released in 2023, Manuka is the debut release from the NorthShip.
Multi instrumentalist Sam Sloane arranges stark, haunting songs to a back drop of lo fi beats, reverb drenched guitars and weathered voice.

10 Northwind

09 No Sinking Sun

08 Stirring

07 Loose Stone

06 Current

05 Turn Yourself Wild

04 Cedar

03 Charlie

02 Tending Fire

01 New Colours

Vir - Joy in Space

Vir are a post punk, noise pop trio based in the SF Bay Area,who love fuzz pedals, loops and lots of delay.

Comprised of Sam Sloane (Vox, Guitar) Natasha Arens (Bass) and Jeff Paul (Drums), Vir experiment with elements of post punk, psychedelic noise and shoegaze to conjure up a glacial, dark and dynamic sound. Based in Oakland, CA but with roots in Christchurch New Zealand, Vir has a binding affinity with many Kiwi post-punk trios such as the Gordons, Bailter Space and HDU.

Based in Oakland,
CA, the band sounds like My Bloody Valentine colliding with Doves, yet it also has roots in Christchurch New Zealand, giving the band an affinity with many Kiwi post-punk trios such as the Gordons, Bailter Space and HDU.

"Engineers" shows a sophisticated, dynamically strong band that's not afraid to evolve or go to dark places. With swooping guitar riffs, psychedelic noise, inventive bass lines and brilliantly-processed vocals from Sam Sloane (Vox, Guitar), Vir's music weaves a hypnotic magic in the shoegaze tradition, yet remains more experimental, avant garde and ominous than many of their counterparts. Intoxicating and sufficiently spaced out, Vir's sound is also well crafted, precise and masterful in its reverb-drenched sonic effects
and methodical atmospheric layering.

Opening track (and first single) "Joy in Space" and title track "Engineers" kick off the album with a one-two punch. Other standout tracks include "Burn the House Down" which vacillates between gorgeous plucked
melodies to waves of darkness and distortion and "H.264", with its melancholy trumpet intro that slowly devolves into a Velvet Underground-style tribal dirge. The album closes gracefully, with an elegiac beauty, "2
Chord", reminiscent of those softer, prettier shoegaze Gods of yore like Slowdive, with dreamy gorgeous reverb and delicate vocals.

Having already amassed a quickly growing Bay Area fan base, "Engineers" could be the album that shoots the band into the stratosphere, where their music has already been residing.

Vir - Engineers

as of 2016...Working on another record

Engineers is the 3rd lp from Post punk, Shoegaze trio Vir due May 28 2012.
Based in Oakland, CA, the band sounds like (insert band here) colliding with (INSERT DIFFERENT BAND HERE), yet it also has roots in Christchurch New Zealand, giving the band an affinity with many Kiwi post-punk trios such as (BANDS)

"Engineers" shows a sophisticated, dynamically strong band that's not afraid to evolve or go to dark places. With swooping guitar riffs, psychedelic noise, inventive bass lines and brilliantly-processed vocals from Sam Sloane (Vox, Guitar), Vir's music weaves a hypnotic magic in the shoegaze tradition, yet remains more experimental, avant garde and ominous than many of their counterparts.Intoxicating and sufficiently spaced out, Vir's sound is also well crafted, precise and masterful in its reverb drenched sonic effects and methodical atmospheric layering.

Opening track (and first single) "Joy in Space" and title track "Engineers" kick off the album with a one-two punch. Other standout tracks include "Burn the House Down" which vacillates between gorgeous plucked melodies to waves of darkness and distortion and "H.264", with its melancholy trumpet intro that slowly devolves into a Velvet Underground-style tribal dirge. The album closes gracefully, with an elegiac beauty, "2 Chord", reminiscent of those softer, prettier shoegaze Gods of yore like Slowdive, with
dreamy gorgeous reverb and delicate vocals.

Having already amassed a quickly growing Bay Area fan base, "Engineers" could be the album that shoots the band into the stratosphere, where their music has already been residing.

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