Singles of the Week (46//20)

1) PEEL - Memory Loop 

  

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PEEL is a band from Sydney making interdimensional guitar music. Weaving a sonic architecture built from elements of shoegaze, post-punk and psychedelia, the five-piece have come out of the gates with all engines firing. ‘Memory Loop’ is their first offering – a raw and potent four minutes of hypnotic, fuzzed-out pop. From its blistering opening bass line to its chaotic climax, ‘Memory Loop’ reels you along with a relentless pace. Double-tracked drums and horror-movie organs create a mesmerising atmosphere, underpinned by intense, blurred guitar lines and a bass groove that’s almost trance-inducing. Delicate, husky vocals are shrouded in fuzz and reverb, which open up into the stratosphere in the track’s euphoric chorus. Lyrically, the track examines the inescapable nature of memory – moments from the past that, despite your best efforts to discard, remain firmly embossed in your mind. There’s a sense of ephemerality in the words and their delivery, with entire relationships being confined to mere vignettes – “I had no control, I couldn’t make you mine. You slipped through the cracks, the memory’s now on loop” frontman Nick Stillman sings in the chorus. This sentiment is beautifully propelled by ethereal backup vocals provided... more credits released November 11, 2020 'Memory Loop' was written by Nick Stillman and performed by PEEL.
Performing band members: Nick Stillman (guitar, bass, vocals) Harry Tuckwell (guitar) Tom Kell (drums) Steve Schouten (keys) Kat Harley (backing vocals) Produced, engineered and mixed by James Christowski Mastered by Tim Carr Artwork by Harry Tuckwell Director: Mitch Noakes Art Director: Harry Tuckwell Video FX: FuzzWah 

(digital, video - PEEL)

2) My Raining Stars - Obvious Reasons

 

 

 
Music and vocals by Thierry Haliniak from Alaska lyrics by Gilles Ramey mastering by Andrew Rose sleeve based on a Gilles Ramey's picture 5 other new songs soon (re-mastering in progress) credits releases November 13, 2020

(EP - my raining stars)

3) Tomberlin - Projections

 

 

 
Tomberlin's new Projections EP (co-produced by Alex G and his bandmate Sam Acchione) continues the arc of her critically acclaimed 2018 debut At Weddings, weaving new collaborators and new techniques into her signature dusky milieu. Since the LP's release, Tomberlin has toured with Pedro the Lion, Andy Shauf, American Football, and Alex G, played a Tiny Desk concert for NPR, and given a riveting performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The five-song EP, capped with a cover of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's stunning "Natural Light," reflects this period of intensive growth and self-discovery. The rich vocal harmonies and guitar lines that made At Weddings so riveting still provide the EP's foundation, but new percussive backing and instrumental flourishes open the path forward for Tomberlin.
Digital Release Date: October 16th, 2020 Physical Release Date: November 13th, 2020 TRACK LIST 1. Hours 2. Wasted 3. Floor 4. Sin 5. Natural Light 

 

(12" vinyl - Saddle Creek)

4) Yung - Above Water

 

 

