Shoegaze/Noise Pop (January-February 2016) Playlist

Welcome to Song, by Toad's MAGIC BEANZ! This is a wee sampler of six new band's we'll be working with this year - a complete rejuvenation of the label, in many ways.

We'll be releasing stuff by our more established collaborators of course, but 2015 will be dominated by the new people.

In February we have Le Thug's six-song vinyl EP 'Place Is' - electronic-infused shoegaze with gorgeous, dreamy vocals. 

Then in April the debut album by Garden of Elks, called 'A Distorted Sigh', which is all short, sharp, punchy as fuck indie rock songs. Picking the singles from this was a bit of a challenge as they're pretty much all singles.

Ian Turnbull from Broken Records has his own album coming out too - a beautiful collection of instrumental drone and detail, out as limited run vinyl under the name of digitalanalogue in March.

Then in May we have Greco-Portuguese newcomers Numbers Are Futile, whose hypnotic, percussive album of thrumming electronica is called 'Sunlight on Black Horizon'.

We're still waiting on a final mix, so we don't have a release date, but either early Summer or mid-Autumn will see Edinburgh's sludgey, shoegazey indie rockers Plastic Animals release their debut album 'Pictures From the Blackout'.

And finally, in February we'll be recording some more stuff with Passion Pusher, whose Couch King EP we released in November 2014 on cassette.

So 2015 will be all about the new kids at Song, by Toad, but don't worry, Adam Stafford has a new record on the way, we have a Split 10" with Rob St. John and Woodpigeon and Meursault have disintegrated and been re-born again as Supermoon, and Jonnie Common has all sorts of ideas too, so we won't be unrecognisable, just with a youthful spring in our collective step. 

Enjoy, and have a fantastic New Year yourselves.

Cheers,
    Matthew

Le Thug - Basketball Land

DOWNLOAD (free) https://glider-glider.bandcamp.com/releases

contact: louienewlands@yahoo.com

Guest vocals from flo(rence) jo(nes) 

artwork by our friend: https://www.facebook.com/sophielizaillustration

recorded mixed and mastered by Dan E Brown at his studio

 bass and additional technical help from Dan,

everything else by glider (louie and tom)



stinger

DROWN

"Late Bloomer" is the lead track from our recently completed cassette EP, called Concentration, and out on February 5th via Touchy Feely Records. 

It follows The Thrall, our September 2014 debut full-length, and serves as a short teaser before we enter the studio to record a new batch of songs for our next full-length with Dylan Wall (Craft Spells, Weed, Naomi Punk) in the first week of March!

Pre-order here: https://touchyfeelyrecords.bandcamp.com/merch

The set was engineered and produced by Robert Comitz (Hornet Leg, Marriage + Cancer, K Records), who did the same work on our previous release. The Thrall was listed as an 'Essential Portland Album of 2014' by The Oregonian and received positive reviews. One or more of our members are active in other local bands within the same scene, including Havania Whaal and Wet Trident.

Thank you for listening,

lubec.bandcamp.com/
lubecmusic@gmail.com

"So now when I pry my eyes open to play a bit of a mindless video game, I will also duct tape the headphones to my ears, glue the volume control on the highest setting with Lubec in the player, and just let it all go into blissful meltdown" - Tiny Mix Tapes

"Lubec blazes through the thick, fuzzy clouds of the Pacific Northwest with driving, melodic tunes." - Impose

"They are among the city's elite loud-pop heavyweights." - The Portland Mercury

"Lubec is a band that bounces well off the walls, forming the occasional bruise or bloody mark, but usually in the shape of something beautifully deceiving" - Impression of Sound


"Late Bloomer"

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Bandcamp: https://seaoftranquilityhk.bandcamp.com
Streetvoice: http://www.streetvoice.com/seaoftranquility

Music by Sea of Tranquility
Recording and Mixing by AK Kan & Sam Ng
Graphic by Tommy Liu

Cadence Demo

Buzzing flowers ecstasy

we are young
so we untie
we are young
we get tired

walking on rooftops, feel so heavy
I could never leave you if you let me try
go on and let me try

steady now
but falling slack,
stepping out
but falling back

under-passing all your dreaming
I'll admit feeling a little uneasy about
you want to cut me out

just one more take
I'm still feeling my way
still feeling my way

we are caught
so we unwind,
we are caught
till we untie

talk about leaving here together
one more try it'll all get better I doubt
you want to work it out

just one more take
I'm still feeling my way
still feeling my way

Little Uneasy

04 Limpid

Off the album entitled "Trust" coming soon on cassette tape and digital download via Valencia DIY on February 29th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzgSU6iLla8

Do you trust me
I don't think you do
Do you trust me
I don't think you do

I don't see why not
Cause all I do, is care for you
I don't see why not 
Cause all I do, is love you

Trust

http://beko.bandcamp.com/album/beko-maria-false-spades

Maria False - Spades

Wild Patterns is a tiny music blog with a taste for dreamy vibes, hazy textures and deep feels. Covered genres include: dream pop, shoegaze, psych pop, bedroom pop, slowcore, ambient, chillwave/glo-fi, witch house, wave, alternative r&b, alt pop etc.