Singles of the Week (22//20)

1) Easy Prey - Relentless Struggle



Kapela z amerického Texasu Easy Prey, hrající agresivní noise post-hardcore má nový materiál. Kazetový eponymní debut pochází z ledna 2016, já je poznal v roce 2018 na povedeném albu Teeth (#6 Best of Albums). Aktuálnímu EP Relentless Struggle, předcházel singl Gasoline Mouth + Fever Dream, kde slyšíte krom Chrise i Chelsea Hale. Každopádně vydání 12" vinylu u 1407 Records se trochu posune zřejmě o týden díky Covid19, jinak na tomto EP najdete 6 válů...

Austin TX Aggresive Post-Something
Heavy rock music from Austin, TX. ex members of ZZ Top, UNTD SNKS, Camp X-Ray, OK Pilot, Gentlemen Rogues, Manikin, etc
Cole/Guitar
Matt/Drums
Chris/Vocals
Doug/Bass

Recorded and Mixed by Stuart Sikes at big orange recording, Austin, TX
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audioseige, Portland, OR
Art and Layout by Drew Lakin
Photograph used by kind permission of Stephen Cysewski
Released on 1407 Records May 29, 2020




(12" vinyl - 1407)

2) Or - Moře



Noise Rock from Prague, CZ
Adam Šťasta
Václav Orcígr
František Šec

Nemožné se stalo skutečností. Po 12 letech jsme se shodli a natočili první videoklip.
Or přicházejí se svojí třetí deskou „Smutný stroje“ (LP vyjde na Silver Rocket), Vlněna zahraje a představí „Malý ohně“ (kazeta na Silver Rocket). Jako support zahrají Tábor. Pravěká parta kámošů se svejma kapelama, páteční večer v Underdogs, oslava léta. Část výtěžku ze vstupného bude věnována na provoz Eternie, kterou zasáhla pandemie koronaviru.
Pátek 26. 6. 2020 - Praha - Underdogs!!!

from the upcoming album "Smutný stroje", out July 26 on Silver Rocket.


(video - Silver Rocket)

3) The Criminal World - We Spilled Blood For The Money



Doom Pop From Portland, OR

All songs written by the Criminal World.

First pressing of 300 copies on clear vinyl via Cercle Social Records.
credits
releases May 29, 2020

Recorded at 2126 in Portland, Oregon Fall of 2016 by the Criminal World. Mixed in the desert Spring of 2020 by William Francis. Mastered by Telegraph Mastering.


(12" vinyl - Cercle Social)

4) Capitol - Weathered



Capitol is a five-piece indie project from Hamilton, Ontario.

Additional Vocals by Charlotte Grace Victoria aka ELIO
Capitol is Josh Kemp, Robert J. Kemp, Wes Lintott, Matt Lintott & Chris McLaughlin
Lyrics by Josh Kemp
7" Vinyl featuring "Weathered" and 2nd single "Piano Exit" through Kingfisher Bluez Records & Meritorio Records due out July 29th. Pre-order available May 29th via Bandcamp:




(digital, video 7" vinyl out 29/7 - Capitol)

5) Juniper - Sometime Soon



New single from dreampop shoegaze band Atlanta, Georgia


(digital - Juniper)

P.S:
vinyl:
DROM / Tengri - split (12")
EPs:
Triumphant Race - Shadows Collide /EP/
Fontanarosa - Fontanarosa /cassette EP/
Repo - The Lines in Between /EP/
Dayflower - Popping Candy /EP/
digi single, video:
Failure Chord - Failure Chord / Frozen Eyes
ILs - Whitemeat
Niis - Egg
Waves Crashing - Sleepwalk
Cathedral Bells - Undertow
Sweater Curse - Close
Audiobaton - Wonder
Bathe Alone - In Deep
Hot Dreams - Raincoat
Prepare My Glider - Smokesong
Club Intl - Crush
Young Ejecta - Crayon Cactus
Kedr Livanskiy - Ivan Kupala (New Day)
Descent - Northstar
Life on Venus - It's Alright
Sahara - Chimes
HØRD - Bodies#15
Thud - Hotel 65
bdrmm - A Reason To Celebrate (GLOK Remix)
LIFE - Switching On (IDLES Remix)
Initiates - Minotaure
Austerity - Imperialism
Protomartyr - Michigan Hammers
Widowspeak - Breadwinner
Cigarettes After Sex - You're All I Want

Singles of the Week (21//20)

1) The Know - wearetheknow



Celkem nové duo z Los Angeles, The Know hrající příjemný zasněný indie pop má konečně svůj debut. EP wearetheknow obsahuje celkem 5 písní a k dostání bude i několik limitovaných zlatých 12" vinylů.