 
New single from new album Ongoing Dispute out January 22 2021.
Yung have taken the long road to this second full-length. By the time they released their debut, A Youthful Dream, it felt less like a launchpad for the Aarhus four-piece and more like a culmination; of years of touring, of a multi-EP trajectory that began with Alter in 2015, and of a transition from a project chiefly centred around the songwriting of frontman Mikkel Holm Silkjær to something more fully-formed. The upshot is, right when they should have been celebrating the opening of an exciting new chapter, they actually felt burned out. “It wasn’t that we didn’t like A Youthful Dream,” explains Silkjær. “We just weren’t quite proud of it.” Accordingly, they took some time to gather themselves. “We were pretty worn down from a lot of touring,” says bassist Tobias Guldborg Tarp, “and there was a lot of banging our heads against the wall when it came to trying to write new songs. We had to step back and think about what we wanted to do as a band, and whether it even made sense to continue.” It was far from plain sailing once they eventually did regroup, towards the end of 2016, for more writing sessions; with Silkjær previously the primary songwriter, coming up with tracks that accommodated the polarised tastes of the individual members was a challenge. Guitarist Emil Zethsen takes his melodic cues from Prince and eighties pop; at the other end of the spectrum, drummer Frederik Nybo Veile is an avowed metalhead. “It was a struggle,” recalls Zethsen. “The four of us rarely agree on anything.” Eventually, the breakthrough came. ‘Lust and Learning’ is a fizzing synergy of each of the four’s musical predispositions; chiming guitars from Zethsen, a strutting bassline from Guldborg Tarp and soaring backing vocals on the chorus accompany Silkjær as he spins a wistful tale of small-town inertia. It provided the spark for the sessions that birthed the nine tracks comprising Ongoing Dispute, the first Yung record in nearly five years and a compelling argument for the importance of taking your time. Following on from last September’s ‘Progress’ 7”, the album cleverly melds Silkjær’s penchant for krautrock with Zethsen’s handsome riffery and finds room for all four members to bring their influences to the table; the sweeping punk thrash of ‘Unresolver’, for example, gives way to woozy, reflective closer ‘Friends on Ice’ at the back end of the album, whilst elsewhere, the freewheeling rock and roll of ‘Above Water’ recalls Japandroids, and there’s a moody, post-punk edge to the furious ‘Such a Man’. Underlining everything is the atmospheric spectre of Killing Joke, one of the few bands that all four members of Yung cite as an inspiration. Silkjær acknowledges that, had it not been for the difficulties the band faced in the wake of A Youthful Dream, Ongoing Dispute might never have been possible. “When I listen to it, I can hear a lot of that tension,” he admits. “It was a time when we were struggling financially, coming back off every tour actually owing people money rather than having made any. I can really hear the frustration that comes with an unstable economy in the songs. It was just a big, dark cloud that was hanging over our heads for a long time. We felt as if things were not going our way, and those feelings really manifest themselves on the record. There’s more to the stormy atmosphere that runs through Ongoing Dispute than that, though, as Silkjær can attest. “I did get my own head out of my ass, for a change!” he laughs. “In the past, I’ve always written about me, and my life, and things that affected me, but this time, I started talking more about things that affect everybody. I was thinking about the things that aren’t working in the world; there are songs about those kinds of problematic structures. There’s a song on the album called ‘Dismantled’; we had to dismantle our self-image as a band to move forwards, and I had to dismantle my self-image as a songwriter, too.” Recorded over two sessions at Dreamland Studio and the tiny, now-defunct Studio One (so-called, Silkjær jokes, because you can only fit one person in at a time) and produced by the band’s regular sound tech Neil Robert Young, Ongoing Dispute is an ode to perseverance, collaboration and triumph over adversity. It represents the dawning of a new era for the band, the one that A Youthful Dream should have, and the title, says Guldborg Tarp, perfectly encapsulates the dynamic that has driven Yung forwards, out from under that black cloud. “Ultimately, that’s what the writing of this record was - an ongoing dispute. We come in to write and we’re referencing completely different bands, but every time we wrap up a song, we’re excited about it. It reflects the lyrical side of the record, too; it’s like the last few years of coping with the world have been an ongoing dispute for us!” credits releases January 22, 2021
Written and performed by Yung Recorded and produced by Neil R. Young Mixed by Mathias Bang Mastered by Frederik Brandt Cover design by Tobias Holmbeck Cover photo by Mikkel Holm Silkjær Yung is Mikkel Holm Silkjær, Tobias Guldborg Tarp, Frederik Nybo Veile and Emil Korning Zethsen 

 

(digital - PNKSLM)

5) Peel Dream Magazine - Moral Panics 

 

 

