Gulp - Season Sun
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Optimism can be a hard quality to come by, especially in a world that seems to pride itself on cynicism and negativity. But that’s exactly why we need a band like Gulp in our lives. The lush Welsh/Scottish pop group is happy to consider itself an antidote to the creeping pessimism of modern life.
“It’s what comes out of us naturally,” says Gulp’s vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Lindsey Leven. “Everything that you’re writing from the heart is a reflection of what’s going on in your life.” Her husband and bandmate Guto Pryce agrees, “It’s even in times of adversity that we try to remain optimistic.”
In 2014, Gulp has plenty to be enthused about! Pryce has a musical legacy to be proud of, having spent the past 20 years as a founding member of UK pop superstars Super Furry Animals. And Pryce and Leven are both glowing from the joy of writing and recording music together.
But even amid that, there could have been a turn towards more moody and desperate material. Instead, the pair, with bandmates Gid Goundrey (guitars) and Gwion Llewelyn (drums/vocals), came out with Season Sun, a fuzzy, buzzing upbeat ode to the changing seasons, watching plants grow, dancing, and as they sing on “Vast Space,” being willing to “open up your heart and let the love flood in.”
The “vast space” isn’t just the one within, either. The natural world played a key part in the creation of these songs, some written while Pryce and Leven were vacationing in the California desert, others while road tripping through the Scottish Highlands (you’ll find images of these adventures with the album art) .
There’s some connection to be found between these sounds and what Pryce accomplished as a member of the Furries – the two projects share a love of warm vintage synth sounds and a burnished brand of psychedelia. But Gulp expresses itself with almost throwback sentiments. Apart from a few moments, Season Sun could easily be mistaken this for a lost gem of the late ‘60s unearthed by a studious crate digger.
For as verdant as Gulp’s sound is, the core belongs the musical relationship between Pryce and Leven. When the project began back in 2012, their first efforts centered on just the couple and their trusty drum machine, a Roland 505 donated to them by Leven’s yoga teacher. And even amid the fine contributions of Goundrey and Llewelyn, the heart of each song is the harmonic interplay between Levin’s Leven vocals and the warming synth and bass notes from her musical co-pilot.
Gulp’s humble beam of multicolored musical light has already made its way through the band’s native UK thanks to a well loved lead single “Game Love” and a tour supporting Django Django. The quartet is now looking to taking their message of optimism through the US with their first stop being this year’s SXSW Festival and hopefully some more touring to round out the rest of 2014.

Gulp - Vast Space

These 6 previously unreleased tracks are a collection of B-Side material from our last EP 'Mansions'. As part of our mailing list now, you are welcome to stream or download this record which no one has ever heard before.

The release of this was sparked by the response we received from the leak of the track 'Walrus' and the resulting public push for us to release more material from the last record that was left on the cutting room floor. This record, unlike 'Mansions', was mixed and mastered independently by us in the same style and fashion as our first full length album 'Candy Flu'. For this reason these B-Side tracks share a similar sonic touch as both 'Mansions' and 'Candy Flu'.

We're very grateful for the support we have received over the years and it makes us incredibly happy and proud to release material we have written together which would have otherwise been lost in the Ether.

You can keep up to date with more of our latest news and releases from www.thewalkingwho.com and our related social media pages.

This release is best served with Gin and THC late in the evening, and we recommend for optimum sonic sound that it is ingested in bed or laying down with your eyes closed and your mind thirsty.

Cheers - TWW


Isn't That Dandy?

From the forthcoming album "No Time" available July 29th on Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Soft Walls - Never Come Back Again

Club Noir

Release date: North America 5/5/2015 - Polyvinyl Records / Benelux 4/5/2105 - Excelsior Recordings / Rest of the World 4/5/2015 - Full Time Hobby


Hypnophobia

Available on clear vinyl limited to 2000 units which are numbered

This is a collaboration between Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) which happened early in 2014 & the summer of 2014 in Berlin . As everyone hopefully knows about Anton Newcombe’s history we have decided to tell you more about Tess Parks.

A native of Toronto, Tess Parks moved to London, England at the age of seventeen where she briefly studied photography before dropping out and deciding to focus on music. Tess managed to make an impression on industry legend Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records, albeit the timing of their meeting could hardly have been less ideal; McGee was no longer involved in music and Tess was due to move back to Toronto. After moving back to her hometown in 2012, Tess formed a band on the advice of Alan McGee and less than a year after their meeting, he returned to music with his new label, 359 Music. Tess became one of his first six signings and released her debut record Blood Hot in November 2013 to excellent reviews. One reviewer described her as “Patti Smith on Quaaludes”. Others have mentioned her "gauzy psychedelic sound” and "smouldering voice”. Alan McGee himself said: “She’s only 24 and is already an amazing songwriter... she just doesn’t quite know she is yet … her most beautiful quality is her lack of ego. Tess is an amazing lady”.

In February 2014, she began recording with Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe in Berlin and they completed their new record 'I Declare Nothing' in autumn 2014. The record is due out later this year..

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat

New Elephant Stone single featuring Alex Maas of The Black Angels.
Produced by Marcus Paquin and Elephant Stone.
Mixed by Brett Orrison.

The Devil's Shelter (Feat. Alex Maas)

L.A. Witch self-titled debut album out now on Suicide Squeeze  
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Watch "Baby in Blue Jeans" official video: https://youtu.be/vLf295GamA8

Release Date: September 8, 2017
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
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Artist Twitter / Instagram: @la_witch
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L.A. Witch - Baby in Blue Jeans

4th track from our Brattwell Recording session

TRAAMS - klaus

Courtney Barnett's debut ep, <i>I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris</i>, is <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/ive-got-friend-called-emily/id515219054">out now</a> on Gaga Digi.  

<a href="http://www.digi.gaga.com.au">Gaga Digi</a> is an Australian digital aggregator/label. For more on what we do, check out our <a href="http://www.gaga.com.au">site</a>, follow us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/gaga_music">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GagaMusic">Facebook</a>, and <a href="http://eepurl.com/Vtm-">join our mailing list</a>. For publicity enquiries, <a href="mailto:emily@gaga.com.au">get in touch with Emily</a>. 

Courtney Barnett: Lance Jr.

from One Track Mind on Sacred Bones Records
http://sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr089/

Western Metaphor

‘The Walking Who’ have always leaned into a DIY approach to music production. From the dilapidated 1970’s mansion in Wollongong, Australia where Brown started the project, to his current creative Labyrinth: A -4 sub-terrestrial converted WWII army tunnel otherwise known as ‘Studio Faust Records’ in Prague, Czech Republic.

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