SEA GIRLS – ” Damage Done “

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The UK rockers have a strong talent for building danceable and raging pop rock beats. “Damage Done” could easily find itself on advertisements, soundtracks, and your favorite playlists. A track that beautifully captures a love lost, the track carries throughout with a pulsating energy that is completely enthralling and captivating. Sea Girls could be the next big thing in indie rock.

The explosive indie guitar band Sea Girls. If you haven’t yet heard of them, keep on reading and add them to your radar now!.

After being nominated for ‘BBC’s Sound of…’ award in 2019 (where they were the only band to be listed), the British four piece have announced that their debut album, ‘Open Up Your Head’, will be released in August this year and will contain emotionally charged and deeply personal hooks.

The band are renowned for their frenetic, sweat-induced live shows and since forming in 2015, they have played at countless festivals and gigs, building up a prominent reputation amongst their fans. : “their live shows have a real punch… consisting of out and out bangers.”

Taking their inspiration as kids, when The Killers, The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys debut albums were released, much of their success is driven by their energetic live performances and uncanny ability to write adrenaline-heavy guitar anthems with songs. Don’t miss the chance to watch them live later this year!

Their new single, ‘Do You Really Wanna Know?’, premiered as Annie Mac’s ‘Hottest Record’ on Radio 1.

CUT WORMS – ” Alien Sunset (Hollow Ground version) b​/​w Conspiracy Theorist Blues (Alien Sunset EP outtake) “

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A couple old unreleased tracks are out now: A version of “Alien Sunset” that was Cut from “Hollow Ground” for reasons I don’t recall. features @jonathanrado (who also produced it) on Drums, percussion, and I think some keyboards? and a demo called “Conspiracy Theorist Blues”

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released May 1st, 2020

Alien Sunset recorded July 2016 Los Angeles, CA at Dream Star Studios
outtake from JAG310 LP Hollow Ground

Produced by Jonathan Rado
All instruments and voices, Max Clarke
except drums, percussion, keys Jonathan Rado

BLACK MOUNTAIN – ” Echoes b​/​w Flux “

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The rock canon has many anti-heroes, Black Mountain being the latest. In the past, Can’s ‘Tago Mago’ established that the only rule in rock and roll is that there are no rules. Delinquent proto-metallers Black Sabbath demonstrated that you can make a lot from not that much. Now Black Mountain teach us that you don’t have to be afraid of the past to move bravely into the future

This single continues in the vein of last record Destroyer, with a more mechanized, sterile ’80s sound, with a b-side more in the ’70s freak rock style of the earlier albums. “Echoes” was kicking ‘round for years before Randall Dunn took the IV production reins and transformed it from its original Gene Clark tailcoating.
The b-side, “Flux”, is Black Mountain’s Turkish psych homage. It’s original title may have been Flounders In A Turkish Bathhouse.”

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Released May 1st, 2020

The CHARLATANS – ” Between 10th & 11th ” Re-Issue (Expanded Edition) Clear Double Vinyl

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The second album by the British alternative rock band The Charlatans “Between 10th and 11th” was originally released on 23rd March 1992. and features the UK Top 20 hit (and biggest US single) “Weirdo”, as well as singles “Tremolo Song” and “I Don’t Want To See The Sights”.

When Tim Burgess isn’t busy hosting his Twitter listening parties (if you haven’t already, make sure you check them out HERE) or playing as a solo artist, he’s once again riding high with indie icons The Charlatans and to celebrate thirty years since the release of their seminal second album ‘Between 10th and 11th’, the Manchester lads are bringing out a new Expanded Edition.

Between 10th and 11th was originally released in the Spring of 1992 and include such game changing singles as ‘Tremelo Song’ which would become their biggest selling song to the US to date. Criticism within and without settled on Flood’s production style as well, his crisp, technically sharp abilities seem to go against the band’s natural flow. In hindsight, though,it is much stronger than its reputation, with many fans proclaiming it their favorite. It’s partly due to Burgess more up-front vocals.

Similarly, Rob Collins keyboards stand out more, either shading or leading the songs perfectly. “Weirdo,” the album’s lead single and strongest point, has a brilliant lead organ break from Collins and series of great funk stabs that became his strongest performance ever. Equally fine is the electric piano start to “Tremolo Song,” leading to a deep Blunt bass and sassy flow of a song. Mark Collins also fill out their parts equally well, with Flood’s production strengthening and creating excellent arrangements for everyone as a whole. His numerous touches are really something, from the sudden shift to buried/flanged production on “Ignition” to “Subtitle”‘s atmospheric mixing and burbling bass. Other highlights include the string-laden charge of “Can’t Even Be Bothered” and the concluding “No One (Not Even the Rain)”.
‘Between 10th and 11th’ (Expanded Edition) will include a remaster of the original album, plus plenty of bonus material in the form of the entire live disc devoted to their heralded 1991 Chicago gig know as Isolation 21.2.91. – with even more on the bonus CD!