The Know is a dream pop band based in Los Angeles. Comprised of husband and wife duo, Daniel Knowles and Jennifer Farmer.








(12" vinyl - 45Percenter)

2) Mandarinaduck - Night Air



Indie Shoegaze band from Zaporizhzhya, Zaporiz'Ka Oblast', Ukraine
Anton Levich, Oleksandr Gurenko, Sergiy Levich
concert director - Alexander Kusch


(digital - Mandarinaduck)

3) Sweet Soul - Noises Drown

SWEET SOUL "Noises Drown" Cassingle

WHOA! Ready to rock? SWEET SOUL bring two new tracks; "Noises Drown" and " At Odds", that act as a precursor to the upcoming LP, 'So Far No Further'. These two tracks offer pure rock energy with enough pop sensibility guaranteed to please any listening ear. Cassingle release also includes the song "Come On" by Chuck Berry, but the band is really covering the Rolling Stones cover version of the track.

Cassettes /70 all random glitter
Available at newmoralitzine.com

LP will be out late summer in conjunction with the High Desert's own, Extinction Burst.
credits
released May 18, 2020


(cassette single - New Morality Zine)

4) IDLES - Mr. Motivator



New single from Bristol post-punk band...


(digital, video - Partisan )

5) Graveyard Club - Dreamland



new video from album Goodnight Paradise (2019)
Minneapolis, MN:
Matthew Schufman
Michael Wojtalewicz
Amanda Zimmerman
Cory Jacobs



(video - Seafoam City Music)

De Lux - Dancing Is Dangerous In Los Angeles





P.S:
vinyl:
EPs:
Mo Dotti - Blurring /EP/
My Lucky Day - My Lucky Day /EP/
Maps - EP1. Colours. Remixed. Time. Loss. /EP/
digi single, video:
Bad//Dreems - Desert Television
Cathedrale - Aquiel
Young Man in a Hurry - In the Spring / Heavenly Spring
Mauv - Goodbye Friend
Jorge Elbrecht - Tuesday Morning
Vagina Lips - I'm Grounded
Figure It Out - Killer Workout
Fews - Heaven
MNNQNS - Kiss From A Rose
No Age - Head Sport Full Face
The Buoys - WAH
Still Dreams - Ultra Doomed
Erland Cooper - A Nightingale Sings Outside Our Window
Houses of Heaven - Dissolve The Floor
Capra - Torture Ship / Paper Tongues

Singles of the Week (20//20)

1) Spielbergs - Go!



Norská indie-rocková trojice Spielbergs nám tento týden naděluje nový singl. Zde se objevuje tato kapela celkem často, naposled vyhrála s EP Running All The Way Home z listopadu 2019. To debutové stříbrné EP Distant Star jinak vyšlo v dubnu 2018 a to řadové This Is Not the End v únoru 2019. Novinka v podobě singlu Go! vyšla jako obvykle u anglických By The Time It Gets Dark Records a nahrána byla speciálně pro sérii Adult Swim Singles.
Ještě dodám, že v Top 5 bodují hned dva interpreti z Japonska, což se zase nestává tak často...

