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Californian electronic duo Wet Satin (comprised of former Lumerians members Jason Miller and Marc Melzer)are releasing their new single ‘Golden Prawn’ The latest to be lifted from their incoming self-titled debut album out August 12th on Fuzz Club Records.

Taking a step away from the brain-frying space-rock/psych wig-outs harnessed in their 15 years playing together in Lumerians, Wet Satin deals in what the duo call “Kosmische Tropicale” – an expression of reverence and enthusiasm growing from a long-time shared obsession with lost Cosmic Disco, Cumbia, Afrofunk and Library Music records. “We wanted to make something fun. Not too serious, but not frivolous either. Something that paid respect to its influences by adding a square to the quilt rather than trying to make a replica.”

Wet Satin is a new project that got underway when the pair disbanded Lumerians in 2020 and then proceeded to suddenly have a lot of unplanned downtime for some reason. Borne out of a desire to offer up a more uplifting and hedonistic respite from our reigning hellscape, Miller says of Wet Satin’s intentions: “We started writing this album during a pretty bleak and heavy time, which I guess sort of sounds like ‘we started writing this album on a Wednesday’ now, but that’s sort of the point too. There’s an endless buffet of suffering you have a lifetime pass to gorge yourself on whenever you want it, but there’s also a lesser-known dance club attached where you can work off some of those doom calories. Music has the ability to alter your environment and take you somewhere else. We genuinely had a lot of fun writing and recording this. The process fell somewhere in between over-indulgence and necessary catharsis, but it achieved a kind of balance in the end. It’s a travel brochure for a very specifically peculiar psychological terrain. We think you’ll have fun there. Try the hot springs.”

New single “Golden Prawn” is a surreal science fiction odyssey, powered by oxygen deprivation, that takes place at the bottom of a swimming pool.

“We recorded this last summer in a basement in Grass Valley, California. It captures the feeling of a surreal summer, reframed as a sort of psychedelic Cumbia science fiction odyssey that takes place at the bottom of a swimming pool. We were watching lots of experimental films and listening to synth-driven Colombian music, which we found a comforting alternative to an increasingly bizarre news cycle and fractured shared reality.”

The album arrives on 180g baby pink vinyl and is included in the August Fuzz Club Membership package. There is also an exclusive LEVITATION Edition available in the US on cream vinyl with pink + orange splatter.

Wet Satin’s self-titled debut album, due out August 12 on Fuzz Club Records.

Dion Lunadon is a New Zealand born musician. He is known for being the guitarist and singer of The D4 and bass player in A Place To Bury Strangers. He is also known for his high energy and often unpredictable stage presence.

After releasing his self titled debut album in 2017, Dion Lunadon is set to release his sophomore album – “Beyond Everything” June 10th via In The Red Records. “Beyond Everything” will be his first release on In The Red Records (an ideal match for his music) as well as his first full length since departing A Place To Bury Strangers. Written, performed and recorded by Dion, the songs tap into a raw, palpable energy that blur the line between the music and the person. Drums on the record were played by Blaze Bateh (Bambara) and Nick Ferrante (The Black Hollies).

Dion says “The record was written and recorded sporadically between 2017 and 2019. I probably wrote about 100 songs during this period. The first album was pretty relentless which I liked but I wanted to make something more dynamic for the 2nd record. Something that could be more conducive to repeated listens. I’d get in my studio, come up with a song title, and start working on any ideas that I had. For example, with “Elastic Diagnostic“, the idea was to create a hum that evokes the sound of life coursing though your body. Everything else kind of formed around that idea.”

Debut LP from Dion Lunadon (ex APTBS, The D4) reissued by Agitated Records. This LP’s barbed, primal garage-punk got some very heavy rotation first time around so we’re stoked that it’s back in stock.

