Singles of the Week (26-27//23)

1) Lifeguard - Dressed in Trenches

 

On July 7th, Matador Records will release ‘Crowd Can Talk / Dressed in Trenches’, a composite of two EPs by Lifeguard. ‘Crowd Can Talk’ was originally released in the summer of 2022 by Chicago label Born Yesterday, while ‘Dressed in Trenches’ features five brand new and unreleased songs. ‘Crowd Can Talk / Dressed in Trenches’ will be made available on vinyl for the first time (A and B-sides of a 12”) and also on CD. Crowd Can Talk and Dressed in Trenches are closely related. 

They were recorded in separate sessions, but at the same studio (Electrical Audio) and with the same engineer (Mike Lust) and within the space of 12 months. Each finds the band refining its voice – honing songs that are succinct, hooky, and propulsive. There's a newly disciplined attention to detail. Lifeguard write together through collaboration and improvisation, but they’ve learned to streamline their sound, to make each hook, beat, and gesture purposeful. On each record, there are echoes of underground guitar bands from decades past. This is not record-collector music, though. It’s the product of a present-day community. Lifeguard are, first and foremost, a performing band and the songs are written to stand up in that moment. “More than old records – before that, before anything – we’re influenced by live shows and people around us,” explains Slater. 

“The inspiration comes from playing shows with people and having that mind-blown moment of seeing some friend play at Schubas or Book Club,” adds Lowenstein. “It’s happening on these tiny little scales of seeing kids play live and [knowing] this is something new and interesting.” 

credits releases July 7, 2023 2023, Matador Records 

(12" vinyl, EP - Matador)

2) Stay Lunar - When The Sun Sets

 

 

News from Bristol, UK indie-pop band... 

 

harry leigh; george coggan; james rowland; thomas andrews produced/mixed by alex quinn mastered by robin schmidt (24-96 mastering) 

 

 releases July 5, 2023

 

(EP, 12" vinyl - SAM)

3) fadedinmemories - Heavens Child

 

 

News from Minneapolis, Minnesota dreampop / shoegaze band... 

Lead Vocals: Anthony Ellingson 

Guitar: Davide Scimone 

Bass: Davide Scimone 

Drums: Glenn Welman 

released June 28, 2023 

 

And I don't want to lie I don't want you to go I want to know the truth in your soul Life's not what I wanted Life's just what I needed And I can't stop the sleeping And I can't stop the bleeding In you And you'll fly away So fly away Watch you fly Fly Fly Just like the angels 

 

(digital - fadedinmemories)

4) Peach Gardens - In Time and Eternity

 

 

News from Moscow, Russia dreampop / shogaze band... 

"What should we do when dreams are just dreams and life is empty and even disappointing? Dreams are a whole dimension that exists side by side with ordinary life. It's all intertwined. We couldn't fully live without imagining things, but at the same time, dreaming away from reality is some kind of insanity. The key is in finding the right balance and embracing all aspects of our lives with all its beauty and sadness" 

credits releases June 30, 2023 

Oleg Kopytin - guitars, vox, 

mixing Dmitry Kostryukov - bass, 

mastering Elizaveta Maryanovskaya - vox 

Alexander Kochetkov - drums

 

Recorded in 2020-2021 

GITIS University studio 

Special thanks to our friends, families and community for an endless support and faith in us and our music 

 

 
(EP - Peach Gardens)

5) Talking to Shadows - Lost

 

 

News from Baltimore, Maryland dreampop / shoegaze band... 

releases June 30, 2023 

Available now on Bandcamp Streaming everywhere on July 21st. 

Recorded and mixed by J. Robbins at the Magpie Cage Studio in Baltimore, MD. Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio Cover art for Lost and Soma by Sami Rose & Quentin Goble 

 

(EP - Talking to Shadows)

vinyl:
Alienator - World of Hate (7")
Ellen Allien x Ash Code - Dance And Kill (12")
EPs:
Velvet - No Spring /EP/
she's green - Wisteria /EP/
Hallway - A Void Reality /EP/
High Sunn - Fabric /EP/
CIEL - Make It Better /EP/
Dusty Cubby - You Deserve to Be Happy /EP/
digi single, video:
Bathe Alone - Missionary Ridge
nabeel - lazim alshams / نبيل - لازم الشمس
Blood Estate - Catharsis
Holm - The Wig
Peter McPoland - Ceiling Fan/Piggy
Boris - 1970
Restraining Order - Another Better Day
Copse - Old Belief
Cigarettes for Breakfast - Words of Encouragement
Glixen - Adore
We Melt Chocolate - No Meaning Man
Threaded - Pallid
Truth Club - Blue Eternal
Say Sue Me - Mind Is Light
About Paul - Sixteen
Days Ruined - Lush
Dayzed - Sometimes
past self - Die Cry Hate
COOL HEAT - Harmless
Girlfriends and Boyfriends - Stephaney
Korine - Burn the World (Kontravoid Remix)
Creature in the Spiral - Blister
Breeze - You've Decided
Bliss Fields - When It Meant Something
soft cheese - Ballet
Fir Cone Children - Another You
The Virginia Planes - Grounded
Wires to the Temples - Sleep Paralysis
Safer At Nite - Sky Slicer
happyvoid - Slow
White Ring - Before He Took The Gun
Collapse Under The Empire - Revelation
The Armed - Sport of Form
Stay In Nothing - Grey
Phantom Youth - Life Waits For Nothing
Flat Worms - Time Warp in Exile
Leopard Print Taser - Esta Festa Me Molesta
XO - Falling
Tapeworms - Puzzle