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HAILING FROM FORT WORTH TEXAS, MEET PSYCH-FOLK GARAGE DUO ‘NATURAL ANTHEM’

DEBUT SINGLE TO BE RELEASED ON TRIPLE COLOUR DIPPED SQUARE 7” VIA SUPER FAN 99 ON 11.09.15.

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Jake Murphy and Daniel Slatton started making music together ten years ago in the garage with a single Sony cassette recorder. Together they have traveled across the United States, playing in sweaty Texas honky-tonks and mysterious mountainside watering holes, performing an average of 120 shows per year. Natural Anthem is their latest project and Super Fan couldn’t wait to sign them having discovered the band by chance via a mistyped YouTube search. 

A debut EP ‘Thread’ is preceded by the release of Paranoid which serves as a great introduction to what to expect from the Fort Worth natives. The song brings to mind the tremolo driven eerie croon of Chris Issak crossed with their hometown alumni White Denim. 

Thread (coming fall 2015) has a sense of immediacy that carries throughout all six echo-dipped tracks – a welcome and refreshing revitalization that is more by default than design. Natural Anthem is more than just a culmination of Murphy and Slatton’s musical influences – it’s their past, present, and future. Natural Anthem harmoniously synthesize folk rock with sixties blues - like a hallucinatory skyline meeting a treacherous mountainside. This is music made equally for night drives through the deserts of West Texas and sunrises on the beaches of the west coast.

Paranoid is released on psychedelic triple colour dipped square 7” on 11.09.15. Each copy is totally unique in colour, these are sure to be an instant sell out.

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Natural Anthem - Paranoid

DOO-WOP PSYCH JANGLE FROM CORNWALL. MEET FALMOUTH’S GODDAM NOBODY.

MINI ALBUM ‘NO LUST FOR LIFE’ OUT 02.10.15 ON CLEAR 10” VIA SUPER FAN 99.

Cornwall isn’t known for its famous musical exports but that could all soon change. Over the past few years a scene has been growing in Falmouth which owes as much to the records of the 50’s and 60’s as it does those of today. While many of its bands borrow from the California sound these bands come from a very different coastal backdrop. As soon as you press play it’s clear that grey skies loomed heavy over Goddam Nobody’s beach. Initially bringing to mind Christopher Owens and The Growlers the songs which make up No Lust for Life have an underpinning distinctly British sound. Remember when Echo & The Bunnymen covered The Doors for the Lost Boys movie soundtrack? Yeh THAT sound!

Beginning as a bedroom project Matthew Oliver wrote a collection of demos influenced by his hometown contemporaries and eventually formed Goddam Nobody in 2014. As his songs appeared online, blogs and labels started to take note. Lauren Laverne played a track on her BBC 6 Music show and Art is Hard Records soon included them on a compilation. A further EP was released for free while Matthew and his new band started playing their first shows. No Lust for Life is the first official release and sees Goddam Nobody explore a more polished expansive sound than the comfy lo-fi of old. Featuring members of Lost Dawn, Golden Dregs, The Red Cords and mastered by Dan E Brown (Ringo Death Star, Tomorrows Tulips) it’s a record which is a perfect snapshot of Falmouth’s burgeoning musical underground. Now based in London Goddam Nobody are regulars on the DIY scene and collecting fans with every show. Look out for a full UK tour in the fall of 2015.

No Lust for Life is released on hyper limited clear lathe cut 10” with hand stamped numbered sleeves on 02.10.15. A London launch for the mini album takes place on October 5th at The Finsbury with a full Super Fan supporting cast.

TRACK LIST

1. No Lust for Life
2. Hit the Ceiling
3. Stranger Daze
4. Memory Lane
5. Nothings New
6. Not So Hard

LIVE
September 30th –The Tooting Tram, London (supporting Hey Rocco)
October 5th - The Finsbury, London (album launch with Husband Material & Matt McKee)
October 21st – The Old Blue Last, London (Super Fan 99 1st Birthday Party)

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Goddam Nobody - Stranger Daze

JOSHUA TREE NATIVE PEARL CHARLES RELEASES DEBUT UK SINGLE ‘I RAN SO FAR’ VIA SUPER FAN 99 ON 11.09.15

Already approved by Pitchfork, NME and Spin to name a few, Pearl Charles lands on UK shores bringing a little bit of California sunshine to another inevitably miserable British summer. 

