[Weekly Mix] 2020.11 (1)

Kinlaw - Permissions

"The debut album from this Oakland band twitches and moves like the bastard child of ESG, Liquid Liquid and Vivien Goldman, practically daring you to make your moves on the dancefloor or in the bedroom. Features members of The World, The Reptoids, Blues Lawyer, Preening & Exit Group"

From the album "Do The Duvet" released in North America by Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com) on September 4th, 2020.

Naked Roommate "Mad Love" (Trouble In Mind Records)

Lunchbox's Tim Brown and Donna McKean have been making records in their Oakland, California basement for two decades, inspired by 1960s/70s AM-radio pop and TV show theme music, punk, C86, and mod à la the Creation and the Jam. From the sonically-inventive indiepop of "The Magic of Sound" (1999) to the dub-influenced psychedelia of "Evolver" (2001) to the critically-acclaimed bubblegum of "Lunchbox Loves You" (2013), the couple have established a sound all their own.

Their new album for Slumberland, "After School Special," finds them at the height of their powers of songcraft and performance. Donna's bass playing stakes out stylistic territory somewhere between Carol Kaye and John Entwhistle while Tim's guitar is equal parts 12-string jangle and clipped Orange Juice-esque funk. Horns by Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor) and longtime collaborator Jeremy Goody drive the record from beginning to end. Evelyn Davis' delay-drenched keyboards combine with whispers of analog tape feedback to give the record an otherworldly vibe in keeping with its lyrical themes.

There, favorite seasons (autumn) and animals (cats), appear alongside love and death, ghosts and reincarnation. From the shimmering opener "Dream Parade" to the horn-driven mod-pop of "Hide and Seek," the groovy sixties R&B vibe of "I Really Wanna Know" and the haunting male-female vocal stylings of the  album-closing title track, the textures shift while the unity of artistic vision remains. Catchy as hell and beautifully packaged, "After School Special" is Lunchbox at their very best.

After School Special

Lunchbox - Dream Parade

Formed in London in 2012, Flowers have released two albums and an increasingly assured string of singles on labels like Fortuna Pop, Kanine, Oddbox, Cloudberry and Where It's At Is Where You Are. Those associations might give you an idea of where they are coming from: beautiful, effecting pop with echoes of C86 indie, post-punk pop, shoegaze, 90s 4AD and even a dash of early Slumberland Records. Far more than just a sum of their influences, they've dazzled pop fans around the world with their distinctively spiky songs and Rachel Kennedy's thrilling, ethereal vocals.

"Erik" is their contribution to Slumberland's SLR30 Singles Series and their first single since 2017. Written about their wayward pet hamster, it's a lovely tune that wouldn't sound out of place on a Belly record, a prime piece of the grungy, fuzzy pop that Flowers are so expert at creating. On the flip, "Candour" is deeper and slower, recalling early SLR groups like Black Tambourine and Henry's Dress, a connection that makes their participation in our singles series all the more appropriate.

Erik

Flowers - Erik

Legal Ghost / Heaven

Legal Ghost

Limited Ed 7"/Digital

Tropical Fuck Storm - Legal Ghost

From the forthcoming album - Street Riffs. Available for pre-order now at www.inthredrecords.com!

CCR Headcleaner - Save The Song

Available to buy now: https://smarturl.it/sf-eitm-chicago
Originally written by Liz Phair.

Squirrel Flower - Explain It To Me

Digital release 22nd Jan.
Physical release 26th Feb - limited 7" (500 copies).
Order here - https://brodka.ffm.to/sw035

SW035 // Brodka & Scottibrains - Wrong Party

Cryogeyser - Glove

Back Into Your Arms Feat. Hatchie

« Insomniac » taken from @good-morning-tv’s new LP « Small Talk » 
Out June 18th 2021 on Geographie Records
Order the LP > https://geographie.bandcamp.com/album/small-talk

Clip > https://youtu.be/SjPDPfVIDvw

GOOD MORNING TV - Insomniac

Free Solo

McLovin' You

McLovin' You (Casa Kula)

written by The Choppy Bumpy Peaches
recorded at Unison Studios
mixed & mastered by Tom Gatti

(c) 2020

Magnum Opus

From Dark Tea's Sophomore self titled album out in April on Fire Talk. 

Pre Order: https://ffm.to/darktea

Dark Tea

Dark Tea - Highway Mile

"Catch a Good Worm" is the first single from Floatie's upcoming album "Voyage Out," due out March 26th -https://explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/voyage-out

Floatie - Catch A Good Worm

Terrible Songs Make Big Songs. - Abner Jay

Cryogeyser - Glove

Terrible Records

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