Singles of the Week (30//21)

1) Brain Cave - Log World 

  

New material from Cleveland, Ohio noise / post-hardcore / punk band 

releases July 30, 2021 

Recorded at Obese Studios in North Ridgeville, OH Engineered by Matt Novak & Matthew Ducey Mixed by Jonathan Nuñez at Sound Artillery in Miami, FL Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, OR 

Cover Photo by Evan Biskup Cover & Insert Illustration by Michael Bellis Band Photo by Joshua Zawiski 

 

(EP, 7" vinyl - Head2Wall / Tiny God INC.)

2) TRAITRS - The Sick, Tired and Ill

 

 

 

On “The Sick, Tired and Ill”, the new EP from art post-punk duo TRAITRS, themes of physical and mental illness, displacement and detachment run throughout. The first of two releases this year finds the Canadian band working once again with longtime producer and collaborator Josh Korody (Nailbiter, Nodding Heads) along with mastering done by industry veteran Pete Maher (U2, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails etc). While the pandemic delayed recording sessions for several months, continuing the theme of disruption and displacement, TRAITRS used the downtime to write more and soon found that they had more songs and directions than there was time for. “We were left with a lot of songs that we still loved but they no longer matched the fully developed vision of our new record,” writes lead singer Shawn Tucker. The 6 songs on this EP give passing glances of the many stylistic and experimental directions TRAITRS toyed with moving towards in the last 24 months. Lyrical themes of lost time, disembodiment and feeling ill at ease within your own skin run throughout the songs on “The Sick, Tired and Ill”. “With the current lockdowns and isolation, it feels like we’re all living in the space between existing and not existing,” writes synth player and programmer Sean-Patrick Nolan. “The songs on the EP went through a similar process: at different times they helped us shape and understand the new record until suddenly they lost their place. 

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - Young & Cold)

3) NNHMN - Tomorrow's Heroine

 

 

News from minimal wave / sythpop duo Berlin, Germany
Tomorrow's Heroine will be released in full on 27th July and is available on black and white vinyl and as the digital download. The album is fully written and produced by us and we are very touched to present you the first single out of it today. It is limited to 300 pieces. 

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - Michal Laszkiewicz)

4) Happyvoid - Wilt

 

 

 
New single from San Antonio, Texas shoegaze experimental band...
happyvoid is a band that has no filter sonically. With airy beatdowns of distortion and poppy celestial highlights painted purple, the band creates a nihilistic fever dream that is easy to become entranced by.

 

 
(digital - happyvoid)

5) Bliss Fields - Peal

 

 

News from Toronto, Ontario shoegaze band 

released July 27, 2021 Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Davis Maxwell at Virgil Public Studios Music by Bliss Fields and Daniel Darrah Lyrics by Meg Boni and Scott Downes Vocals & Guitar performed by Scott Downes Vocals & Bass performed by Meg Boni Guitar performed by Angel Scorcia Drums performed by Leigh Fisk 

 

(digital, video - Acrobat Unstable)
 

vinyl:
EPs:

digi single, video:
Black Marble - Somewhere
Liars - From What the Never Was
Ruby Haunt - Roman Candle
The Post-Everything Collective - To The Gates
Tummyache - DIY!!
Water From Your Eyes - Track Five
Mildred Maude - Trevena
Capitol - Moths All Around Me