At the young age of 23, Pearl Charles already has deep roots in the Los Angeles music community. An LA Native, Pearl embodied California rock and roll cool even before she took her natural position as a figure in the local music scene (and beyond). Pearl started logging miles on the road with her first band, old-timey Americana duo The Driftwood Singers, at age 18, followed by a lengthy stint drumming and singing in garage-pop band, The Blank Tapes. The Blank Tapes toured extensively and earned accolades from Rolling Stone and The New Yorker for their sunny lo-fi surf rock. Along the way, Pearl collaborated with artists such as Jonathan Wilson, Stephen McBean (Black Mountain), Farmer Dave Scher (Beachwood Sparks) and Johnathan Rice and toured extensively internationally supporting diverse artists such as Father John Misty, Matt Costa, Thee Oh Sees, Kim Deal, The Growlers, Allah Las and Mystic Braves to name a few, as well as earning a BFA in Music from CalArts.

Embarking on a solo career in 2015, Pearl is set to solidify her own name and place by releasing a 6 song debut EP on Super Fan 99 this summer with the ever reliable Burger Records handling US duties. Pearl recorded her self-titled EP track by track with a select group of producers and a little help from her friends, many of whom are notable L.A. musicians in their own right including Joel Jerome (La Sera, Cherry Glazerr) and Taylor Locke (Rooney). Though she draws inspiration from the legendary scenes of the 60's and 70's, from Laurel Canyon to The Factory, from Haight-Ashbury to Muscle Shoals, she also counts contemporary artists amongst her influences such as Tame Impala, Mac DeMarco, Sharon Van Etten and Jenny Lewis, to name a few. Pearl Charles writes and sings songs with a distinctly unique voice, creating a sound that is both timeless yet undeniably here, now.

‘I Ran So Far’ is released on hyper limited square 8” vinyl on 11.09.15 backed by country-rocker ‘You Can Change’ A full self-titled EP is set to follow later this month.

“Think of Pearl Charles as a stoner Lana Del Rey or Jenny Lewis with grit” NME

“The hazy dreamworld of Pearl Charles' eponymous debut comes primarily from the '60s and '70s. The EP is bursting with blues-rock and blissed-out psychedelia” PITCHFORK

“Humbled alt-country folk conjuring early '70s inspirations and west coast garage pop” THE 405

“Pearl Charles’ smoky, psych-folk footprint treads somewhere between a gentler, silky Jefferson Airplane and more fiery sides of Joni Mitchell” SPIN

“The dusty rock stomper has a two-sided emotional core, rife with positive reinforcement, but still feels bittersweet.” THE FADER

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Pearl Charles - I Ran So Far

SANTA BARBARA SURF-POP BAND DANTE ELEPHANTE ANNOUNCE DEBUT UK SINGLE AND ALBUM PRODUCED BY JONATHAN RADO OF FOXYGEN

PRE-ORDER 7" 

We first discovered Dante Elephante on a trip to LA at the start of this year. On asking staff at an Echo Park record store for a recommendation of good pop tunes they had no hesitation in handing us a cassette of Dante Elephante’s EP ‘German Aquatics’ Sure enough it delivered as soon as we pressed play, alas that tape is now almost worn out. It was then our mission to make a UK release happen and we’re very pleased to now be able to deliver the debut full length album. 

California surf hooks and jangling guitars chime while a 60s British influence bleeds through the Santa Barbara bands songs making us feel right at home. Reminiscent of Real Estate and the tender side of early Weezer their tunes are instant and unshakable. A hyper limited white square 7” of ‘Never Trust a Junkie’ is released on 09.10.15 with the debut album titled ‘Anglo Saxon Summer’ following on 16.10.15.

