Singles of the Week (33//22)

1) Helens - Reverie

 

 New single from Portland, Oregon dreampop / shoegaze band... 

Second Single from upcoming album 'Somewhere In Nowhere' out 11/18. 

Vinyl preorder: budtapes.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-in-nowhere credits released August 15, 2022 

Recorded in Loveland, Colorado - October 2020 Produced, Engineered, Mixed, & Mastered by Corey Coffman Drums, Synth by Julian Boyd Bass, Vocals, Synth by Aspen Koch Guitar, Vocals, Synth by Jordan Portlock Additional Percussion by Corey Coffman Photography by Adrian Cadena Aspen, Jordan, Julian, & Zac write songs together then record them as voice memos then play them at shows then make nice recordings of them with friends then play more shows then do it all over again but not always in the same order.

 

 

 
(digital - Helens)

2) Strange Ranger - Demolished (Frost Children Remix)

 

 

 
News from New York alternative pop band... 

Frost Children remix "Demolished" from No Light in Heaven by Strange Ranger. Throughout the last decade, Strange Ranger have been crafting seamless indie music that feels both already classic and precisely of its time. From ‘Daymoon's strains of the Microphones by way of the Pacific Northwest-era indie scene to the dark elation and Cure-reminiscent stylings of ‘Remembering the Rockets’ they’ve become one of the rare standouts of a crop of bands that have managed to grow up with us. More than just a stopgap along that progression, the new mixtape entitled No Light In Heaven holds some of the band’s most experimental and ambitious work yet. Stitched together through a series of sessions at both a house in rural NY and Strange Ranger’s home studios in both Philadelphia and NYC (where Eiger and Woodman moved in 2021], the mixtape possesses something both abstract and astute; the product of a band in transition and a group of people making something effortlessly transcendental out of their new surroundings. With prior accolades from Pitchfork, the FADER, NPR, Uproxx, & more, Vice has heralded their music as “unpredictable and expansive, a thrilling document of a band with an ever-changing muse,” with “songs that are packed with hooks and an abundance of feeling” 

 more credits released August 16 2022

 

 
(digital - Fire Talk)

3) Die! Die! Die! - Smelter

 

 

 
News from Auckland, New Zealand noise-rock post-punk trio... 

 released August 19, 2022 

Recorded by Steven Marr at Roundhead and Earwig Studios Tāmaki makaurau 

 Aotearoa 2020/2021

 

 
(digital - Die! Die! Die!)

4) Meat Wave - What Would You Like Me To Do

 

 

 New single from Chicago, Illinois noise-rock punk band... 

 "What Would You Like Me To Do" by Meat Wave from their album Malign Hex out October 14, 2022 

 

(digital, video - Big Scary Monsters)

5) Goodbye Ranger - Memories and the Sky 

 

 

 Debut EP from US dreampop / shoegaze duo... 

Sway guitarist and producer Andrew Saks (Millia Pink and Green, This Was Tomorrow- Saint Marie Records) is joined by vocalist Gwendolyn forming a new guitar-based ethereal dream-pop project. A wonderful wash of textural guitar-work and blissful vocal harmonies that will surely delight fans of Sway, Slowdive, Windy and Carl, Yo La Tengo, Cocteau Twins, Auburn Lull, etc! credits releases August 19, 2022 goodbye ranger is andrew saks & gwendolyn all music & lyrics by goodbye ranger recorded at bliss_lab_phx produced by Andrew Saks

 

 
(EP - Sillas Famosas)
 

vinyl:
Other Helf / Negative Measures - split (7")
Girls In Synthesis - Watch With Mother​ / ​Dub With Mother (7")
The Wedding Present - Each Time You Open Your Eyes / That Would Only Happen In A Movie (7")
Nation Of Language - Androgynous (7")
EPs:
Moonpools - Damaged Goods /EP/
Stranded - We Are /cassette EP/
Gordi - Inhuman /EP/
Slam - Transcript /EP/
digi single, video:
Community Swimming Pool - all the time (feat. COOL HEAT)
Soft Pastels - California Circus
Soft Blue Shimmer - Prism of Feeling
EVNTYD - Hard On Us
CASTLEBEAT - Home
always other - neverknowsbest
Hot Mass - Lung Capacity
Iceage - Shake The Feeling
Loobs - Hour By Hour
These New South Whales - Bending at the Knee
Suburban Eyes - SoCal (Psycho)
Holy Fawn - Void of Light
Home View - Forever
Gilla Band - Backwash
Tiny Moving Parts - Demons Are Taking Over
Sparta - Mind over Matter
Lilac - Crystalline
Echoberyl - Silent Monster
Everdeen - Fairweather Friend
100% - No Cure For Love
Billy Idol - Cage