 
Peel Dream Magazine Announce details of vinyl pressing of their 8-track Moral Panics EP. Featuring 6 brand new tracks and released on Tough Love Records on Friday 13th November, this follows its digital and lathe cut only release in July. Featuring the original 6 unreleased tracks recorded during the sessions for their recently released second album Agitprop Alterna which was released in April of this year, two further exclusive tracks are added to their vinyl pressing. Talking about the EP, Joe Stevens, the main artistic force behind Peel Dream Magazine said: Moral Panics is an EP featuring unreleased songs from the Agitprop Alterna recording sessions over the course of 2018 and 2019. It's kind of like a sibling to that record as well as the Up and Up EP from 2019. The title comes from Stanley Cohen's Folk Devils and Moral Panics which talks about Mods in England during the 1960s. Cohen talks about how the English press and politicians benefited from vilifying that cultural phenomenon, and I wrote about it in the first track New Culture, as well as Permanent Moral Crisis off the LP. I'm really into everything Mod...I think it's something I come back to again and again. These songs definitely create their own vibe but they're still connected to Agitprop Alterna..." Peel Dream Magazine is the musical vehicle for NYC's Joe Stevens, who launched the band in 2018 with the critically acclaimed album Modern Meta Physic. The debut was a mysterious, liminal tribute to the hazy end of 90s dream-pop a masterful mix of first-class songwriting precision and train-window sonic impressionism. Stevens played all the parts on Modern Meta Physic himself, blending live and sampled sounds into uniquely identifiable and abstractly psychedelic soundscapes. The album struck a perfect balance between DIY bedroom pop auteurism and studio wizaJoe Stevens, the rdry, and duly found its place on numerous Best of 2018 lists. Where the creation of Modern Meta Physic was a solitary pursuit, Agitprop Alterna found Stevens channelling the collaborative spirit of the band's ever-rotating live incarnation in the studio. He worked with close friend Kelly Winrich to develop new sounds for the project, creating musical snippets that Winrich would mix into the cohering whole. Live band members like vocalist Jo-Anne Hyun (later replaced by Isabella Mingione) and drummer Brian Alvarez would stop by and work their magic on the recordings, laying down parts with trademark exactitude. The resulting music revels in its realness: heavier, more dynamic, and truly the work of a band.
Item No: 772863
Artist: Peel Dream Magazine Titel: Moral Panics Label: Tough Love Katalog-Nr: 143133 Format: Vinyl 12", Vinyl, Singles, 12" Pressing: EU – Original Release Date: 2020 Genre: Rock / Indie Condition: New Price: 15,99 € Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging) Share 

 

(12" vinyl - Tough Love)

Grazer - How Many Times (Single of the Week (40//20)

 

 

New Video by Dan de Sousa
(Grazer) from Melbourne the joint musical venture of Matt and Mollie, whose backgrounds of painting, photography and poetry coordinate their eclectic sound.
The music is a dreamy coalescence of 80s indie pop and the catharsis of 90s grunge and shoegaze

 

 
(video - Matthev Spiller)
 

vinyl:
New Order - Be A Rebel (12")
EPs:
Boy With Apple - Walk in the Park /EP/
Maria DeHart - Quarantunes /EP/
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - The Terrors /EP/
DANCEHALL - Remote Summer /EP/
Tender Tones - Youth Retirement Club /EP/
Stasis - A Garden For All To See /EP/
Keep Shelly in Athens - Defy Me /EP/
digi single, video:
AC/DC - Realize
Larry Pink The Human - Wasted Days [Inbetweens] (ft.Joe Talbot - IDLES)
Mint Field - Aterrizar
Bert & Friends - Piš mi básně
W. H. Lung - Inspiration! (Kid Machine Manctalo Rework)
Austra - Mountain Baby (Octo Octa's Contemplation Mix)
Kiberspassk - Derevna
The Gathering - Gravity Of Love
Nation of Language - A Different Kind of Life
Ploho - Прости
Увула - Электрический ток
Resplandor - Adore (Robin Guthrie Mix)
Sicayda - Deeper In
Misertus - Interweaving
Teen Creeps - Crash / Land
Sprints - Manifesto
Hey Colossus - The Eyeball Dance
Posable Action Figures - Danger Kill (feat. Honeyblood)
Lavender Blush - Oh Anna
The Churchhill Garden - Reality
Hollow Graves - Far Out Summer
Bathe Alone - Limbo
El Perro Del Mar - Dreamers Change The World
Maps - Sleep Today
Orchid Mantis - Can't See The Sun Anymore
Real Numbers - Brighter Then
Tim Story - Tethered by a Thread
Diist - Shine
Hex Cassette - Get Out
Rue Oberkampf - Negativraum
Oneohtrix Point Never - Lost But Never Alone
Polly Scattergood - Snowburden