Singles of the Week (11//22)

1) Lazy Queen - A Human Reaction 

 

Lazy Queen plays rock of the loud persuasion, with an energy rarely surpassed. Their concerts are intense and explosive, with an audience that just as likely to be on the stage as on the floor. Their sound which fuses melody, noise and a wide variety influences should please 90’s nostalgics and fans of new acts such as FIDLAR, Together PANGEA, METZ and The Dirty Nil alike. 

 releases March 18, 2022 

 

(EP,12" vinyl - Icons Creating Evil Art)

2) re:lapse - II​.​

 

 

 News from shoegaze dreampop Tokyo, Japan For Tracy Hydeの夏botこと管梓氏がシンセ・アレンジで参加し話題を呼んだデビューEP「re:lapse.ep」から半年振り、待望となる re:lapse(リラプス)の2nd EPが登場! 本作は、彼らが得意とするメランコリックな音像や侘び寂び感を踏襲しつつも、ブレス・イントロで始まる冒頭曲「wagon」で聴けるようなドリーム・ポップを披露するなど、サウンドの広がりもみせる意欲作。 他にも、The Jesus & Mary Chainの「Just Like Honey」を2020年版にアップデートしたようなM-2「timeless melody」、ドリーミー・アンビエントなM-3「hello」、My Bloody Valentine の「only tomorrow」や「who sees you」の雰囲気を感じさせるM-4「tonight,tonight,tonight」なども聴き応え十分! credits released March 16, 2022 ミックス: 岩田純也(Triple Time Studio) マスタリング: 中村宗一郎(PEACE MUSIC) 

 

 
(EP - Dreamwaves / Peace Music)

3) Clearfight - Comfort In Your Skin

 

 

 
Debut EP from emo-pop-punk US band... Clearfight is an emotional pop punk group based out of the midwest area. With deeply intimate lyrics, passionate vocal melodies and roaring guitars, Clearfight is here to make an impact by creating heartfelt, melodic declarations surrounding topics like heartbreak, mental health, and trying to find positivity in difficult situations. Here’s what Idobi Radio had to say regarding “Goldmine”, the band’s debut single: "Invoking calm before the inevitable storm, “Goldmine” is clear in its message of fate coming for all of us. Every instrument’s tone is dreary and resigned, creating the space for Hunter Spano’s raw vocals to hit that much harder. The song is a beautiful lamentation steeped in tragic relatability." 2022 will feature the release of their debut EP titled "Comfort In Your Skin"; mixed by Seth Henderson (Knuckle Puck, Real Friends, State Champs) and mastered by John Naclerio (My Chemical Romance, American Authors, Brand New). 

 

(EP - Clearfight)

4) Dead Horse One - When Love Runs Dry

 

 

New material from France nugaze / heavy band... releases March 18, 2022 All songs written by Dead Horse One Tracks 1-2-3 mixed and produced by Brendan Williams Tracks 4,5 mixed and produced by Antoine Pinet All songs engineered by Antoine Pinet Mastered by Mike Kalajian and Andrew Rose. Ludovic Naud - Bass, Vocals Olivier Debard - Guitar, Vocals Antoine Pinet - Drums, Guitar ivan Tziboulsky - Guitar, Drums on Core and Nevermore Elsa Turquet - Vocals on Nevermore 

 

(EP,12" vinyl - Requiem Pour Un Twister / Modulor)

5) Jardine - Ease / I Fool

 

 

 News experimental shoegaze from Los Angeles, California 

 

(digital - Jardine)
 

vinyl:
The Wedding Present - Go Go Go / La La La (7")
Island of Love - Songs of Love (7")
EPs:
Dreamscene - Idle /EP/
Sun Shines Cold - Temporal Solace /EP/ 

Memorial State - Bloomed /EP/ 

Takuto Kinoshita - Girls Still Dreaming Today /EP/
digi single, video:
Cathedral Bells - Fall Into Place
House Of Harm - Feel My Heart Beat
Sally Shapiro - Forget About You (Johnny Jewel's Amnesia Remix)
Young Prisms - Outside Air
Spell the Words - Yurei (video from EP I Guess I Miscalculated Things out 11/12/2021)
Arts & Letters - Asleep
The Gathering - TearDrop Parade
Yawners - Rivers Cuomo
Vero - 22:12
Big Image - Something (from EP Human Touch Is Forever out 27/4/2022)
Ruined Church - Grieving
don't get lemon - Purple Hour Kingdom
The Churchhill Garden - Rearview Mirror
Ducks Ltd. - Head On (Feat. Illuminati Hotties)
Fleeting Joys - Everything You're Running To
Day Aches - Hide
Christabel Dreams - Love in Black and White
Stereoskop - Hazel Eyes
VR Sex - Live In A Dream
Happy Case Scenario - Quiet Game
Holy Fawn - Death is a Relief
HEALTH x EKKSTACY - Still Breathing
A Place To Bury Strangers - I Might Have (Plattenbau Remix)
Fragrance - Bind Me Up With Your Flesh (feat. R. Missing) (R. Missing Remix)
Real Lies - Dream On
Arcade Fire - The Lightning I, II