November 2019

Songs We Like - November 2019

2019 - 10

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Novembre 2019

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Five Things We Liked This Week - 22/11/19

Bon. 12

neo boys - nothing to fear

the cardinals - hatchet face

the jerms - bald headed woman

les homards violets - le clodo

Not Alone

case of blues

babes in black

You tried to wait
You tried to show me
You could relate
You’re on my side

And in your way
You think you owe me
A price to pay
That’s unsettled 

Sure and sure enough

And so decades 
Begin to own me
I lose the dates 
I lost the time

A slow decay
I lost the glow of you
You couldn’t relate
I’m on your side

Sure and sure enough


For The Win

For the Win

The second single off of Margaux's debut EP, "More Brilliant is the Hand that Throws the Coin" (due out November, 2019, on Massif Records). 

Written and performed by Margaux
Mixed and produced by Sahil Ansari 
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Released on Massif Records
Album art by Rachel Hayden

Cave In (Single)

Plane Ride

Walking on a String

Taken from the new album "Eternity Bay" out now. Buy / listen: https://smarturl.it/eternitybay

Eternity Bay

The Saxophones - New Taboo

‘Eat the Etiquette’ is the new single from Mush’s newly announced debut album 3D Routine due out on 14 February 2020 via Memphis Industries. ‘Eat the Etiquette,’ described by lead singer Dan Hyndman as a “a bit of a stream of consciousness type rant”, takes aim at the use of ‘common sense’ as societal weapon; the “sick laughing track of malicious intent” making a mockery of progressive ideas, while “manufactured sense” helps maintain the underlying and iniquitous structures of wealth and power.  

Following on from their ‘Induction Party E.P’, Leeds based Mush are circulating their own sonic mythology, blurring the lines between abstract surrealism, existentialism and social commentary. Like its predecessor ‘3D Routine’ is a sensory overload of clattering, hooky, guitar work. However, this time space emerges between the onslaughts and in this respite, room is found for new emotional depth. More expansive than ever before, ‘3D Routine’ manages to maintain the rawness of a classic debut but it’s experimentation and variety portray a band unlikely to rest on their ‘guitar band’ chops. 

Songwriter Dan Hyndman explains the genesis of the band as being “fairly boiler plate” a combination of friends old and new converging in Leeds post-Uni to form a band predominantly united in their mutual affection for the Pavement back catalogue. Finally settling on a lineup of Nick Grant (bass), Tyson (guitar) and Phil Porter (drums) the band’s progression has taken them far beyond this original vision. 

Having garnered local attention in the early days for their unhinged and often calamitous live shows in Leeds, it was the unlikely radio hit ‘Alternative Facts’, (clocking in at an uncompromising ten minutes) that brought the Mush to the attention of a wider audience. The song, one of the last releases for the legendary Too Pure Singles Club saw early support from Marc Riley and others on BBC 6music with them playing multiple sessions, and the follow up single, ‘Gig Economy’ hopping onto the 6music playlist. Roaming further afield from their hometown, Mush spent the first half of 2019 heading out around the UK, earning a reputation for their intense live performances, supporting the likes of Girl Band, The Lovely Eggs, Yak, Shame and Stereolab, as well as releasing the ‘Induction Party’ EP to great acclaim. At the tail end of summer of 2019 Mush headed to Leeds’ Green Mount Studio and with Andy Savours (Dream Wife, Our Girl, My Bloody Valentine) manning the mixing desk, their debut LP, ‘3D Routine’ was born.

If the EP was intended as admittance to the cult, ‘3D Routine’ is a fully-fledged manifesto for the age of misinformation. The twin disciplines of surrealism and realism collide in the data stream, creating the absurdity of modern times. It’s more than the lyrical content that’s mercurial with Mush. Tracks such as ‘Revising My Fee’s incisive yet worldly lyrics comment on the work/life balance, income to rent ratios and the increasingly worrying financial landscape for the younger generation, all set against a backdrop of a decade of austerity: “meal-deal critique, aspirational creed”. It’s a vital and instructive opener for the record, setting the tone for what comes next. 

The way in which the album brazenly moves from polished 3- minute punk tracks, to avant-garde spoken word, to sardonic-political funk, whilst sounding like the same band is testament to an uncompromisingly unrefined ethic and compounds the jarring nature of Mush. Together, the songs form a unified, abrasive, emotive, frenetic and entirely beguiling concoction of sound and opinion, a fast-moving snapshot of current times, relatable, politically minded and incredibly personal. Music for those who want their guitars loud and weird, and their political commentary a little less ‘on the nose’.