The Band:
Tim Burgess – lead vocals
Mark Collins – guitars
Rob Collins – Mellotron, Hammond organ, piano, backing vocals
Martin Blunt –Bass guitar
Jon Brookes – drums

You can grab a copy of The Charlatans ‘Between 10th and 11th’ (Expanded Edition) right now

CHOIR BOY – ” Sweet Candy “

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It’s been four years since dream pop band Choir Boy first impressed with their debut album ‘Passive With Desire’ which had critics applauding their tremendous promise. Now they are back with their heartbreakingly saccharine single ‘Sweet Candy’.

Led by Adam Klopp, ‘Sweet Candy’ is the third single to be taken from Choir Boy’s sophomore album ‘Gathering Swans’. The songwriter explains; “‘Sweet Candy’ expresses the sugar cravings and lovesickness of someone who denies themselves the excitement and bliss of romantic fulfilment. They’ve had a taste, but have opted for a sugar free diet.”

“Leading up to recording, we were struggling with the songs structure and melodic arrangements. So on the first day working on it in the studio, Michael and I took some acid hoping it would soften our biases. Mid-way through the day I began imagining the song as a neighborhood in a 1950’s musical. When the instrumentation sounded natural to me, it felt like the characters were going about their business on a calm Saturday morning, chiming in to the neighbourhood gossip when they saw fit. “Oh it’s true, I heard that too.” Chaz and Jeff would play around with the beat and instrumentation and every 10 minutes Michael and I would return from space with a twinkly piano or a character from our play. At some point, our friend Bly (who recorded and produced the record) began producing a meal of tomato sauce and garlic bread. The sauce was fragrant and seemed to take forever to cook. In the middle of someone’s take, the toaster oven bell dinged a great ding. “Someone’s cooking something good!” I thought. So, we incorporated the bell sound in the drums. The day continued like that with many ideas tip-toeing the line between rotten and wrong. Finally, after an exhausting day of stimulating playtime, we drank some fancy bottled water and went home.”

The third single “Sweet Candy” from Choir Boy’s sophomore album Gathering Swans, out May 8th

SOCCER MOMMY – ” Drive ” Cars Cover

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SiriusXM has shared a Soccer Mommy cover of the Cars’ “Drive.” She recorded it for SiriusXMU Sessions during a February visit to the satellite radio network’s Los Angeles studio. Check it out below.

It’s the first professional recording of Sophie Allison’s ‘Drive’ cover, after a fan recording from a February performance at Amoeba Records in Hollywood circulated on YouTube. The performance may have been shot on the same day, as Allison is wearing the same outfit.

Soccer Mommy real name Sophie Allison recently shared a series of videos for her song “crawling in my skin” featuring 8-bit renderings of a handful of cities that she was scheduled to visit on her now-postponed tour for her album color theory. After the postponement, she donated the proceeds from sales of a t-shirt and poster to her crew.

Soccer Mommy perform’s her cover of “Drive” live at SiriusXM.

MUZZ (Paul Banks, Josh Kaufman, Matt Barrick) – ” Bad Feeling “

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Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5th via Matador Records. Now they have shared a new live acoustic video of the three members performing the album’s previous single “Bad Feeling” separately and remotely from their homes in these socially distant times. Banks was in Edinburgh, Kaufman in Brooklyn, and Barrick in Philadelphia. It’s the band’s first ever live recording.

Previously Muzz had shared their first song, “Bad Feeling.” It was a little more lush and chill than the post-punk assault of Interpol.  Then they shared another new song, “Broken Tambourine,” via a video for the track. Then the album’s third single was “Red Western Sky,” .

Banks and Kaufman have known each other since they were teenagers and both have also worked with Barrick before. Muzz’s earliest recordings date back to 2015. All three members wrote, arranged, and performed the album. And while Banks is usually the sole lyricist in Interpol, here all three members contributed to the lyrics.

“Josh has more training as a theory musician while Paul comes from a different perspective,” Barrick said about the process in a previous press release. “You never know how Paul’s gonna approach a song, lyrically and melodically, so it’s always unusual and exciting. Everyone is open to everyone else’s ideas. I think three is a great number of people for a band. We all had a big hand in everything.”

Kaufman had this to say about the band’s sound: “The music has this weird, super removed vibe but is also personal and emotional at the same time. If something felt natural in a simple way, we left it. I’d never heard Paul’s voice framed like that—a string section, horns, guitars—we know none of that is visionary but it felt classic and kind of classy.”