Recorded as part of Adult Swim's Singles Series 2019-2020.
released May 14, 2020
Produced by Tord Øverland Knudsen


(digital - By The Time It Gets Dark)

2) Stomp Talk Modstone - Fade Out​ /​ Untitled



STOMP TALK MODSTONE:
Takamitsu Kawashima/Vocal,Guiter
Naoki Nishino/Guiter
Kouta Hoshino/Bass
Megumu Asai/Drums
Mimu Sano/Illustration

All Words & Music by Takamitsu Kawashima
Recorded, Mixed, Mastered by Takamitsu Kawashima

Art Direction, Painting by Takamitsu Kawashima


(digital - Stomp Talk Modstone)

3) Letters To Annika - Letters To Annika







New EP from Azusa Suga (For Tracy Hyde / AprilBlue)

All songs written and recorded under quarantine in April 2020
Except M4. "Namesake" written and recorded in December 2019

All songs written and arranged by Azusa Suga
All instruments played by Azusa Suga
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Azusa Suga in his bedroom
(EP - Froth)

4) Bedtime Khal - Fog



Fog is the third release from Bedtime Khal, the Michigan-based bedroom project of Khal Malik. It’s an introspective, 16-minute EP, covering topics such as: love, isolation and the feeling of nostalgia.
credits
releases May 15, 2020

With thanks to:

Noah Kim, Anna McGuffie, Jack & Devil Town Tapes

Lukas Adgate, Sarah Beltran, Ahmir Bowie, Benjamin Hickey, Conor Lynch, Lewis Jones, Luc Savoie, Madeline Smith, Alyssa Strasser, Jesse Taconelli & Andrew Younker for always listening, supporting and collaborating

Mom, Dad & Mohamed

Dedicated to Petra :)

Credits:

All songs written, instruments performed and sound waves captured by Khal Malik

Additional vocals on ‘Shooting Hoops’ & lead guitar on ‘Alone’ by Noah Kim

Additional mixing & mastering on ‘Shooting Hoops’ by Jesse Taconelli

Photography by Anna McGuffie

Hand-numbered limited edition silver glitter cassette tape with double-sided J-card and on-shell print.

Includes the *tape only* bonus track 'Lost (Demo)'.

Comes with download code, newsletter and Devil Town Tapes stickers.

Includes digital pre-order of Fog. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 15, 2020
edition of 50


(cassette EP - Devil Town)

5) Dehd - Loner



First single from album Flower Of Devotion out 17/7...
“I want nothing more than to be a loner,” Emily Kempf sings early on Flower of Devotion, the new album by Chicago trio Dehd. It’s a startling admission coming from a songwriter who, just a year ago on Dehd’s critically acclaimed Water, wrote eloquently about the joys and pains — more than anything, the necessity — of love, compassion, and companionship. But then, “admission” isn’t really the right word here, given the stridency of Kempf’s tone. “Loner” is a declaration.

The record ups the ante on Dehd’s sound & filters in just enough polish to bring out the shining and melancholy undertones in Jason Balla and Emily Kempf’s songwriting, even as it captures them at their most strident. Balla’s guitar lines at times flirt with ticklish cosmic country, while at others they reflect the dark marble sounds of Broadcast. Kempf, meanwhile, establishes herself as a singer of incredible expressive range, pinching into a high lonesome wail, letting loose a chirping “ooh!,” pushing her voice below its breaking point and letting it swing down there. When she and Balla bounce descending counter-melodies off one another over McGrady’s one-two thumps, or skitter off over a programmed drum pad, they sound like The B-52s shaking off heartache.

What makes Flower of Devotion so impressive is how its creation seems to have strengthened its creators, both as individuals and as a unit, even as they’ve stared down their own limitations. It’s also striking just how much fun they seem to be having in the process. “It’s okay to be lighthearted in the face of despair,” Kempf says. It’s a theme that runs through the album, from the opening back-and-forth build of “Desire” to the click-clacking chorus of “Haha,” which finds them deflating their own history. Flower of Devotion was recorded in April and August of 2019 in Chicago. It will be released on Fire Talk Records on July 17th 2020.




