Written and performed by LUMER.
Recorded and mixed by Alex Greaves at The Nave, Leeds. 
Produced by Alex Greaves and LUMER. 
Mastered by Pete Maher.

By Her Teeth

Lunchbox's Tim Brown and Donna McKean have been making records in their Oakland, California basement for two decades, inspired by 1960s/70s AM-radio pop and TV show theme music, punk, C86, and mod à la the Creation and the Jam. From the sonically-inventive indiepop of "The Magic of Sound" (1999) to the dub-influenced psychedelia of "Evolver" (2001) to the critically-acclaimed bubblegum of "Lunchbox Loves You" (2013), the couple have established a sound all their own.

Their new album for Slumberland, "After School Special," finds them at the height of their powers of songcraft and performance. Donna's bass playing stakes out stylistic territory somewhere between Carol Kaye and John Entwhistle while Tim's guitar is equal parts 12-string jangle and clipped Orange Juice-esque funk. Horns by Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor) and longtime collaborator Jeremy Goody drive the record from beginning to end. Evelyn Davis' delay-drenched keyboards combine with whispers of analog tape feedback to give the record an otherworldly vibe in keeping with its lyrical themes.

There, favorite seasons (autumn) and animals (cats), appear alongside love and death, ghosts and reincarnation. From the shimmering opener "Dream Parade" to the horn-driven mod-pop of "Hide and Seek," the groovy sixties R&B vibe of "I Really Wanna Know" and the haunting male-female vocal stylings of the  album-closing title track, the textures shift while the unity of artistic vision remains. Catchy as hell and beautifully packaged, "After School Special" is Lunchbox at their very best.

After School Special

Lunchbox - I Really Wanna Know

Nightshift - Make Kin

Third album from this Philadelphia duo is a modern sci-fi masterpiece. Minimal synth, drum machine, saxophone & effected bass guitar grind and sputter over two LPs worth of psychedelic, industrial punk scree.

RIYL: Stooges, Cabaret Voltaire, Primitive Calculators, Suicide.

Released March 2021 via Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Writhing Squares - Rogue Moon

Gwir

Tacsidermi - Gwir

Lines Redacted

Hazmat Suits

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"Someone Like You"
The second single from Cliché Cult, released on 21/01/2021.

Written & Performed By Cliché Cult
Produced by Darius Kiani
Engineered by Tim Drucker and Darius Kiani
Recorded at Beat Street Studios, Leeds

Someone Like You

From Dark Tea's Sophomore self titled album out in April on Fire Talk. 

Pre Order: https://ffm.to/darktea

Dark Tea

Dark Tea - Highway Mile

Another Life

Hadda Be - Another Life

"Catch a Good Worm" is the first single from Floatie's upcoming album "Voyage Out," due out March 26th -https://explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/voyage-out

Floatie - Catch A Good Worm

‘It is true that Jaque M–– left Lisbon by boat in the winter of 1759, two hundred years to the day before the city opened its first metro system, and that he sailed with intentions of greatness and returned in disgrace, never speaking about why, or why he spent the rest of his life recreating scale-models of the buildings he claimed to have seen on the Arabian coast.’

Ski Saigon -  Burns The Winter Palace

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.

Writhing Squares - Rogue Moon

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