The band’s name stems from the word Kaufman used to describe the band’s sound, or as the press release put it, “the music’s subtle, analog quality and texture.”

Summing up the album Banks said: “Ultimately, the music speaks for itself. We have a genuine, organic artistic chemistry together. It’s partly a shared musical taste from youth, as with me and Josh, but then it’s also the souls of my friends that resonate with me when expressed through music. I think it’s cosmic.”

Interpol (which also features Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino) released a new EP, A Fine Mess, last year via Matador. It followed their 2018 album Marauder. Outside of Interpol, Banks has released two solo albums (2009’s Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper and 2012’s Banks) and one album with RZA as Banks & Steelz (2016’s Anything But Words).

 

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – ” Arch Enemy “

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British art-rockers Everything Everything have announced a new album, “Re-Animator”, and shared a new song from it, “Arch Enemy.” Re-Animator is due out August 21st via Infinity Industries/AWAL. It includes the track “In Birdsong,” a new song the band shared via a video in April.

The album was recorded last December at RAK studios in London with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, David Byrne). Prior to that there was a year of writing and demoing. A press release points out that for this album the band wanted to focus “on harmonies and melodies over synths and programming.”

In terms of lyrical themes, the album tackles “wonderment at the wider world despite the horror of its politics; existentialism and the prolonged, if fading, youthfulness of being in a touring band; and the ominous threat of climate change. All things which contribute to a sense of one door closing while another awaits.”

Frontman Jonathan Higgs also became interested in the theory of the bicameral mind, as put together by psychologist Julian Jaynes. The press release explains the theory: “It argues that early in human evolution, the two sides of the brain were next to each other but functioned independently. In essence, one side would hear the other sending instructions via a disembodied voice—a zombie-like state of pre-consciousness.”

Higgs further expounds: “This idea of the divided self captivated me. Jaynes attributes this to the origin of gods, people ascribing deity status to this voice they could hear in their head. All this blew my mind, and I started thinking of ways I could make this a central concept. It really touched me. So across the whole record there are millions or references to this theory—to having a split brain, two selves, hearing voices.”

Of the new single, Higgs had this to say: “‘Arch Enemy’ sees a modern-day protagonist searching for a meaningful God. Finding only a congregation of greed, toxicity and waste, in the form of a sentient fatberg in the sewer, he duly prays to it, willing it to purge the decadent world above that has created it. These growing grease mountains are a curious juxtaposition of the modern and the ancient; a brand new example of archaic squalor.”

The band also features Jeremy Pritchard (bass), Michael Spearman (drums), and Alex Robertshaw (guitar).

Their last full-length was 2017’s Mercury Prize-nominated A Fever Dream, although they released the Deeper Sea EP in 2018.

INDIGO GIRLS – ” Look Long “

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For 35 years, the folk-rock duo known as Indigo Girls have played to a devout base of fans. Their 1989 Epic Records eponymous debut sold over two-million copies with “Closer To Fine” (on this album) perhaps their best known song. Over the course of their ongoing career, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray recorded fourteen studio sets, four live albums, two compilations, and an EP. Their last album, One Lost Day, was released in 2015.

On May 22nd, Rounder Records will release the new set from Indigo Girls entitled Look Long. It will contain eleven new songs, three of which are in pre-release of the album. Look Long will be released on CD, DD, and vinyl LP.

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT – ” The Ship Song / Wolves “

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It doesn’t matter who you’re a fan of these days, it always takes word of mouth for new music to emerge. It’s certainly not like the old days where an album, sometimes two arrived every week. One of the singer/songwriters that I love is Martha Wainwright. Her DNA is a rich one having come forth from Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, both celebrated songwriters. Her brother is Rufus Wainwright. But honestly, to me, she beats them all in quality and intensity. I love her and anxiously await her music.

Recently, Martha Wainwright has released two singles with not a mention of a new album. Her last album, Goodnight City was issued in 2016. Her Zöe Records (Rounder) catalogue is stunning, first to last. Together she has five full-lengths to enjoy! She has a beautiful performance of “El Condor Pasa” sung with her half-sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche as The Wainwright Sisters. (The video is incredibly presented.)

Her two recently released singles includes one as a contribution to a compiled covers album intended as a relief set for the devastating Australian bushfires. (The album is called “Songs For Australia”, a 15-track compilation. released digitally on March 5th, and will be physically available in June.) The Martha Wainwright contribution is a cover of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ “The Ship Song”.

Then out of the blue, Martha Wainwright released a new single, “Wolves”, with vocal contributions by Rufus Wainwright. But No word on an upcoming album.

We wait, but we have two new gems to enjoy. If you’re unaware of Martha Wainwright, please I encourage you to investigate.

Martha Wainwright under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl Limited, Released on: 2020-05-08

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