Wye Oak have announced news regarding their upcoming EP 'No Horizon'. Out July 31st on the Merge imprint, the five song extended play was recorded with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. The experimentalism and expansion of their sound seems to be an appropriate move as Wye Oak made the transformation from a pair to a five-piece band.
L.A.-based band All Things Blue are scheduled to release their new album 'Get Bit' on October 2nd. One of the songs taken from the upcoming LP is their new single appropriately titled 'Dicking Around', the follow-up to their previous cut 'Chad'. An eargasmic and utterly dreamy soundscape, the tune touches on dealing with that mental triggering that spawns one to act on impulses.
Duo Lee Bowie have shared their latest single 'Save', which is taken from their forthcoming album. Tackling the issue of being too dependent in an ill-mannered relationship, musically the track is an upbeat handing of experimental and art pop with jazz style vocals brilliantly placed atop. Peppy piano play align with bopping drums and sharp synth lines, all resulting in one overly infectious tune. 'Save' follows Lee Bowie's previously released cut 'Break'.
Berlin-based artist Aime Simone has unveiled the video for his latest track 'Everything's Changing', with the single taken from his forthcoming EP 'Say Yes, Say No'. Filmed during the pandemic lockdown, the black and white visuals feature a closeup shot of Aime Simone as he performs the track.
One of the albums that we are anticipating this year is Jehnny Beth's 'To Love Is To Live', which is out June 12th. Having already dropped the singles 'I'm the Man' and 'Flower', she now reveals her new track 'Heroine'. Explosive in sound, the production jumps from the speakers as a thundering bass line blends with whirling keys, not to mention horns even factored in towards the end of the cut. Produced by Produced by Flood and Adam Bartlett, 'Heroine' was co-written by Johnny Hostile and The xx's Romy Madley Croft. Jehnny Beth has been on a perfect winning streak in lead-up to the new record.
London artist Oliver Marson follows-up his previous single 'Time For Love' with his latest cut 'To The Nines!'. The cheeky post-punk meets art pop handing features Marson elegantly addressing the issues of people's poor decisions when it comes to well...fashion.
For a number of years now, Russian singer, musician, producer and designer Kate Shilonosova aka Kate NV has comfortably weaved between various musical styles harking back to her punk and new wave days with Glintshake to her experimental electronic solo projects.
Montreal artist Mirabelle is the moniker of Laurence Hélie, who made released her self-titled debut album back in 2010. With her new LP 'Late Bloomer' landing May 29th via Simone Records, Mirabelle has shared her new single titled 'Betty'. The tune is a husky blend of dose of haunting alt-pop and trip-hop consisting of sinister synth lines over thundering drum thumps. There is a point in the track where the instrumentation shifts into beautiful piano-led breakdowns before once again stomping with might.
NYC-based band Psychobuildings released their LP 'Love World' back in 2014, which followed their 'Hearts' and self-titled EPs. Since that time they have gone on to pump out a number of fantastic post-punk, new wave and art pop-inspired singles. Psychobuildings have now shared their latest track 'M'lia'. Meshing together 80s pop and early new wave, the tune is built on sensual synth lines and thumping drum kicks which spark a feeling of nostalgia as the lyrics are an ode to the love of that special someone.
Hailing from Switzerland is the band Kush K, whose sound is a perfect marriage of hazy indie, post-punk, psychedelic, 60s pop and more. The four-piece will release their new album 'Lotophagi' on April 24th. 'Lotophagi', which translates to Lotus-eaters (the group of island people in which by Ulysses came across during his travels), is a collection of tracks recorded throughout a span of late night sessions, many of the tunes done in single takes.
