Choices of the Grasshopper September 2023

WL//WH - SEPTEMBER 2023 // Shoegaze /Dream Pop /Psychedelic /Indie Pop

September 2023

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Five Things We Liked This Week - 15/09/23

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Wonderful
Awful spirit
Tell it all
Announce my secrets

I don’t care what mine
I don’t care what me

Happening
Funny spirit
Laugh on me
That I might hear it

I don’t care what mine
I don’t care what me 

Beautiful
Blinking spirit
Hurry though
I want to feel it

I don’t care what mine
I don’t care what me 

Let off the bottom sorrow
Beauty as it spills
Sudden and surreal
And as I’m taken I’ll go
Willingly I’ll go 
Horribly I’ll go 
Winking at you though

Laugh On Me

I Get Into Trouble

Two Years

Kintzukuroi

WAWWA

Eat the Worm

Ol' Father Time

Slide Back

Engine

Can I go again?

Things Change

Single from the forthcoming album / LP "South Locust" from Auckland New Zealand Alt Rock, Post-Punk, Shoe-gaze trio Swallow the Rat - being released by Shifting Sounds Sept 1st 2023 in N America, UK, Europe. 

Brian Purrington - Guitars
Hayden Fritchley - Drums, Vocals
Stephen Horsley - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Recorded by  Nick Abbott at North-Western Recorders, Auckland, NZ
Additional Recording by Stephen Horsley at Te Auaunga Recorders, Auckland, NZ
Mixed by Sonny DiPerri at Octopus Beak, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering, Chicago, IL
Artwork by Hayden Fritchley
Additional Musicians: 
LG Galleon - Vocals Track 2
Hayley Fisher - Vocals Tracks 3, 6, 9
Thom Burton - Vocals Track 10

Copyright 2023 Swallow the Rat
Publishing 2023 Shifting Sounds

Terra Nullius

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

My Love Mine All Mine

Easy Violence / John Prine

Easy Violence

Up and Comer

Afterlife

Will Anybody Ever Love Me?

So Long, Marianne

RUSHES

Lightweight

Back To The Water Below

There Goes My Cool

I have more than enough

Saytr play are an indie-pop outfit known for their electric live shows, in iconic venues (gorilla, broadcast, ebgbs...) And the festival circuit (great escape, ynot, neighbourhood, 110above...) alike. 

Sharing influence with Circa Waves, the strokes, sundara karma and cage the elephant, and recieving playlisting from radio x, Spotify (New Music Friday, Hot New Bands, Indie List) Amazing Radio and bbc introducing, the band have racked up over a million streams on Spotify & a dedicated fanbase. 

Following their hiatus, Saytr Play came back this year with 'The Butterfly Stitches EP', amassing over 150,000 streams, Editorial support on Spotify's Fresh finds and New Music Friday, playlisting on XS Manchester and national radio coverage on Radio X. Off the back of this success, Saytr Play sold out their headline show at Manchester's Deaf Institute a month in advance. 

Saytr play release 'Brother' on 1st September and headline Manchester's Canvas on the 8th September.

Brother (YKTDY)
Is a very nostalgic song for me. Most songs touch on the subject of love, the only difference here is that I wanted to write a song about how much I love my mates. I wanted to share some of the story’s and memories we lived through in our younger years. Growing up in Moston (Manchester). The good times. The bad times. It’s celebrating he family we choose, in our case our brothers. Life is never plain sailing but I like to think that is about who you are with not where you are. In this industry iv met a lot of privileged people but I honestly wouldn’t change our upbringing for the world. I’m proud of where I’m from & I love my mates so I wrote a song about it. Enjoy.

Brother (YKTDY)

Above A Forest With A House That's On Fire

Le Temple Volant

VERSE I
West End 
I’m on the ceilin’
I’m medicated with the finest buzz a kid could afford
Wide eyes
In walks a heathen
Is it just me, or did the room heat up a hundred degrees?

PRECHORUS I
Cause there you stood with a mind full of felonies  
Oh and now I’m burnin’
baby but I love all the heat 
West End
My fears are peakin’
And you could save me, but you’d rather have me down on the floor

CHORUS
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

VERSE II
I’m sideways
It’s complicated
I wasn’t lookin’, but the girl is kinda hard to ignore 
Soft eyes (soft eyes)
Cuts like a demon (like a demon)
She’d try to break me, but I’m already as broke as could be

PRECHORUS II
Cause there I stood in your room, feelin’ chemistry 
Oh and now I’m beggin’
Baby you’re so good at deceit 
West End (West End)
She says I’m tweakin’ (I think I’m tweakin’)
And you could save me, but you’d rather make me feel like a whore

CHORUS II
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

BRIDGE
Ooh-ooh-eee-ooh
Well I know, you know, that no one can resist ya
Ooh-ooh-eee-ooh
Well I know you know, that no one can can’t resist her
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
And I’m burnin’ slowly, baby’s gotten under the skin
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
If it’s a game we’re playing, baby how come I never win?

CHORUS 3
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

You Ain't No Superhero

CIAO HOWDY, a captivating music duo from Los Angeles and Chicago. They embarked on their creative journey in 2022 with T-Bone Preston (Rainbow Arabia) and Dylan Ryan (Fatal Jamz, Man Man, Cursive) at the helm. Inspired by artists like Edie Brickell and various iconic 80’s and 90’s alternative bands, their sound weaves a unique tapestry of soulful melodies and vibrant rhythms

Go to Hell

Ciao Howdy - Go To Hell

It's been a while but XXX the label is back with a new release by Roe Deers. Known for his dj sets that don't hold back & productions that have been played all over the world by DJ's from all over the world.

On remix duties we have an upcoming talent from Amsterdam - Marijn S. With a release on SPRAY this year, DEKMANTEL festival booking and several other things coming she's one to keep an eye on.

XXX015 consists of 6 tracks on digital format. 5 originals and one remix.
We've never been the label to put things in a genre but to describe these tracks with words is even hard this time. Menacing, out of this world sounds alternate with industrial EBM sounds. One thing is for sure, these tracks will make a lasting impression on the dancefloor.

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PREMIERE : Roe Deers - Berries

Hangin\' on the Westside

Cayucas - Varsity Jacket

Cut The Cord

Cut the Cord

So Neurotic

Shrink's Couch

Call Your Mom

regret pop from Austin, Texas

new album 'Bad Dream Jaguar' out 10/20/23 on Run for Cover

Easy Violence

Sun June