Dante Elephante formed in Santa Barbara in 2010. Cutting their teeth on the local scene they soon caught the ears or local radio which led to a first 7” release in 2013. In 2014 a debut EP appeared via esteemed LA label Lolipop and quickly sold out. More recently the band were hand picked by Converse to be their rubber tracks download of the week  which led to them playing the opening of flagship store in San Francisco. Anglo Saxon Summer see’s the band explore new ground delving further into their record collections guided by the analogue loving Jonathan Rado. 

“Fun, breezy surfy jams with big wave hooks” BROOKLYN VEGAN

“Summery and vibrant surf rock” CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

“A ramshackle garage-pop ditty that lodges in your head the second you hear it” AMOEBA

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Dante Elephante - Never Trust A Junkie

INTRODUCING DOWNER-POP HIT MAKER MATT MCKEE. DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE DETAILS AND UK TOUR. 

Continuing the Super Fan trend of unearthing would be AM radio stars, meet downer-pop maker Matt McKee.

Once Matt McKee had a job, but he didn’t like it, so when he had enough money, he stopped. Around the same time, he was loved and in love, but after many happy years she said that it wasn’t enough. So, utterly lost in the twist of separation, he moved out of London, back to the house where he grew up, went on eBay and found a 1981 VW camper. He clicked Buy It Now with the last of his savings, got the train 399km from London to Newcastle and handed a stranger an envelope stuffed with cash. Having not driven for eight years, he drove home to book some shows.

That was June 2015 and since then, he has been silencing UK crowds with his intricate guitar lines, delicate intensity and reflective, melancholy songs; reducing rooms of people expecting the usual singer-songwriter-bashing-out-songs-with-open-chords-in-4/4-and-hammer-ons-in-all-the-usual-places to total quiet. There’s a calm composure in his playing reminiscent of Nick Drake, while the melodies often reflect heroes of his youth such as Evan Dando and Elliott Smith. His debut album, The Body You Ride Around In was produced by Henri Vaxby (French for Cartridge, Uncle Luc)  To be released on 23.10.15 the album will be available on two formats with a limited gatefold vinyl and CD edition. Matt plays only his second ever UK tour this October followed by dates in Germany in November. 

TRACK LIST

1. Sonnet for Caged Bird Hopping Madly on Trapeze
2. Waldeinsamkeit
3. Alchemy and other Tricks
4. Photography or When M.Swann Tell You That You Won’t Come back
5. Dunno How
6. Trouble Sleeping
7. Shilly Shally
8. I Won't Be There
9. Photography #2
10. Wake You
11. Something Happened

LIVE DATES

OCT 10TH THE WEST END CENTRE, ALDERSHOT
OCT 15TH NORTHERN MONK REFECTORY, LEEDS
OCT 16TH LOOKING GLASS, LEICESTER 
OCT 17TH SIX EIGHT KAFE, BIRMINGHAM 
OCT 18TH ROUGH TRADE (WEST) IN STORE 4PM 
OCT 27TH SUSY RADIO, LIVE SESSION (SUSYFM.COM 7PM) 
OCT 29th THE BEAST OF BRIXTON, LONDON (LAUNCH SHOW)
NOV 4TH GREEN NOTE, CAMDEN, LONDON
NOV 11TH THE BOILEROOM, GUILDFORD
NOV 24th THE OLD BLUE LAST, OLD ST, LONDON
NOV 27TH PAPP, BREMEN, GERMANY
NOV 30TH GOOD OLD DAYS, HAMBURG, GERMANY
DEC 1ST BARRENSTEINER WHISKYBAR, GREVENBROICH, GERMANY
DEC 6TH DER DACHBODEN, HOF, GERMANY
DEC 12TH HOFFART THEATER, DARMSTADT, GERMANY


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Matt McKee - Shilly Shally

BLEACHED OUT PSYCHADELIA FROM SAN FRANCISCO, SONGWRITER ALEXI GLICKMAN (SANDY'S) UNVEILS DEBUT UK RELEASE ‘PROM’ OUT 30.11.15 VIA SUPER FAN 99

