2016: Singles

Summer 2016

a checkerboard without pieces

The Saddest Flops

Dreamy - Summer 2016

The Native Sound

On the road again (Vol.22)

From the forthcoming debut album 'Lowtide' - 
Out Friday 18th July 2014 through Lost & Lonesome 

http://lowtidemelbourne.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lowtide/153003311393665
http://www.lostandlonesome.com.au/

Blue Movie

From the album End Times Undone, out August 5, 2014 on Merge Records.
http://www.mergerecords.com/end-times-undone

End Times Undone

Order from Merge

David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights "Comin' On"

Pre-order the 7" Split @ http://thenativesound.limitedrun.com/products/540546-former-ghosts-funeral-advantage-split

Vocals: Nika Roza Danilova & Freddy Ruppert
Synth: Freddy Ruppert & Jaime Stewart 

Former Ghosts was Freddy Ruppert in collaboration with Nika Roza Danilova (Zola Jesus), Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) and Yasmine Kittles (Tearist). Two full-length albums, a handful of tours, and six years since the project's inception, Freddy has decided to put an end to the band with two final songs – "Last Hour's Bow" and "Past Selves". Presented in the form of a 7" Split/ Digital EP with Funeral Advantage – the lo-fi dream-pop project of Tyler Kershaw, a close friend of Ruppert's – these two songs mark an end to the dark and oftentimes emotionally draining, experimental synth-pop Former Ghosts had become known for.

"Last Hour's Bow" finds Freddy and Jamie together on a series of swirling and glitchy synths, while Yasmine vocally guides the pair. "Past Selves" on the other hand features Nika and Freddy both on vocals, harmonizing over a noisy soundscape equal parts fractious and atmospheric.

For Funeral Advantage's side, Tyler revisits "Wedding", a demo from the aptly titled debut, Demo, released by Disposable America in 2013. The song escapes it's lo-fi bedroom recording roots in this version and embraces the much more polished dream-pop sound of Funeral Advantage's recent offerings. “I Know Him” one of the band’s most upbeat song’s to date swirls with reverb and jangly guitar leads over a bass groove redolent of Andy Rourke and the Smiths.

This split release between Former Ghosts and Funeral Advantage will be available on April 14th as a digital EP, and a limited edition 7" pressed on Translucent Red and Black vinyl variants.

Pre-order 7"

Former Ghosts – Past Selves (Ft. Nika Roza Danilova of Zola Jesus)

From Faux Ferocious' upcoming self-titled tape, out 9/4 as part of the 2nd annual Infinity Cat Cassette Series, curated by Casey Weissbuch.

Who I Become - Faux Ferocious

The Dan Ryan is the psych infused folk rock project from Hospital Ships' Nathan Dixey. The debut album The Dan Ryan LP comes out via Cosmic Dreamer Music on May 27th. Pre-order on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-dan-ryan-lp/id1100203143

The Dan Ryan - Hold Down

Free download at bit.ly/temporaryep

Coming off the heels of this past summer’s Imago LP, we are pleased to announce Lost Film’s new EP, Temporary. Led by Jimmy Hewitt, the band’s sole permanent member, Lost Film is the minimalist – and in this iteration – lo-fi guitar pop project that followed Hewitt’s now defunct band, Orca Orca.

Unlike the lush, full-band recordings of Imago, the Temporary EP brings Jimmy back to the place he feels most comfortable as an artist, and put simply, where it all began – isolated, and alone at the microphone.

Melodic and often times dreamy, the instrumentation takes a much more tepid approach to the guitar-based indie pop Jimmy has developed as Lost Film. For one, it’s a lot less "pop" in the bombastic and hook-laden way you would routinely expect, but instead explores a more nuanced and introspective approach to writing that is still very obviously informed by, and at it’s core, pop music.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Lost Film – Temporary

12" Pre-order: bit.ly/uncontrollablelp

Kristina Esfandiari is Miserable. Based in the Bay Area and the vocalist in King Woman, Kristina writes and performs a brand of moving and evocative music that oozes with nostalgia – and the forthcoming Uncontrollable LP is no different.

Succeeding a string of EPs (Halloween Dream and Dog Days), Uncontrollable follows as Kristina's most complete and nuanced work. Written and recorded over the course of a year, this debut LP is consequentially the most emotional, and quite frankly, saddest release in her history as an artist. Wrestling with insecurities, grief, and the lingering feeling of lack of control, Uncontrollable compiles nine songs drenched with feeling. 

Uncontrollable will be released on April 29th, both digitally and on limited edition vinyl.

12" Vinyl

Miserable – Oven

NOTHING - "ACD (Abscessive Compulsive Disorder)" from the new album 'Tired of Tomorrow' out now on CD/LP/Deluxe 2xLP/Cassette/Digital via Relapse Records. 