Eat The Ettiquette

Mush - Eat The Etiquette

GONE...
...all those things that did me wrong
now my life is moving on
this i've wanted for so long
from my life you're gone:

PAIN
once had driven me insane
washed away by summer rain
found new strength to carry on
from my life you're gone

RAGE
once it locked me in a cage
now i'm going to turn the page
i'll keep calm and carry on
from my life you're gone

TEARS:
like the ones I've cried for years
but now i've conquered all my fears
i can smile and stay so strong
from my life you're gone

DOUBT
when my confidence ran out
brighter things I learned about
now i've learned to trust someone
from my life you're gone

Music written and performed by Chris Syme
Artwork by Chris Syme using royalty-free photographs from Unsplash.com by Mohamed Nohassi and Thor Alvis 
https://unsplash.com/@coopery
https://unsplash.com/@terminath0r

Gone

Into The Woods

PHOTO IMAGE BY: Alexandros Dimitriadis
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1534888793309453&set=a.139785662819780&type=3&theater

THE FRITZ   '' Hostiches ''

The Slow Rush

It Might Be Time

Dispossession

C.E.O

London Lovers

Dama

'Kaila Bagātība' written for Naba music compilation album Skalbe.Dzirnavās inspired by the tale Kitty's Water Mill/ Kaķīša Dzirnavas by Latvian writer Kārlis Skalbe. It's reminding how worthless all these material things are if one day we gonna die anyway, without a chance to take our treasures with us.
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Music - ELIZABETE BALČUS
Lyrics - Imants Daksis
Mix - Silvestrs Zemgals Audioworks.lv

Idea and production - RadioNABA - Anete Enikova, Madars Štramdiers

Publisher - NABA MUSIC / MELO RECORDS
Producer - Radio NABA

Kaila Bagātība

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SUPERSTAR (I Speak Machine cover)

First single from the Parisian quintet's second album "Juillet", out January 24th, 2020 via Trouble In Mind Records.
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En Attendant Ana "Words" (Trouble In Mind Records)

from CS024: FALLE »Expectations« – out on 12.12.2019
https://cutsurface.bandcamp.com/album/expectations
https://www.facebook.com/fallefallefalle

Falle - Expectation

Acerbic yet winsome Scottish indiepoppers The Just Joans return with the dazzlingly maudlin The Private Memoirs and Confessions of the Just Joans, a deeply personal collection of songs that hazily recall the past and contemplate the futility of the future. 

A titular twist on the classic gothic horror novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by compatriot James Hogg, the new album is the follow-up to 2017’s You Might Be Smiling Now… and contains the kind of melodies and mockery that led Uncut to class the band as the point at which “Stephin Merritt lies down with The Vaselines.”

At the forefront remain the mischievous lyrics and heartfelt vocals of siblings David and Katie Pope, aided and abetted by Chris Elkin on lead guitar, Fraser Ford on bass guitar and Jason Sweeney on drums. Yet it is the recruitment of multi-instrumentalist Arion Xenos and guest appearance of Butcher Boy’s Alison Eales to arrange strings that have helped elevate the band’s music to new heights. 

Their progression is most noticeable on lead single “Dear Diary, I Died Again today”, a painfully beautiful admission of everyday anxiety and “When Nietzsche Calls”, the triumphant cry of a spurned lover revelling in the misery of their ex to a backdrop of trumpets and violins. The juxtaposition of the fragility shown in these tracks with the menace of “Wee Guys (Bobby’s Got A Punctured Lung)” – an observation and understanding of the casual violence that once cast a shadow over the band’s hometown – highlights The Just Joans’ ability to seamlessly flip between sensitivity and danger, and sums up why Highway Queens described them as the “perfect Glasgow kiss.”

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of the Just Joans is a veritable smorgasbord of misery, longing and unrequited love; stories of small town resentments, half-forgotten school friends, failing relationships and awkward workplace conversations. As David explains: “It’s a collection torn from the pages of the diary I haven’t kept over the past 25 years. There are songs about places and people I vaguely remember, feelings I think that I once may have felt and the onset of middle-aged ennui.”

Despite entering new territory with the addition of brass and strings, they have nevertheless maintained the DIY ethos that made them darlings of the underground indie-pop scene, with each song on the album recorded and produced by the band in various gloomy bedrooms around Glasgow.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of The Just Joans

The One I Loathe The Least

The Just Joans - The One I Loathe The Least

from the new EP, 'Killed by Roses', worldwide release 24 January 2020
format: Digital
cat no: HALC029

Written & Produced by https://soundcloud.com/naked
Artwork by Dennis Schoenberg (photography) and Collin Fletcher (design)

NAKED - BITE (HALC029)

Dream Wife

Slumlord

Recorded at Premises Studios
Produced by Neil Goody
Mixed by Thomas Mitchener
Mastered by Robin Schmidt

Temporary Secretary

Chicago, IL label founded in 2009 with releases by NIGHTSHIFT, Writhing Squares, FACS, Melenas, En Attendant Ana, Mountain Movers, Headroom & more - Cop It. Don't Swap it.

En Attendant Ana "Words" (Trouble In Mind Records)

TroubleInMind