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Mystic Braves - "Desert Island" (LP/CASS/CD)
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PSYCHEDELIC POP FROM YOUR FAVORITE LOLIPOP HEART THROBS, MYSTIC BRAVES!!! RECORDED, ENGINEERED, MANUFACTURED & DISTRIBUTED BY LOLIPOP RECORDS!!! GOTTA GET IT!!!
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MYSTIC BRAVES - "Desert Island"

We Are Wood - Deathtrap

https://losttraveler.bandcamp.com/album/no-continuity-and-order
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デモ百七十九

Full Album Here!

PRE-ORDER 7-inch HERE: https://beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mean-green-7

If it takes any more than fifteen seconds to hear what “mean” means to the Michigan men who make up Heaters, pick up the needle and start again. “Mean Green” is the A-side track of the band’s new seven-inch single from Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records, presenting a surf-centric slab of sonic stomp that doubles as a definition of “mean.”

In the case of Heaters, “mean” is meant in the context that might be used to describe a 1970 GTO piloted by a jittery Warren Oates – not belligerent, but aggressive, blank-eyes staring at the horizon, fueled by dread and ready to accelerate into the nearest dangerous curve. What’s “green” about “Mean Green” then seems to be Heaters ability to glide into this path naturally, snaking absolutely without hesitation through the song’s tight turns in a way that’s insistent and invigorating.

The flipside of the single, “Levitate Thigh,” proves the band to be possessed by the power of rock and roll, initially bringing the tempo to a stuttering slow-roll, before Heaters are once again the willing captives of a Seeds-level web of sounds, guitar snarl, feedback and drums creating the trap in which the band has no chance – and no desire – to escape.
– RevoltoftheApes.com

Heaters - Mean Green

Lumerians - Silver Trash

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Right On

Exclusive 7" released as part of the Too Pure Singles Club on May 27th. 

A digital copy can be purchased at: http://hookworms.bandcamp.com

Limited to 750 Copies.

Recorded by MJ at Suburban Home
Mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road
Artwork by Anna Peaker

Radio Tokyo

Taken from the Boiling Point/Promise Land 12", out 5th Feb 2021. Pre-order here - https://smarturl.it/BadwanCoxon

A collaboration between Faris Badwan (The Horrors / Cat’s Eyes) & renowned guitarist John Coxon (Spring Heel Jack / Spiritualized / Treader), Boiling Point/Promise Land is the first release of an ongoing collaborative series between Faris and other artists, details of which will be subsequently announced.

Badwan & Coxon met some years ago when Faris was looking for producers to work with on his solo material and their working relationship evolved beyond the existing songs into something more improvisational and instinctive. As Faris explains:

The new songs we ended up working on were largely spontaneous and cut together from early takes with minimal overdubbing. The lyrics were improvised and the focus was placed more on creating atmosphere and keeping things fairly raw and expressive. I guess I found it rewarding particularly with the guitar playing because it was so intuitive and completely free from any expectations of how a song should be constructed. There are hooks and repetitive sections but fewer traditional structures.

We tried to avoid doing any planning beforehand and focussed more on responding to what was happening in the moment. I guess the sessions were kind of a constant dialogue where we would each respond to the other's improvisation.

With Promise Land I began by improvising lyrics over a drone track John and I created. Some time later I came across “To Our Land” by Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian poet, and was struck by the similarities - there are a few lines that match really closely. Despite being half-palestinian myself this was a total accident and I know for sure I hadn’t seen Darwish’s piece before.

With Boiling Point the lyrics are almost the ghost of a narrative rather than an explicit story. I’m interested in the subconscious and how the hidden parts of your brain express themselves when given the opportunity. Looking back it was almost more about creating the right conditions for the subconscious to come out.

Boiling Point / Promise Land is out on Tough Love Records on Friday 5th February 2021 on DL and as a limited edition (500) 12” which includes a very limited run of 100 copies with hand painted sleeves by Faris which are available via Bandcamp. In keeping with the approach of the music, each design was improvised and instinctive. Faris added about the artwork:

What was interesting about it was the way the style of the designs naturally evolved as a result of having so many blank squares to fill - there's a really clear development from start to finish - beginning with angular lines filling the sleeve and ending with smoother, more minimal abstract shapes responding to the existing sleeve design. It ended up almost like a process-based art project where you work repetitively within really strict confines and let the results emerge organically.

Promise Land/Boiling Point (MP3)

Badwan/Coxon - Boiling Point

“We Are Wood is the music collective that takes you on a foggy journey to the beautiful end of the 60's. With convincing melodies and harmonies, We Are Wood shows with earlier EP and upcoming album that they make a big effort to revive this genre "- HYMN, Swedish online magazine for music and culture

We Are Wood was formed in Gothenburg, however, members are not sure when it occurred. But with an ever-changing line-up, and unconditional love for music, the collective creates its own version, blends old with new, but also at the same time gazes into the future. People from some of Gothenburg's finest acts, including: Den Stora Vilan, IKONS, Hills, Lamagaia, SonSon, Cult Of Boyda, and many more have been, and are still part of the collective. With its appreciated live performances, this band will send you on a jangly, droning, sunny, but also a bit melancholy journey through music history, and take some pit stops along its path at its brightest moments.

We Are Wood - Deathtrap

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