(digital, video - Fire Talk)

P.S:
vinyl:
Self Defense Family - Make Me A Pallet Fire On Your Floor ​/​ Local Clerics (7")
Niki Istrefi / Hadone & Anetha - Body Changes Are Natural (split 12")
Lapyear - Smile (12")
EPs:
Relay Tapes - Early Morning Abstract /EP/
Four Quarters - Shallow Gore /EP/
digi single, video:
Kraków Loves Adana - The Ocean Between Us
Vandal Moon - Hurt
DMA´S - Life is a Game of Changing (Willaris. K Remix)
Aunty Social - Cortex (FaltyDL Remix)
SHANX FM - Sweet Quarantine
The Biirthday Party - stayalonewithmyloveliesfriend
Kindest Cuts - All You Need Is Money /​ Public Hell
I Am Bones - Syphon
Jeffrey Thunders & The Scabs - Still Bleeding
TV Party - Caroline
Bestial Mouths - Lain To Rust
Mrs. Piss - Knelt
Mrs. Piss - Downer Surrounded by Uppers
Audiobaton - Wonder
Drugs - Try Me
The Life Absurd - Dark Fuss
GRMLN - Fear
Missing Words - Lost Sight
I Saw You Yesterday - Wander
Southern Shores - Estrisa (from EP Siena (Part I) out 12/6)
Midi Lidi - Hemenex
Helen Love - 1234 Dee Dee Ramone
Chai - Ready Cheeky Pretty
Lazy Day - All The Time
Lemonille - When I Come Back
Miniature Tigers - Lavender Boombox
Tiny Fireflies - Daniel
The Chain Gang of 1974 - Do You Mind?
Baths - Be That
The 1975 - Guys
Pilotcan - Fire From The Mountain
XTR Human - Hearst
Flattery - Personalism
By The Sea - The Let Downs
Meadowlake - Under Your Spell
Aurora - Exist For Love
Two Door Cinema Club - Isolation

Singles of the Week (19//20)

1) Oathbreaker - Ease Me & 4 Interpretations



Od roku 2008 existuje formace z belgického města Gent Oathbreaker, která má nálepku post-hardcore / black metal / punk. Na svém kontě mají celkem 3 řadová alba a několik singlů. Právě ten poslední z května 2019 Ease Me vychází znovu ovšem navíc se zajímavými elektro ambientními remixy. Krom originál zde najdete spolupráci od Jesu (Justin Broadrick), WIFE (James Kelly), Chelsea Wolfe + Michael A. Muller. Vše vychází krom digitálu i na modrožlutém 12" vinylu u labelu Deathwish Inc.

Caro Tanghe
Gilles Demolder
Lennart Bossu
Wim Coppers

We're excited to bring you "Ease Me & 4 Interpretations" on May 8th. Listen to "Ease Me - Jesu Remix".

Our latest release "Ease Me" was recorded by Michael Neyt at Jetson and later mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden.

The song was initially released as part of the Adult Swim's "Metal Swim 2" compilation in 2019 and now sees a proper physical release along with diverse remixes/reinterpretations from incredible artists Jesu, Chelsea Wolfe, Wife, and Michael A. Muller, adding new dimensions of sound to the track

Track Listing:
01. Ease Me - Original
02. Ease Me - Jesu Remix
03. Ease Me - Chelsea Wolfe Remix
04. Ease Me - Wife Remix
05. Ease Me - Michael A. Muller Remix


(12" vinyl - Deathwish Inc.)

2) Suzie - The Mall



Reissue single from Mark Ritsema Minneapolis, United States



(digital - SprayTan)

3) TEEN BLUSH - Drive Me Wild!



New single from dreampop Chicago, Illinois...


(digital - TEEN BLUSH)

4) Monteagle - A Colorful Moth



Monteagle is the solo moniker of Brooklyn based (Tennessee native) singer songwriter and composer Justin Giles Wilcox. Known primarily for scoring the critically acclaimed short Documentary Twins Days for the New Yorker and for his production and songwriting for the ambient folk duo Nassau, Monteagle sees Wilcox diving further into the uncharted territory of southern influenced experimental psych folk. “A Colorful Moth” a new EP from Wilcox is steeped in vivid imagery or as Paste Magazine describes “tremulous, bare-souled vocals, which are as haunted and alluring as the caves that riddle the rocky hills of the band’s hometown.”

Justin tells the tale of “A Colorful Moth” better than anyone could...