Made in collaboration with Blau! Production. From the forthcoming album: “Beyond Everything” released June 10th, 2022

With US, UK & EU shows coming up soon, Night Beats are revisiting the ‘That’s All You Got’ single feat. Robert Levon Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) with a new video by Sergio Angot! Out today, you can watch the new video and pick up the last remaining copies of the 7″.

Describing the video, London-based film-maker Angot said: “In essence it’s an after-hours eulogy to life scurrying past our prime. The film follows the nocturnal rut of a janitor, laying bare their intimate struggle for the extraordinary. It is for the audience to decide whether this duality represents the delusions inflicted by a lacklustre existence or the vain melancholia of someone who, perhaps a long time before, had found themselves at the more glamorous end of showbiz.”

Danny Lee Blackwell wrote of the single: “That’s All You Got’ is a reminder that when the world tries to keep you down, we will have a flame. That eternal fire still burns and all we can do is keep going. The human spirit perseveres and love conquers all. I was honoured to work with one of the greatest writers I’ve had the pleasure of calling a friend, Robert. Hopefully this song can bring light to the darkness surrounding all of us.”

Luton dance-punk trio Regressive Left are releasing their incredible debut EP, ‘On The Wrong Side Of History’, today on Bad Vibrations! To celebrate the release the band are also sharing a new video for the ‘World On Fire’ track. Taking influence from the booming post-punk, funk and disco scenes of New York, Regressive Left’s sound is stark and danceable.

Angular guitar scratches meet dirty synth basslines, whilst Simon Tyrie’s Edwyn Collins croon is chased around by effervescent drums. The banal horror of life in Tory Britain expressed with sharp and dry wit, and then set to truly barnstorming and infectious dance music

On ‘World On Fire’, front-man Simon Tyrie says: “I don’t know if we’ll ever write a song that’s as obvious as this. It does what it says on the tin. We’re burning the world for the sake of investment portfolios, and hoping that so-called green stocks can save us, when the problem is the system itself.”

the debut EP “On The Wrong Side of History” out now on Bad Vibrations: regressiveleft.lnk.to/history

Swedish post-punk band Viagra Boys shared a video for their new single, “Punk Rock Loser.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, “Cave World“, which will be out on July 8th via YEAR0001.

“Punk Rock Loser” displays the band’s trademark wit and makes fun of guys who try to out-punk-rock each other. “I tried to warn ya that I’m bad and I’m loose/I’m looser than a piece of low hanging fruit,” frontman Sebastian Murphy sings. “And I don’t go to parties where folks get dressed up I go to the function just to fuck shit up/I warned you baby, that ain’t juice in my cup/It’s Promethazine and a little 7 Up.”

The song is accompanied by an equally amusing video directed by SNASK and featuring Murphy strutting through an Old West town shooting off his pistol nonchalantly.

Upon announcement of the new album in April, Viagra Boys shared the song “Ain’t No Thief,” They later shared the album track “Troglodyte,” . The Stockholm punks Viagra Boys “Cave World” channel the chaos of our crisis-riddled era on their latest. Satirical, tragicomic takedowns of the alt-right, anti-vaxxers and gun violence set to debauched, muscular post-punk grooves | Black LP

Their previous album, “Welfare Jazz“, came out last year via YEAR0001. “Cave World” Out July 8th 2022 on YEAR0001

Introducing the latest Uncut Special Edition, It’s a pleasure to introduce the latest of our Curated By…Editions, in which we invite a single artist to tell us, in depth, about their influences, their recordings – ultimately, about their life in music. This time around, it’s the turn of one of the world’s most unpredictable and best-loved bands: Pavement, now reconvened to play live for the first time in 12 years.

The full story of Pavement, by Pavement. Their work. Their words. Their life in music.

Each of the band’s members (and one prominent ex-member) has given us an idea of the music which was most influential on them, introducing features from our extensive archive of classic interviews. The band have also picked over the records nearest their stereos to choose (getting on for) 100 important albums in their lives. It’s been illuminating. Not only that, in a series of far-ranging new interviews, the band have told us all about their current reunion, and spoken in detail about making the impressive, freewheeling catalogue of music which has brought it about. From their debut EP “Slay Tracks 1933-1969” in 1989, to the grand and psychedelic “Terror Twilight” ten years later, here you’ll find the definitive history of their music – told in Pavement’s own words.

