The album "Where the Pavement Meets the Pines" is an acoustic journey navigating the intricate landscape of love and heartbreak. 

Empty Spaces in the Melody

Lesser

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

Fourth single from Cardiff Indie Rock band The Rotanas. Release date - 7.8.20

Figure It Out Alone

You Are My Home

Release 16th September on Big Indie Records

I Meant What I Said

"Got My Back to the Wind" is based on a night out I had where I found myself at the casino till the late hours of the morning. I pieced together moments and characters from the night as inspiration for the song and based the narrative around a larger-than-life main protagonist - a sharp dressed, martini-drinking gambler with attitude, rolling with the big time players.⁣
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The character finds himself winning effortlessly and thinking he can do no wrong. Draped in woman, with pockets full of money, and completely out of his mind, he eventually stumbles out of the casino in the early hours of the morning looking for the next adventure. ⁣
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"Got My Back to the Wind" is the high before the hangover.

⁣- Geoff

Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight

Got My Back to the Wind

From Teenage Terrified 12" out 11th Dec 2020
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LYRICS

You made me supersad
By dumping me in the trash
No toxic waste and not a spider bite
could give me power to put my heart back right

My tough arms can tear you limb from limb
And sharp teeth just wanna dig on in
Yeah, I can fly or turn invisible
But it's no good I'm fucking miserable

Cos I thought we could do everything
But right now I can't do anything

I'm sorry, I'm not giving in
On the city that I'm living in
God I hope it's the kind of place
Days I save never go away

Cos I thought we could do everything
But right now I can't do anything

HAMBURGER - Supersad

Corners

Following on from 2016's "Ocean Blue" EP and 2018's "September Love" LP, Stockholm's Stephen's Shore are back with a brand new EP entitled "Brisbane Radio".

The lead single is "Brisbane Radio", ”a streets of Stockholm popsong".

Pre-order the limited 7" EP or digital. Link in Bio.

Stephen's Shore - Brisbane Radio

from the forthcoming album 'SECONDS'.

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pbWM5UOoE

Bandcamp - https://thedeathofpop.bandcamp.com/

The Death Of Pop - Miles


The Death of Pop are Angus James and Oliver James

Produced by: The Death of Pop - Mastered by Rik Dowding 
Drums: Thom James