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The Sun Is Shining

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After releasing two critically acclaimed albums that evaded the trappings of contemporary psychedelia, Jackson Scott’s heavily drone-rock and shoegaze influenced new outfit, Votaries, reasserts that an unabashed indifference to musical trends continues to suit his songwriting.

Undulating guitars and lyrics that wantonly explore themes of eradication, annihilation, temptation, rage, and paradise recall Spaceman 3’s drug-tinged insouciance, while ethereally layered vocal harmonies pay homage to the singular production achievements of pioneers like My Bloody Valentine.

The resulting sound is somehow greater than the sum of its parts. Songs like the rhythmically propelled “Delusion” and punchy, bass-driven “Rainbow Death Revisited” explore territories not yet charted by any of the greats and show that Psychometry, transcendent as it may be, is merely a hint of what is to come as Scott devoutly continues to push his musical boundaries.

~ Limited edition of 500 records ~

NPR: Review – Jackson Scott Sunshine Redux
The Asheville-via-Pittsburgh native hasn't yet learned how to hold back, and here's hoping he never does…Sunshine Redux rips a mental seam that will be difficult to mend, as its loose, bright essence spills out across the ages
PITCHFORK: Review – Jackson Scott Melbourne
[7.7 out of 10] This promising debut album from the young North Carolina-based singer/songwriter mixes the lysergic creepiness of Syd Barrett with more straight-forward and hooky guitar jams indebted to indie rock
PITCHFORK: Rising – “Jackson Scott”
This young Syd Barrett acolyte makes cassette-hiss pop from the comfort of his Asheville, North Carolina, home

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Votaries - Succumb

All songs  written, performed and mixed by Jummy Aremu
Recorded on Tascam 488
Mastered by Paul Gold
Cover Art by Kat J. Weiss
All songs by © 2018 Jummy Aremu, all rights reserved

Getaway

Stepping out of a six month hibernation with our best foot forward, Finders Keepers Records Radio Show returns from our beauty sleep to a breakfast of French toast, croissants, strong coffee and a refreshing pint of petrol with-a-rag-stuffed-in-the-top! Marking 50 years exactly since the Mai 68 riots in Paris, your faithful hosts take you on a two hour journey in recognition of the huge and immediate cultural shift in French art, literature and music including  the rise of forward-thinking, philosophical, thematic pop music which made France the forerunners and undisputed maverick masters of the concept album. Discussing a genre that arguably peaked with Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier's notorious Histoire De Melody Nelson, your faithful FKRR hosts,  Andy Votel, Doug Shipton and Pete Mitchell dig much much deeper into their vintage vinyl vaults to trace the sonic origins of feature-length French Psychedelia while they attempt to authenticate the first French concept album and trace a bloodline of existential spoken word French Funk and gritty fuzz-fuelled symphonic rock which would go-on to shape the future sound of all French pop and its inimitable sprawling legacy. Punctuated with tracks from the insanely rare Popera Cosmic LP (an LP devised by teenagers Francois Wertheimer and Jean-Michel Jarre) which formed the foundations of the Gallic galactic narrative psychpop phenomena, this two hour special hopes to open your eyes and ears to a world you always wanted to explore, but perhaps never knew existed, with an interchangeable cast and family tree that eventually branched out to the start of French cosmic disco and synth pop while influencing the sampled sound of progressive European pop music for almost a semi-century. 

From science fiction to malediction... From astrology to astronomy... From hypnosis to psychosis... via stone faces to cabbage heads...this show hears a fine return to form for Finders Keepers, celebrating controversial lost-pop and a bygone political hotbeds which they might call their perfect comfort zone. It's gonna be hard to cram it all in into one show but "The Revolution Will Not Be Sequelised". Ceci n'est pas une POP.

Finders Keepers Radio -  French Concept Album Special

Emerging from a dream and a nightmare, War Violet is a New York-based producer, musician and songwriter. “Blending sounds evocative of ‘60s pop, dreamy lo-fi, and jangly folk as it builds, her first EP “Getaway” creates a cocktail of sunny sounds. The song’s slowing and quickening of pace captures the dreamy freedom of the season” (Atwood Magazine). 

Fast forward to now with her debut album complete, made with her ever-growing group of friends and collaborators, her sound has evolved into a vast landscape that explores darker themes such as isolation, alienation, identity, and loss. 

War Violet is the harsh truth, yet there is beauty. She aims to bring the beauty of darkness and wonder wherever she plays. 

“And you can do it too, there are no rules…”

https://warviolet.bandcamp.com/album/getaway

Contact info:
Email: olajumoke.aremu@gmail.com

Getaway

War Violet

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