“A while back I hit a little bit of a rough patch. I had just wrapped up a very emotionally draining project, My freelance work was drying up, My mental health was at an all time low, all this amongst some tumultuous personal issues. In the midst of all of the chaos I took a walk, and ended up sitting at a park right outside of my apt in Brooklyn. While I was just sort of staring blankly, a Butterfly flew up and landed next to me on a bench. Without even blinking I looked at it and thought to myself, “This fucking butterfly, there’s no real beauty in it, it’s just a colorful moth”. I kind of lost it. It’s like my mind became clear. I started-laugh crying and realized how casually destructive I was being and accepted that my situation was mainly my own doing. Afterwards, I felt this huge sense of relief and I immediately started writing these songs.”

This EP is unique in that it was written and recorded sequentially. As in each musical idea begot the next. If you listen there are little pieces of the previous song in the next idea. The lyrics are a mish-mash, a direct stream of consciousness, and recollection of various hallucinogenic trips Justin had been on. There’s something soothing in the way that sound and words dance around each other in a surreal exploration of mortality in relation to reality.

”A Colorful Moth” is a sibling component to an upcoming full length scheduled for early 2021.




(12" vinyl - Fire Talk)

5) worriedaboutsatan - Time Lapse



New EP from Bradford ambient electronic Gavin Miller...


(12" vinyl - n5MD)

P.S:
vinyl:
White Flowers - Day By Day (7")
EPs:
Waterville - Shades And Whispers /EP/
Glen Football / Neds - split /EP/
Pure Protein - Winner Goes Home /EP/
Toothless - Misinformed /EP/
More - Immortal /EP/
Tam Nisam - BROR11 /EP/
Eric Fetcher & PWCCA - STX03 Research /EP/
Pacius Elter - Pathogen /EP/
Whettman Chelmets - The Rain, The Pour /EP/
Self Defense Family - Long Island /EP/
digi single, video:
Mount Mural - World
A Festival, A Parade - Big Screen TV
Nation of Language - The Wall & I
Iliketrains - The Truth
Tiny Fireflies - Farewell
Girls Like You - Destiny (Vorsicht Vorsicht Remix)
Geotic - Breathtaker
Autarkic - Trancelate
Automatic - Calling It (Peaking Lights Disco Rerub)
Pastel Coast - Vacation
Jupe Jupe - Leave You Lonely
Hundredth - Idioteque
Zealand The North - Organic Structure
Galatée - The Great Beauty / Dreampop Star
She Past Away - Durdu Dünya (Boy Harsher Remix)
Sonic Boom - Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper)
Swim Deep - Happy As Larrie
Gum Country - Tennis (I Feel Ok)
No Joy - Birthmark
Laveda - Rager
Wire - The Art Of Persistence
Crap Date - Too Late
Undine - Database
The Entrepreneurs - A Good Year to Go Across Country
Tired Lion - Waterbed
In Her Eye - Closer to Me (Closed at Home)
Cut Copy - Love Is All We Share
Robert Görl & DAF - Ich Denk An Dich
bdrmm - A Reason To Celebrate
bdrmm - Is That What You Wanted To Hear?

Singles of the Week (18//20)

1) Retirement Party - Compensation



Americké trio Retirement Party z Chicaga hrající prý bullshit pop, vydá brzo své nové album. Kapela debutovala v roce 2017 s EP Strictly Speaking, další rok přišla řadovka Somewhat Literate a vloni singl Free Will. Aktuální deska se jmenuje Runaway Dog a vyjde 15/5 u Counter Intuitive Records. Nový singl Compensation vyšel toto úterý a dostal i video, stejně tak i titulní skladba, která pochází z poloviny dubna...

Retirement Party:
Avery Springer
James Ringness
Eddy Rodriguez




(digital, video - Counter Intuitive)

2) Maria DeHart - Pop Song



Dream Pop band from Portland, Oregon



New single 28/4 from album Opening release 18/5

All tracks except "Pearl" - Maria DeHart on guitar and vocals, Elliot Aspen-Dae on bass, Yaoxochitl Vilorio on percussion

"Pearl" - Maria DeHart on vocals and guitar, Mikasi Goodwin on second guitar, Caitlin Bechtel on bass, Yaoxochitl Vilorio on percussion

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Matthew Reitano at Oyster Brine Studios in Portland, Oregon.

Photography by Clementine Hage, album art designed by James Stribling.