San Francisco songwriter Alexi Glickman began opening shows as Sandy's in 2012 while on the road with Little Wings. On his new EP, Prom, he wraps five melodic gems with layers of vintage tape echo and open ­tuned Stratocaster shimmer for a dreamy late­ summer slow dance. Alexi recalls, “my first memories of music were in these big echoey rooms watching my Dad and his dance company rehearse. I wanted to make an EP that had a presence like that.”  Prom features album art by Nat Russell that depicts a lone guitarist playing for a seemingly vast, empty landscape— save for the multitude of glowing stars in the cosmos. It’s a lonely image but also a transcendent one­­ in the same spirit as the opening lines of Chris Bell’s I Am The Cosmos, “Every Night I tell myself I am the cosmos / I am the wind / But that don’t get you back again.”

Lyrically, Prom deals with a similar kind of social desolation— when friends drift away after school or turn their backs on their old friends as they pair off to get married. “Sometimes there’s an openness of spirit that begins to fade in people as they grow older— songs like "Consolidated Identity" are a kind of last dance with that person before they become someone else.” Recorded mostly live to a 1960s Scully 4-track in a house in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California, Prom centers around Alexi’s guitar— an on old Fender, open tuned, echoplexed—reverberating in the old wood panels of the forest dwelling ­turned recording studio.

Bringing to mind the lucid guitar playing of Peter Green and the hazy Americana of Beachwood Sparks, Super Fan instantly fell head over heels for Sandys easy charms and are sure you’ll feel the same. Prom is released on limited translucent purple cassette and vinyl on 30.11.15.

“An intelligent, gently soothing piece of work, recalling the more blissed out, sunkissed moments of Big Star's catalogue” CLASH

“Imagine if The Beach Boys recorded Pet Sounds again after listening to the Polyvinyl back catalog and you get some idea of where this is rooted” NEW NOISE MAGAZINE

“A short, but sweet collection of five melodic gems” KCRW RADIO

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Sandy's - Consolidated Identity

Something's Coming

Written, performed and produced by Donna Blue

Check out the official video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/zzQqGnlLQg8

Desert Lake

The first single from youbet's debut LP 'Compare & Despair,' out January 31st, 2020.

Artwork by Lou Elda.
Produced by Katie Von Schleicher with Julian Fader, Nick Llobet and Adam Brisbin.

Compare & Despair

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youbet - Bite

Helicopter Life

INTRODUCING ROOFTOP GARDENS
LATE 70s INDEBTED MELODIC POWER-POP LUSHENESS
DEBUT SINGLE ‘CIRCLES’ OUT 28.01.20 ON SUPER FAN 99

Rooftop Gardens transports us to a time of 8-track players, flared jeans, AM Radio and Creem magazine. The perfect backdrop to a lazy 70s California afternoon daydreaming of your high school crush. In fact, lead track ‘Circles’ wouldn’t feel at all out of place sound tracking Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused. Swirling guitar parts bring to mind Chris Bell Big Star while the forlorn vocal could be Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub making this a must for all power-pop fans. 

Originally from the Bay Area, Peter Maffei AKA Rooftop Gardens now lives in LA. As a gun for hire he has lent his guitar talents to Sugar Candy Mountain, Pearl Charles and The Blank Tapes among others. He currently plays in Cosmo Gold and is the USA half of transatlantic duo Born Fighters. 

Circles is backed by the equally heartfelt ‘Never Let Me Go’ which features a slide line straight out of George Harrisons pocket. Rooftop Gardens sits comfortably with the Super Fan back catalogue and we can’t wait to hear more later this year. The single is released digitally worldwide on 28.02.20.

