelly Lee Owens - Corner Of My Sky (ft. John Cale)

From the upcoming album "Silvester" out July 24th on Smalltown Supersound

André Bratten - Witching Hour

Second single from the forthcoming debut album by We Are Revolution. Album out on Labrador in the fall of 2020.

We Are Revolution - Tropical

TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR RUSSELL taken from the OST "Yacht Race"

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