(digital - Maria DeHart)

3) Secret Shame - Dissolve



Secret Shame has one constant to the way they write music: it’s ever-changing. This North Carolina four-piece doesn’t rely on just a single songwriter. Their collective writing process leads to an eclectic yet expansive sound of a band who's not willing to pigeonhole itself into a single subgenre of goth or post-punk.
With Secret Shame’s newest single, Dissolve, they’ve reached into an unknown territory and grabbed hold of new sounds while still managing to evoke the same feelings of previous releases. Lena Machina's (she/her) vocals, which have the ability to expand from manic and feverish to soft and soothing, harmonize and twist around the instruments. Underneath the pretty facade lies self destructive lyrical content, instruments that bite each other, and hard emotions that don’t ever fade.
Secret Shame has never held back from difficult topics or societal downfalls, and this is just as relevant on their new single as it is on their debut album, Dark Synthetics.

Billie (she/they) creates sparkling guitar melodies that ebb and flow, sometimes lying beneath Matthew’s (he/him) skillfully eccentric basslines, and at other times breaking through the thick fog of reverb. The rhythm between the bass and drums is driving, often in unison, but at times more of a conversation as Nathan's (he/him) drumming not only lays the foundation but establishes layers of its own. Shiny synth melodies dance through the tracks and Lena spits out metaphorical lyrics about mental illness and manipulation. Secret Shame may nod to 80s post-punk and new wave, but the sound they’ve created is distinctly their own.

As evident on their 2019 full-length Dark Synthetics, Secret Shame creates sonically driven landscapes painted with colorfully powerful lyrics, bouncing between both chaotic and calm moments that are equally destructive in message. Dark Synthetics saw Secret Shame creating a space for you to get lost in -- the kind where you’re free to contemplate and relate, taking each song’s essence and shaping it to fit your own life and experience. It’s a gothic punk sound not just to revel in, but to think critically through -- something only carefully crafted music can do. Whether the songs are melancholic or angry, fast-paced or slow, the fervent need to communicate through music is a commonality between their diverse catalogue and makes for powerful live performances.

Dissolve was recorded November 2019 at The Ward in Richmond, VA. The self-released 7” to accompany the singles will be available on June 5th, 2020.

video:
Director: Lena Machina
Cinematographer/Editor/Coloring: Rory Rumfelt
Assistant Editor: Secret Shame
Set Design/Makeup: Lena Machina
Location: Asheville, NC

Special thank you to Sean Omlor for equipment use and continued support


(digital, video (7" vinyl out 5/6) - Secret Shame)

4) Mourn - Call You Back



Carla Pérez Vas (singer and guitar)
Jazz Rodríguez Bueno (singer and guitar)
Antonio Postius (drummer)
Leia Rodríguez (bassist)


(digital, video - Captured Tracks)

5) Spice - First Feeling



As a collective thought, SPICE’s self-titled debut album offers a deliberate isolation of pain as interpreted through different vehicles. Less than 30-minutes in length, the record diverts from a singular mood, tempo, or delivery, instead focusing on orchestrating emotional drain as single impulses—fast, slow, driving, simple, and layered—that coalesce in their machinations. At its core, SPICE’s debut is wired together by brawny and brittle guitars, lock-groove rhythms, and vocals announce each moment and mood.

Formed in 2018 and based across California, each members’ roots are in the North Bay of San Francisco. Comprised of Ross Farrar (vocals) and Jake Casarotti (drums), both of Ceremony, along with Cody Sullivan (bass), Ian Simpson (guitar), and Victoria Skudlarek (violin), SPICE’s sound pulls from the sense of melody and drive inherent to Bay Area pedigree, peppered with modernity and awash with an anthemic haze. The hook is in the connection as much as melody, with each song building its inner narrative and exploration of affliction.

Traversing guitar-driven indie-pop and call-to-action impulse, SPICE balances their urgency by interspersing violin melodies and layers, creating depth without oversaturating the heart of each song. Building complexity with laser focus, Spice shares the authoritative drive of Jawbreaker, J Church, The Horrors, and Fugazi, set in their own world of unrest. The treatment of each song is a statement that informs the whole - anecdotes that can bleed slowly or swirl quickly. In a sense, the album itself is an entire song, with each track becoming the verses, choruses, and interludes that narrate its intent. Ending with the final track they workshopped for the album titled “I Don’t Wanna Die in New York,” the album ends with a punch before winding back into meditation.