Order Here: http://bit.ly/tiredoftomorrow

Order on Bandcamp: http://wearenothing.bandcamp.com
Order on Google Play: http://geni.us/TOTGP
Order Deluxe on Google Play: http://geni.us/TOTDLXGP
Order on iTunes: http://geni.us/TOTiT
Order Deluxe on iTunes: http://geni.us/TOTDLXiT
Order on Amazon: http://geni.us/TOTAMZ
Order Deluxe on Amazon: http://geni.us/TOTDLXAMZ

Official links:

Meme Generator/Contest: https://www.tiredoftomorrow.com
Nothing on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BANDOFNOTHING
Nothing on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bandofnothing
Nothing on Bandcamp: https://wearenothing.bandcamp.com/
Nothing on Youtube: http://youtube.com/user/weareonlynothing

http://www.relapse.com
http://www.facebook.com/relapserecords
http://www.relapserecords.bandcamp.com
http://www.twitter.com/relapserecords

Lyrics: 

Swallow, corrosive confection  
Decay, rotting in your wound 
I can, wallow in your filth 
I live to  

Here we are again 
Can someone find a cure because 
You know me and you know I am not well 
I always knew 
Id eventually hurt you  

Infection, My bacteria 
Always, give you all of me 
Old aches, from your new mistakes 
Same mistakes  

And I will leave you 
With a bad taste in your mouth 

Order

NOTHING - ACD (Abscessive Compulsive Disorder)

Pre-order Tape: bit.ly/shadytapes
Bandcamp: https://divinonino.bandcamp.com/album/the-shady-sexyfornia-tapes

Based in Chicago with roots in Latin America, Divino Niño is a band known for their dreamy, psych-inspired pop. On their sophomore LP The Shady Sexyfornia Tapes, the Chicago band experiments with washed out reverb, dynamic vocal ranges, and lush soundscapes to create a truly unique 16 track album.

Following their debut LP Pool Jealousy, The Shady Sexyfornia Tapes is much more relaxed effort. The band recorded it at home, and although most songs hover around two and a half minutes, they’re far from underdeveloped. Filled with rich harmonies and liberal use of eclectic percussion, the songs on this record reflect the band’s most confident and inspired to date.

The Shady Sexyfornia Tapes will be released May 13th, both digitally and on limited edition cassette tapes.

Divino Niño – Time

Vocals and Electric Guitar - Chrisy Hurn
Bass and Synth - Nimal Agalawatte
Lead Electric Guitar - Tyler Bersche
Drums - Brandon Munro

Recorded at TAPE with Adam Bentley and Jordan Mitchell
Mastering by Warren Hildebrand (Orchid Tapes)

Johnny

https://spiritgoth.com

Stream on spotify/apple

CASTLEBEAT

Downstairs

Shimmer

The "If You’re on the Water" EP, while self-released, is The Saxophones' first studio recording. It was recorded and mixed on an analog Toft console by Cameron Spies of Radiation City over the course of a spring week in Portland, Oregon. It features Alexi Erenkov on guitar, vocals, and woodwinds; his wife, Alison Alderdice on percussion and vocals; and his longtime friend and collaborator Richard Laws on bass, vibes, and Crumar synthesizer. 

The title track was inspired by a summer week that saw suicide, the transition of a relationship, and Alexi and his Father’s near death experience in a boating accident. The album pays tribute to the currents of beauty, sorrow and regret that run through our lives.

If You're on the Water

Pre-order: bit.ly/asalover

Simultaneously straddling the line between being completely nostalgic and futurist sounding, Planning For Burial is the product of a single wunderkind taking healthy obsessions with certain influences and filtering them through a droning, gloomy spyglass that evokes only the most concrete blues (the emotion not the music) this side of the gray waters of the Atlantic. While Planning For Burial gets lumped in with the whole wave of “bedroom recording artists” (which is where the project toiled for years until Leaving finally was released), the mastermind behind the project sets himself apart from his peers due in no small part to his background in sound. Planning For Burial’s brand of dark shoegaze/gloomgaze is hard to categorize, but it’s sound contains elements of slowcore, shoegaze, doom, drone, 90′s alt rock, 80′s goth, and black metal, while never being defined by any one of those genres.

Pressed on made-to-order hand-numbered square 7” lathes, “As A Lover” will be on sale for a one week period. At the end of that week we will press the exact amount ordered, and that’s it. No repressing ever. This is your only chance to ever own this 7”, so if you want it, order by June 21st. All orders should ship about three weeks later.

7" Lathe Cut

Planning For Burial - As A Lover

Single off his S/T record, stream in full and buy the cassette on our site !

www.thirdfloortapes.com

beagles - my neighbor is a drug dealer

Blue House - I Found My Limit

Redshift

"End of Ambivalence" by Rhyton

Pre-order: bit.ly/memorybed

Drowse is the work of Portland, OR artist Kyle Bates.

Following an EP and LP, "Memory Bed" was largely written and recorded using one microphone, a laptop and an acoustic guitar during a Summer spent working in Zamora, Spain. While traveling, Bates found himself returning to the dark sounds from around his home for inspiration--music of the Pacific Northwest such as Grouper, Mount Eerie, Velvet Cacoon, and Unwound. Organs and synths ooze from crackling guitars, noise groans in the distance and swallows voices; the sound mirrors the feeling of wandering unfamiliar landscapes, both outside and internally. Drowse also co-wrote two songs on Miserable's "Uncontrollable" LP ("Stay Cold" and "Salt Water").

