Situations

Pinback - Lyon

Premiered by Various Small Flames - https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2023/11/16/frog-twisted-fate

"Grog" LP Out Nov 17th: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/grog

New York duo Frog (brothers Danny & Steve Bateman) return with their fifth album “Grog.” This collection of gorgeous Indie Americana is full of the nostalgia, hope, defeat and lust that earned previous singles “Judy Garland” and “You Know I’m Down” several million streams on Spotify.

Eclectic and wildly creative, this fully realized LP veers from the gorgeous grooving funk of “Black on Black on Black” to the classic pop of “Maybelline” before “New Ro” exemplifies the “gothic and cartoonish” characteristics that songwriter Daniel Bateman describes his latest work with.

“Grog” will be released both CD and digitally on November 17th and launched with a performance at YoFi Fest 11 (Yonkers, NY) which accompanies a screening of their “Kings of Blah” documentary.

Artist Quote:

“There are really exciting places we were able to get to on this record, places that I didn’t know existed before I found them. It feels both gothic and cartoonish to me, big gargoyles, dark skies, storms, but the statues are of ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.’ Every song is a step deeper into the abyss.” - Daniel Bateman (Frog)

Previous Support: NPR / BBC Radio 1 / BBC 6 Music / TLOBF / CLASH / Gold Flake Paint / London In Stereo / DIY Mag / Various Small Flames / IMPOSE / Cereal & Sounds / For the Rabbits

Press Quotes:

"Addictive." - Stereogum

“I was taken aback by its apparent simplicity; a simplicity that at first masked a wealth of subtle nuances, wry homages, and nostalgic narratives that were enough to make listeners lament growing up anywhere other than suburban America.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Locked between the unstoppable force of self-deprecation and the immovable object of the American Dream.” – Various Small Flames

“A subtle, stunning triumph.” – For the Rabbits

“Utterly brilliant...they make you nostalgic for memories you never had and take you back to places you’ve never before been.” - London in Stereo

GROG

So Twisted Fate

Noble Experiment (Thinking Fellers Union Local 282) - demo

as time stands still

(non ai song by klark jackson)

[Verse 1]
Room in grey, the day won’t start,
Ceiling clouds and a restless heart,
Maps on the wall start pulling me through,
Every line feels like something new.
The air feels slow, but I don’t care,
There’s a world out there, I’ll meet it somewhere

[pre chorus]
somewhere new,
somewhere new.
To places unknown, anywhere but here.

[Chorus]
Let’s chase the sun through Tokyo rain,
Laugh on a beach, forget our names,
Run with the stars till the sky disappears,
Let’s go anywhere — anywhere but here,
anywhere but here,
anywhere but here,
anywhere but here.

[guitar solo]
[la's a few times]

[outro]
The globe keeps spinning, soft and clear,
I’ll find my soul in the atmosphere.
Anywhere but here,
Anywhere but here.

anywhere but here

Where Damage Isn't Already Done

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE "Hypnic Jerks" out Summer 2018 on Tiny Engines

Hypnic Jerks

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - hypnic jerks

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - mantra is repeated

Mortal Sport Argonaut

Helvetia - Nothing In Rambling (ab: "Nothing In Rambling")

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