We’ve also made time to explore some lesser-known parts on the band’s story. We’ve tracked them across the globe from, Stockton, California in the 1970s and 80s to Hull, UK in the 1990s and all points in between, to join them at pivotal moments in their history. Along the way, we’ve unearthed rarely-seen photos – the Malkmus/Nastanovich/Berman house! – and important stories of key relationships. We’ve confronted them with the assertions on their Wikipedia pages, and heard the tales of their most mind-blowing live music experiences.

Pavement’s latest live show’s selected 30 Pavement deep cuts we’d like to hear on tour, met Rebecca Cole, the latest addition to the Pavement family (“She’s a musician,” Bob Nastanovich tells us, “which makes her the second, possibly the third in the band”). We’ve talked to Steve Keene, sleeve artist of “Wowee Zowee“, tracked down Pavement’s first drummer Gary Young, and the people who are making a film about him – and heard about his part in the band’s story.

Not every 20-something band would have taken a chance on an alcoholic drummer who was as likely to be doing a headstand as keeping time on the next song. If they hadn’t, Pavement might have happened more efficiently, but it certainly wouldn’t have happened quite as in such an original way. “It was not quite like the British trope that you write an ad in NME and the right person turns up who’s into Bowie and the Velvet Underground,” says Stephen Malkmus. “We don’t have that.” Instead, from inception to reunion, Pavement have been a band to break the mould. It’s been a pleasure working with them on the issue. I hope you enjoy it.

Father John Misty is announcing a live bootleg series featuring recordings of select performances from the tour that will be available every Tuesday beginning August 9th, 2022. The shows will be available for download and streaming via Father John Misty’s Bandcamp page.

The first installment of the bootleg series is one from the archives and available now, a blistering set from the “I Love You, Honeybear” tour at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels during the fall of 2015.

Father John Misty will also be livestreaming three dates from his
upcoming tour – New Orleans’s Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, August 13th; Asheville’s Rabbit Rabbit Saturday, September 17th; and Nashville’s The Ryman Auditorium on Thursday, October 6th. Each performance will be a multi-camera concert special and directed by longtime collaborator Grant James.

Father John Misty Band:
Josh Tillman – Vocals, Guitar
Daniel Bailey – Drums
Chris Dixie Darley – Guitars, Vocals
Kyle Flynn – Piano and keyboards
Eli Thomson – Bass and synths
David Vandervelde – Guitars, Keys, and Vocals

Released July 25, 2022

The sophomore effort from Canadian post-classic-rock pair Partner was characterized by the kind of resilience that’s proven essential in 2020, not to mention more than a little much-needed fun. “Never Give Up”, the follow-up to the duo’s Polaris Music Prize-nominated 2017 debut “In Search of Lost Time”, doubles down on their flair for waggish rock ‘n’ roll theatrics, The band now have a new album for release in October “Time Is A Car” Partner is the “mature” effort of two best friends named Josée Caron and Lucy Niles. Together, with Rock as their trusty guide, they explore a variety of themes in an attempt to understand the meaning of life.

Lucy and Josée formed the band Partner in the spring of 2014. They were looking to experiment with genre, discuss being gay, and share some jokes and ideas. Their objective has remained the same over the past six years, although in that time their sound has shifted considerably.

Their debut album “In Search of Lost Time” (2017) made an impact with its big guitars and polished sound. The record, mixed by Chris Shaw (Ween, Bob Dylan, Cheap Trick), landed a spot on NPR’s All Songs Considered, along with Stereogum, Noisey, Exclaim, CBC Music, Indie 88 and many more best of 2017 lists. The album was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize, and Partner were the recipients of the SOCAN songwriting prize for their song “Play the Field”.

bringing Lucy Niles and Josée Caron’s charming interplay to the forefront, and writing party-starting joy large with each raucous guitar solo. Partner are an easy band to root for, and a testament to just how alive and well rock continues to be.