Drowse – Memory

From https://foxesinfiction.bandcamp.com/album/vacant-pavilion-hypar-redux-2

Hypar Redux

Ethereal noise by x-members of Funeral Club. Now available on all digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc., with a cassette release coming soon. 

www.fawnsoflove.com

Girls

Our second single for 2016. 
'End of the Rope' is a mesmerizing track, with a delicate texture of guitars, two vocals and atmospheres reminiscent of The Cure, Warpaint, The XX, Cocteau Twins, Sparklehorse, Doves. 
This is also our first video effort; check the links below.

Credits:

G: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums 
Lilia: Vocals 

Music and Lyrics: G.Spezza. All Rights Reserved 
Arranged by Dear Baby Deer 

Recorded at Trixity Studio, Spring and Summer 2016 
Produced by Trixity (www.facebook.com/trixityprods) 

Cover Image: the beautiful Ale C., photographed by G.Spezza. All Rights Reserved 

ʇןɐɹǝƃ :ǝsnɐɔǝq soɐɥɔ uı ʞɹoʍ ǝʍ 
ıɯǝ :ǝsnɐɔǝq sƃuıɥʇ xıɟ ǝʍ 

Video: www.youtube.com/channel/UCMbrijyFnYlu3DhCAeWj82g 
Instagram: @dear.baby.deer 
Twitter: @Dear_Baby_Deer 

Site Logo-Waterpaint Deer & Header Art: Lia Cavo. Instagram: @liacavo. All Rights Reserved

End of the Rope (Single)

End of the Rope

Plastic Flowers is a Dream Pop band from London, UK, formed in late 2011 by multi-instrumentalist George Samaras. He has recorded two full length studio albums Evergreen (2014) and Heavenly (2016).

BBC described his music as "very ethereal soundscapes accompanied by warm vocals" while DIY Magazine labelled him as a "Greek wunderkind musician." After a prolonged period of writing and experimentation, his second full length album entitled "Heavenly" was released in April, and is now quickly followed up with the new single "Falling Off".

7" / Download

Plastic Flowers - Falling Off

Since their formation just a couple of years ago, Salt Lake City’s No Sun have been quietly crafting loud, confident, and modern shoegaze. Originally a solo project for singer/ guitarist Jordon Strang to experiment with, No Sun has since grown into a nuanced and voluminous four piece. 

In the tradition of Swervedriver and Failure, and contemporaries like Nothing and Pity Sex, No Sun’s debut album ‘If Only’ swells with walls of reverb and texture. It’s shoegaze for those who can appreciate the loudest and dreamiest aspects of the genre. Lyrically, the album leans mostly toward introspection and existential doubt, and Jordon's coping with depression, anxiety, and love.

‘If Only’ will be released on January 20th on limited edition vinyl, as well as digitally. With a full slate of national touring in the works, and a history of playing alongside bands as diverse as True Widow, Foxing, and Creepoid, 2017 will prove to be a year filled with new music and touring for a young, yet quickly growing band.

No Sun – Drown in You

Chris Cohen's debut LP is out September 25th on Captured Tracks. 

Chris Cohen // Optimist High

Old song/demo. too old to work on anymore and won't see the light of day in any other format. 

Daniel Rossen - Untitled (December 2009)

This one is from January 2011 around the same time as a few of the EP songs. it's not exactly finished, the lyric is rough, but I still enjoy what it is and eventually this song lead to other tunes on the EP and on Shields that I'm happy with. It's a wintery New York song to me, it reminds me of home. And at this particular moment I miss home, and I feel like I should be there after all that's happened recently. So there it is. 

Not Coming Back

Warren Hildebrand (aka Foxes in Fiction) and Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) have been acquaintances for a number of years, brought together by their shared presence on Brooklyn's Moodgadget imprint.  Meluch's first-ever release was the Enge 7" (2005) for that label, and Hildebrand later made a splash with his debut LP Swung from the Branches (2010).  During a solo tour of North America in 2010, Meluch played Hildebrand's hometown of Toronto and invited him along on the following day's journey to Montreal, during which the two became fast friends and the idea of a collaboration began to take shape.  Some months later they finally began exchanging songs and files, eventually building up to the two epic pieces heard on this, their debut 7" for Wool Recordings.
"Since a young age, Thomas Meluch has been fascinated by natural sounds and the textures of decay. He began playing piano before his feet could reach the pedals, and for more than a decade has sought to create a unique sonic environment by combining remnants of pop song structures with the lushness and unpredictability of field recordings. A veteran drummer of a half dozen bands and an avid collector of instruments and analog devices, Meluch relies on guitar and voice as the bases for his work as Benoît Pioulard."


Foxes in Fiction+ Benoît Pioulard: "Ground glass" (Limited 7 inch)

Heaven or Las Vegas (Cocteau Twins cover)

The Native Sound is a small, New York City-based record label established in 2013.

Email: info@thenativesound.com