Fool (feat. Molly Parden)

Our Chicago based squad member is back with a bang following the huge success of his debut EP ‘Chemicals’ which dropped in February of this year & he continues to step up his levels with 4 absolute bullets aimed firmly at the dance floor.

We start the journey with Tugboat, which is an apt title as it is just so heavy and can carve its way through the mightiest of waves. With signature breaks & moody, stepping atmospherics coupled with ground shaking bass this is guaranteed to tug the ravers to the frontline.

Threadbare displays the other side to LO!’s skill-set, with an incredibly vibey stepper & a such a unique drop which makes it impossible not to bounce around to. Accompanied with some retro, 80’s style synths this is one for your playlist without a doubt! Truly original.

The title track ‘Turmoil’ is an absolute scorcher, with chopping breaks & dread-esque bass tones that wind & filter throughout the arrangement, mixed in with some ridiculous switch-up edits that bring so much energy it’s unreal. Already seeing a huge amount of support especially stateside, this one is not to be missed.

Dead End showcases yet more diversity to his production, with a downtempo flavour again with sublime pads, drum edits & perfectly placed atmospherics throughout. Chilled but powerful & always a step ahead of the game.

EP launch party takes place August 19th @ Debonair Nightclub, Wicker Park Chicago

For more info contact: aftrecords@gmail.com

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LO! Threadbare

LO! Tugboat

A seriously damaging techno cut from rising London talent Manse. Scraping scum off the sink this one!

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Manse - Threadbare

Sleepwalker was originally recorded during sessions for our 2013 LP "Threadbare" - however it wasn't finished in time to be released.
We reworked and completed it in 2014, and ever since it has sat in our secure vault, waiting for the perfect moment.
You can download this track for free at www.borealsons.com

Sleepwalker

Threadbare

From the debut album Sick Rooms on Indecision Records. 

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Sick Rooms

Withholding

Try to Make you Understand

Dark Mustard Door

My Jumper Hates Me

Click on song titles to see more info.
Best listened to on decent headphones.
All music and words written by me, unless otherwise stated. Some of the songs use lyrics written by my friend David Scott. The earliest songs here were recorded around 2000, but most are post-2007. I play keyboards, basic guitar bits, and sing. I do all the recording myself. Few of the recordings are perfect, but I just wanted to get them "out there" on the web, just to see if anything comes of it.
Gear: iMac G4, Cubase VST 5.1
Mic: Rode NTK, with TC Helicon Perform VK for some vocal effects
E-H Grand Canyon looper/echo
Main piano: Yamaha DGX-620
Synths: 
Yamaha Motif XS6, Roland JD-Xi, Korg M3-73, 
Alesis Fusion 8HD, Korg Karma.
Guitars: 
Alvarez 12-string, Ovation Applause electro-acoustic 6-str, Recording King 6-str acoustic.
Percussion: 
Steinberg Groove Agent 1 (love it!), drums from keyboards, tambourine.
Everything but the Groove Agent output is recorded acoustically i.e. no MIDI control except on the Groove Agent drums. This is because none of the other MIDI works!

Out from the swirling synth fury that fills the first seconds of Boreal Sons’ sophomore album You & Everyone, comes the tangled, sonorous voice of Evan Acheson who sings, “I guess we just forgot this would happen to you and everyone / Here and then you’re not.” It’s an opening line that’s akin to a gasp and welcomes you to their new record by giving you a shake and making your heart beat fast.

Last year, Acheson attended six funerals, including his grandfather’s. Inevitably, death was on his mind when it came to write You & Everyone. He found a clearer direction for his writing when he turned to one of his favourite authors Annie Dillard, who, in The Writing Life, asks, “Why does death so catch us by surprise, and why love? We still and always want waking.” Her words became a central access point for Acheson as he grappled with death and came to recognize the similarly shocking effects that falling in love and the death of someone close can have on a person - a major theme of the record.

After they finished touring overseas in 2014, the Calgary-based band were at a sonic crossroads. Acheson (vocals, piano, synths), Reagan Cole McLean (bass, vocals, synths), and Zach Schultz (drums, percussion, vocals) had released two EPs (in 2010 and 2012 respectively) and their LP Threadbare (2013) but they had done so without the same guitar player for any two consecutive releases. Without a permanent guitar player moving forward, this lack of stability had once again caught up with them, and they began to doubt the direction of the band.

Their collective identity crisis did not mark the end of Boreal Sons but instead was a catalyst for change. They resolved to experiment and decided the three of them had developed enough experience together that they could forge ahead without a guitarist. The trio went on a getaway to a secluded cottage in Radium, British Columbia where the sonic and lyrical details for their new record came together.

Under the guidance of producer Jonathan Anderson, who also produced Threadbare, You & Everyone is a textured and emotive affair: a panoply of synths, keyboards, and percussion. The intricate “Strangers” twinkles like the lights of a cityscape, while Schultz’s commanding drum work in album opener “What Becomes” amplifies the song’s revelation, and “Midnight Mass,” cast in the dark shadow of McLean’s distorted bass notes, moves from somber to celebratory when the band becomes satisfied to resign to a higher power.

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