“Never Give Up” was written in rehearsal spaces, in the band’s bedrooms, in a condo, in friends’ and strangers’ houses, Air BnBs, in a cafe and on Josée’s couch and in the studio, and in the booth. “We talked. We were honest with each other and honest with ourselves. Sometimes it was a lot. And when it got to be almost too much we would repeat to each other, first as a joke and then not as a joke at all, “never give up”.”

“Time Is A Car” is set for release October 7th, 2022

Dummy follows up their debut LP “Mandatory Enjoyment” with two songs for the Sub Pop Singles Club. The A-Side, “Mono Retriever” is a baroque-drone-pop rager that imagines what a punk Free Design song might sound like. The lyrics criticize the corporate greenwashing and dishonesty at the root of ecological devastation. On the B-Side, “Pepsi Vacuum” the band experiments with sampling and digital editing, taking inspiration from 90’s ambient and chill-out music. As a lyrical counterpoint, “Pepsi Vacuum” is about the spirituality of nature; the powerful feeling of universality and connection, down to the molecular level.

The two songs function as mirrors, referencing the other musically, and both sharing oceanic lyrical themes.

released June 10th, 2022

© 2022 Sub Pop Records

We are excited to announce “Dumb” EPs, a vinyl-only compilation of the first two EPs by Los Angeles based band Dummy, which will be released via Sonic Cathedral on September 2nd.

After a tip-off from our friend Matt Wilkinson, we bought the “Dummy” EP from Bandcamp after its release by Maryland punk label Pop Wig back in May 2020 and then the follow-up, “EP2“, which came out in November of the same year via Chicago’s Born Yesterday Records. It was also through one of the band’s regular Bandcamp updates that we first heard Horsegirl and went on to release their first 7” single. Everything is connected.

Compiled together, the 11 tracks from the two EPs manage to show off all of the band’s broad range of influences – from Stereolab-style drone-pop to baroque psych, chamber folk, noisy shoegaze and Japanese ambient and new age – which have made them one of the most exciting new bands to come out of the US for years.

Anyway, since we agreed to give the previously tape and digital-only EPs their first outing on vinyl, the band went on to record their debut album, “Mandatory Enjoyment”, which came out via Trouble In Mind and was one of the finest releases of 2021 and they’ve just put out the excellent single ‘Mono Retriever’ through the Sub Pop Singles Club.

“We remain super proud of these EPs,” says the band’s Joe Trainor. “They were mostly self-recorded, and we were still discovering our sound and each other as a group. “Mandatory Enjoyment” wouldn’t sound the way it sounded if it weren’t for all the time and trial and error we spent on the EPs.”

“Dummy has all the makings of a modern cult band” – Pitchfork

“Purveyors of absolutely blissful drone-pop” Post-Trash

“Like a scrappy, punch-drunk Stereolab or a blissed out, mantra-hypnotized Wire” – Aquarium Drunkard

Dummy are currently making waves touring the US with Horsegirl and Lifeguard and caused an inexplicable Twitter storm thanks to a Bandcamp tour diary by Mariana Timony where they shared their views on the importance of the music community and DIY culture.

After previous cancellations, they are “extremely hyped” to finally be playing the following UK tour dates in September :

September 20 – London, UK – Studio 9294
September 21 – Bristol, UK – The Lanes
September 22 – Brighton, UK – Komedia
September 23 – Leeds, UK – Headrow House
September 24 – Manchester, UK – YES

The 11 tracks have been especially remastered for vinyl by Simon Scott from Slowdive and will be available on translucent green vinyl or a Bandcamp-exclusive toxic yellow version.

Released on September 2nd