Singles of the Week (10//23)

1) Halation - Effigy 

 

 Debut EP from dream-pop / shoegaze New York band... 

"Effigy" is the debut release by NYC-based shoegaze band Halation. 

The EP is the culmination of the core setlist the band has performed live since late 2021. Each of the core member's contributions greatly informs the whole: open chords and reverb-soaked vocals by Tyler Bell, ghostly synths and soaring lead guitar from Raymond Lei, and intricate melodic bass guitar by Mike Delgado. Mashing the earnest intensity and reverb-doused atmospheres of DIIV with glimmers of post-punk propulsion of Joy Division and New Order, the band's flavor is familiar through songs like "Killing Time" and the title track "Effigy". However, shades of alt-rock and post-rock reveal themselves in the REM-meets-Smashing-Pumpkins "White Noise Generator" and the GB!YE-influenced coda of eponymous ballad "Halation". Ending at the beginning, the opener "Solvent" marks the band's genesis as their very first song written and a thesis statement of the band's sound. Thank you for listening. credits releases March 10, 2023 

Tyler Bell - Guitar, Vocals, Production & Engineering 

Raymond Lei - Keyboards, Lead Guitar 

Mike Delgado - Bass Guitar 

Music by Halation, lyrics by Tyler Bell Recorded at home in Astoria, NY Mixed by Peter Jensen Mastered by Ariel Loh Illustration and design by J Liner/culture glut 

 

(EP - Halation)

2) Silver Moth - The Eternal

 

 

 

 New single from seven-piece UK band featuring Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite. 

Taken from the album "Black Bay" by Silver moth, released 21st April 2023 

 

(digital - Bella Union)

3) Guardian Singles - Chad and Stacey 

 

 

 News from Auckland, New Zealand post-punk / indie rock band... 

Album "Feed Me To The Doves" releases May 26, 2023 

Guardian Singles are: 

Thom Burton (guitar, vocals) 

Fiona Campbell (drums) 

Yolanda Fagan (bass) 

Durham Fenwick (lead guitar) 

 

(digital - Trouble in Mind)

4) Laraya - Linear

 

 

 Debut EP from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania indie-rock / shoegaze trio... 

released March 8, 2023 

All music written by Laraya Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered by Mitchell Rogers 

 

 
(EP - Laraya)

5) Beach Fossils - Don't Fade Away

 

 

 News from Brooklyn, New York indie-pop / rock band... 

new album "Bunny" out June 2, 2023 

Bedroom-pop trailblazers Beach Fossils’ new album 'Bunny,' is a triumphant return for one of 2010s most influential NYC bands. 'Bunny' delivers us 11 new classics--a precise blend of the dream-pop they notoriously pioneered, familiar post-punk vigor, & the sophisticated songwriting of seasoned musicians. The record has Dustin Payseur's most vulnerable lyrics by far. He’s pushed himself to be honest and give insight to his emotional world. From poignant words about a family member’s cancer battle, the joy of being a father, to smoking a cigarette out of a car window with friends--it’s the band's most vivid and personal work to date. Beach Fossils have spotlighted at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Primavera, and Posty Fest, in addition to sold-out headline dates at venues like Brooklyn Steel, The Wiltern, and Thalia Hall. The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads hit No. 3 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart and the band recently cracked two million Spotify monthly listeners and seven million monthly listeners total across all platforms. Bunny will be released June 2nd on Bayonet Records--a genre-expansive indie label he co-founded in 2014 that has served as an incubator for a diverse roster of developing artists since its inception.

 

(digital, video - Bayonet)
 

vinyl:
EPs:
Claas Herrmann - Brasil /EP/
Sakkaris - Ordinary Misery /EP/
Sewage Farm - Mould /cassette EP/
Bleary Eyed - Bleary Eyed /EP/
Easeless - Reverse /EP/
Litovsk - LITOVSK /EP/
digi single, video:
Uniforms - Ashes To Thrive
Fairfields - Revolver
Collective Fear - Today
Glare - Bloom (Photographic Memory Remix)
Mint Julep - All Along
Depeche Mode - My Cosmos Is Mine
Fazerdaze - Flood Into
Cinéma Lumière - Cotton Candy Clouds
Surf Friends - Woohoo
Greenwood - Daylight / Lost To Watch You Leave
Killing Joke - Full Spectrum Dominance
KEN Mode - Painless
Flyying Colours - Do You Feel The Same
Gila - On The Take
Kindsight - Madhouse Breakout Multitool
Strange Ranger - Rain So Hard
Ships In The Night - Sun One
The Mary Onettes - Easy Hands
The Churchhill Garden - Stranglehold
ZZZAHARA - idk how to luv
Male Tears - Sleep 4Ever
Vodoo Rage - 1212129
Beta Máximo. - Hornos de ladrillo
Nation of Language - Sole Obsession
Mella Dee - Riptide (feat. Bernard Sumner)
Deary - Fairground (Saint Etienne Meet Augustin Bousfield At The Top Of Town Mix)
Double Grave - The Moon
Protomartyr - Make Way