My selections for November 2019. Hear the full playlist at http://www.birp.fm

BIRP! November 2019

Recorded by Ian Doerr, Jeremy Lee Given, and Josh Northcutt 
Mixed by Mark Leombruni
Mastered at Machines With Magnets by Seth Manchester and Keith Souza

88ers

Lyrics:
Waking on your own it's just too bad
That every morning go I try to make those stacks
Well reelin' in the years just makes you sad
Say mea culpa's to yourself until you can't

Well I was born to the right of every score
And you are home to delight and nothin' more
We're singing glory to it all
Glory to it all

Well I'm in the background singin' songs
While you knew the secret art of getting what you want
It's hard to explain just how you got
To be my number one best lover of the 'aughts

Well I was born to the right of every score
And you are home to delight and nothin' more
We're singing glory to it all
Glory to it all

Super Sad Rom-Com

The Secret Art

Morning TV's second single off their upcoming EP 'Sun'

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Get It Right

Pre-order now: https://smarturl.it/usedtoyesterday

Smokescreens began as a love letter to the Flying Nun scene of the 1980’s and it’s outlying bands. Chris Rosi and Corey Cunningham had become friends when the pair toured together in their bands Plateaus and Terry Malts in 2011. By 2015 both had moved to Los Angeles where they began the band in earnest with Rosi on guitar and Cunningham on bass. After getting their sea legs playing the bars and bowling alleys of Southern California, the duo recruited engineer/drummer Jon Greene to help them commit their shambolic paeans to kiwi pop onto tape. Recorded in a disused dairy factory and mixed in mono, their self-titled debut came out on Cunningham’s label Parked In Hell in February of 2017 and was reissued by Spain’s Meritorio Records later that summer.

After the passing of Jon Greene, the pair re-grouped with drummer Brice Bradley and bassist Jenny Moffett, a move that enabled Cunningham to switch to lead guitar and keyboards. The group worked tirelessly, nurturing their sound and writing batches of songs with steadfast dedication. They soon decamped to Primitive Ears, a small studio in North Hollywood, where they tracked the 10 songs that make up "Used To Yesterday." After a handful of quicksilver sessions, the group brought the tapes to producer Kyle Mullarky (The Allah-lahs) who created a final mix that really captures the band's rhythmic drive and melodic verve.

"Used To Yesterday" continues Smokescreen’s zeal for New Zealand pop but also incorporates influences from the more melodic side of Messthetics-era DIY pop and expands into classic indie pop territory, a natural fit for the group’s new label Slumberland Records. First single "The Lost Song" perfectly encapsulates where the band is coming from on this new record; literally a lost demo from the group's earliest days, it is here given a NZ-meets-Athens GA arrangement, galloping along at an urgent clip and packed with guitars that strum and jangle in magical unison.

Where Smokescreens really excel is in the quality of their songwriting and the ability to incorporate a disparate set of influences while still forging their own sound and identity. The song "Used To Yesterday" is classic power-pop, riding a chunky three chord riff and leavened by a bright, clanging lead. Elsewhere we find nods to The Velvet Underground ("Fool Me"), The Clean ("Someone New") and SF's beloved The Aislers Set ("Waiting For Summer"). Smokescreens are such skilled writers and keen students of sound that their cover of the über-obscure NZ band Wasp Factory's "Steel Blue Skies" fits in seamlessly. Album closer "Falling Down" could be a lost single from LA's paisley underground and definitely leaves the listener itching to hear where the band goes next.

Used To Yesterday

Smokescreens - Someone New

THE MOTION - 3AM

A Million Sunflowers

1979

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbIcCzrMYEI

Mount Sharp's first new release in 5 years. Hello.

lyrics:
Surely I’m not made of bone and blood 
Surely I’m something that’s never or always been 
Am I still earning your love? 
Do I remind you of someone you could dream of? 

Surely you know me (at least you have known) 
And in knowing can let me go 
Am I still earning your love? 
Do I remind you of someone you could dream of? 
You know I could almost thank you 
For growing my apostate crowd 

Surely they can see a change is gonna come 
And in seeing raise the flag and roll the drums 
Am I still earning your love? 
Do I remind you of someone who could ever be enough? 
You know I could almost thank you 
For growing my apostate crowd
credits
releases July 19, 2019 
Produced by Brian Sendrowitz 
Recorded and mixed at Miracle Flag in Bellmore, NY 
Mastered by Sarah Register 
Art by Jenna Breiter

Apostate

Mailorder Vinyl LP / Tape:
https://communityrecords.limitedrun.com/products/661093-nova-one-lovable-lp

Mailorder Vinyl / Tape

NOVA ONE - violet dreams

Our New Album 'Celebrated By Strangers' is available for pre-order now: https://C-A.lnk.to/CAS

https://www.catholicaction.co.uk/
https://instagram.com/catholicaction
https://www.facebook.com/catholicactionband/
https://twitter.com/_CatholicAction

Catholic Action - People Don't Protest Enough

produced by Ben Talmi and Luke Olson
drums by Dan Drohan
4AM co-written by Luke Olson and Silas Short
Heart Beat Runnin, Honest, All The Way tonight co-written by Luke Olson and Anthony Olson

All The Way Tonight

All Or Enough

Recorded at The Hobby Shop Studio West in Highland Park, CA Produced by Trends and Andrew Murdock
Engineered by Marina Paiz 
Mixed by Andrew Murdock
Mastered by Mike Wells

Branches

Trends

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