Circles

Rooftop Gardens 'Circles'

Greek Tragedy(Oliver Nelson remix) Slowed

POWER POP FOR SENSITIVE SOULS
‘SHADOW’ THE SECOND SINGLE FROM TRANSATLANTIC DUO
OUT 08.04.20 ON SUPER FAN 99

Lyric Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFz4_Vnl5d0

Luke is from London and Peter is from California. Not so long ago the pair were strangers but through a shared love of 70s music, vintage guitars and their pets (Denny the cat and George the dog respectively) the universe brought them together in 2019. The two quickly became best of mates making light work of the 5000 miles that separated them. They describe the project as a “transatlantic power pop postal service” sending demos back and forth over the net and chipping away at song ideas from a distance. As you can imagine, organising a band practice is a little different than for most bands but not to be deterred they return this month with a follow up to debut ‘Little Green Tree’ titled ‘Shadow’. Lead vocal duties are shared on this bittersweet kicker which ruminates on the idea of trying to reclaim one’s identity post break-up. 

Who knows if an album will ever materialise but for now the project is something of an open book/sweet left hook which the two plan to work on whenever in the same country whether that be England or the USA. 

The somewhat ironically named band are Peter Maffei and Luke Barham. Mike Deluccia once again joins on drums and the session was engineered and mixed by Neil Wogensen in Highland Park, L.A. Art as always by the ace Shaun Miller and photography by Brittany Matyas.

“Charming and warming, filled with catchy hooks and dreamy sonics” Far Out Magazine

"The spirit of ’70s guitar geekery flourishes, a jangling, hooky, post-breakup song" Buzz Bands LA

“Somewhere between Conor Oberst’s solo material and early Oasis B-sides”  Spectral Nights

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Shadow

Born Fighters 'Shadow'

BL3ACH x FREAK x SOUL NOODLES (Prod. OMRI)

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BL3ACH
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FREAK
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MXNT1S (OMRI)
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BOMBAY

MOVIE COMPOSER, SUPER PRODUCER AND ALL ROUND MELODIC GENIUS CELEBRATED WITH NEW COVERS ALBUM. OUT 22.05.

PRE-ORDER MINIDISC & DOWNLOAD
https://superfan99.bigcartel.com/product/music-by-jon-brion-minidisc-download

WATCH THE TRAILER www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HIeBgrE6-4

It is possible that Jon Brion is the most famous artist you’ve heard but never heard of. His productions, songs and scores have been unavoidable over the past 25 years yet he is still somewhat invisible to the world. It’s hard to know where to start when summing up this genius. Yes, genius is a word that gets falsely banded around but this guy is truly a gift and for that reason we felt an urge to shine a spotlight on his work with artists from around the world covering his songs.

Where to begin…

Firstly, describing best what role Jon plays in the world of music is tricky. He is perhaps best known as a film score composer with his best loved works being Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch-Drunk Love, I Heart Huckabees and more recently Lady Bird. As a producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist he has worked with artists as varied as Kanye West, Elliott Smith, Frank Ocean, Best Coast, Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Evan Dando, Beyonce and the late Mac Miller. Often shying away from the limelight he is very much the guy behind the guy. Despite being the creative force on some of the biggest records of the last decade he is unrecognised in the street, unassuming and humble. A sound guru with an arsenal of obscure vintage gear and limitless ideas, regardless of genre or project he is the man you call when you want to escape the refines of your musical box. In summary he kinda IS music.

Super Fan is extremely proud to present ‘Music by Jon Brion’ The album is a collection of covers from artists across the globe largely focusing on his film scores and self-released, under-appreciated solo record ‘Meaningless’. The record features 12 of his finest compositions and goes some way to paint a picture of his melodic brilliance which at times straddles Gershwin, Brian Wilson and The Beatles. The magic of his music to us communicates a sense of reflective world weariness which is something we can all relate to in 2020. We hope that after listening you won’t forget his name and will be inclined to delve deeper in to his world. Limited edition MiniDisc and Bandcamp digital release 22.05.20. Sleeve design by resident artist Shaun Miller.

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Cape Weather - Ruin My Day

Taken from the Party Pro EP out exclusively on Bandcamp.
Written, produced and recorded by Luke Barham. Mixed by Henri Vaxby. Bass by Peter Maffei.

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Matt McKee - Shilly Shally

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