Honed over late nights at Panda Studios in Fremont, California with producer Sam Pura (Basement, The Story So Far, Self Defense Family), SPICE spent hours tweaking it until it became a little world formed by what they refer to as “the power of groupthink.” Sprinkled with field recordings—audio snapshots from the member’s every-day-lives—the record offers an intimate twist that builds on its theme of a single thread that connects everything with continuity, making it a single organism with as many depths as questions.

PREORDER - Release Date: July 17, 2020




Since 2005, Ross Farrar has been the lead singer of Ceremony, the Bay Area punks who have progressed from feral hardcore to stately, stylish postpunk over the course of their existence. Last year, Ceremony released their album In The Spirit Now, and the lead single “Turn Away The Bad Thing” continues to rip extremely hard. But now Farrar has a new project that he’s only just unveiled: A band called Spice.

Spice also features Ceremony drummer Jake Casarotti, as well as members of bands like Sabertooth Zombie and Creative Adult. This summer, they’ll release their self-titled debut album, which they recorded with Basement/Self Defense Family producer Sam Pura.

Thus far, Spice have only shared one song, but it’s along the lines of the kind of things that Pura’s past collaborators have done. “First Feeling” is a grand, anthemic song that draws on the aesthetics of DIY hardcore while reaching for something bigger and slower. It sounds a bit like what might’ve happened if the Rites Of Spring had covered Echo & The Bunnymen. Check it out below.
(stereogum)


(digital, video - Dais)

De Lux - Dancing Is Dangerous In Los Angeles



Seanie boy - gitter
Isaac Franko - bass
Tyler Lotts - glitter
Brian Dean - crying
Tyler 2 Mcarthy - synths, but hes better at gitter

Right before the shutdown was announced in LA because of COVID-19, a bit before social distancing became mainstream and bars were still open, I went out dancing. There were about 10 people. It felt pretty eerie, especially for a spot so heavily crowded usually. So during quarantine stuck in a studio, decided to write 'Dancing Is Dangerous In Los Angeles', which was inspired by that experience.


(digital, bandcamp out 1/4 - Innovative Leisure)

P.S:
vinyl:
Powerplant - A Spine / Evidence (7")
Caroline - Dark blue (12")
EPs:
Lancastell - Astenia /EP/
Disheveled Cuss - Oh My God /EP/
Dummy - Dummy/EP/
Nine Necks - Nine Necks /EP/
Holy Fuck - Deleter Remixed /EP/
Ultra Material - Ep 3 /EP/
The Blessed Isles - Havoc /EP/
SPC ECO - 5月EP May /EP/
Self Defense Family - Leeds /EP/
digi single, video:
Malibu - Camargue
Krejdl - Space Time Is Slowing Down / Save Simona
Velveteen - Change Your Mind
Pinkshinyultrablast - Songs
Tennis System - Fuck Everything Else  (12" vinyl out 29/7")
Pleasure Cult - Perfect Weather
Stay Lunar - Dreaming That I'm Not In Love
Sunstinger - The Void
Video Cult - Searching / Different From the Days
Loveblind - A Strange Place
GRMLN - Drive
Chemtrails - Blurred Visions
Beau x - The Flight
Drab Majesty - No Rain
The Sea At Midnight - Edge Of The World
Riel - 1990
Phosphene - Incandescent Plumes
YUS - Housing Is A Human Right
emozpěv - Okamžik
Dalekko - Změníš svět
Hinds - Just Like Kids
Metz - Acid / Slow Decay
Oxford Collapse - Dance Dance Dance b/​ The Caveat
Neils Children - The First Conversation That We Ever Had
Thurston Moore - May Daze
Pilotcan - C.H.U.D. Song
Protomartyr - Worm In Heaven
Porcelain Raft - Out Of Time
Charli XCX - claws
Cold Blue - Ocean Breeze