PREMIERE: D’arcy explores the space between pleasure and pain on haunting new track ‘Ecstasy’
Putting herself on the map with the introductory Hard to Kill EP last August, D’arcy has since been at work on new material, not to mention the experimental pop space which she inhabits. While we wait to see what form her next move will take, we’re delighted to premiere her first new song of the …
PREMIERE: Beverly Crusher line up debut with the fired-up polemic of ‘Scab’
Yes please, thank you, we’ll have plenty more of that – you’ll likely find yourself saying similar things after being tossed around by this song for two-and-a-half minutes. Meet Seattlites Beverly Crusher, who today finally give us the debut album announcement we’ve been waiting for. Said album is called Waste of Waves, lifting its title …
PREMIERE: Nick Leng is at his most vulnerable in clip for ‘My Mind is a Mess in the Morning’; new album next month
Six weeks out from the release of his new album, Nick Leng shares a glimpse of him at his lowest, with the title of ‘My Mind is a Mess in the Morning’ speaking for itself. It’s an emotional sucker punch detailing Leng’s struggles with his mental health and being amazed people still care about him …
PREMIERE: Caroline Kingsbury gives ‘Heaven’s Just A Flight’ the remix treatment
In April of last year, Los Angeles-based Caroline Kingsbury released her great debut album Heaven’s Just A Flight (which, by the way, received a belated vinyl pressing in the back half of 2021), and in keeping with the record telling her story of coming out as queer in a religious family, she’s revisited the source …
PREMIERE: Montreal post-rock trio Yoo Doo Right emphatically kick against the pricks on thunderous new album
Barely a year since they released their debut LP, Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose, Canadian trio Yoo Doo Right are back with their second album, on which their towering, politically charged experimental rock soars to new heights. Trailed by two singles earlier in the year – one of them a whopping 17 minutes …
PREMIERE: Astrologer announces second EP for next month, shares sprawling lead track ‘Détente’
Last year, the Phoenix-based ‘avant-pop’ project Astrologer (led by Drew Cline) made their debut with the riveting Legerdemain (L) EP, and today they’re announcing the complementary 6-song set that makes up the band’s second release. It’s out next month, and to coincide with the announcement they’re sharing three-part lead track ‘Détente’, which features vocal contributions …
PREMIERE: A.M. Boys stream their gorgeous debut album ‘Distance Decay’ ahead of release tomorrow
Back in March, we lifted the lid on the impending debut album from Brooklyn duo A.M. Boys. It’s a hell of a grower and we fell in love on first listen, so to say we’re delighted to be streaming Distance Decay in full ahead of its release tomorrow is putting it lightly. Here’s what the …
PREMIERE: TWÏNS thinks there’s ‘Something About Alice Coltrane’ on instrumental tribute to jazz pioneer
Berlin-based Miro Denck, otherwise known as TWÏNS, has a new record arriving at the end of the month (pushed back from April). He’s shared three songs from The Human Jazz already, and today unveils a loosie that pays tribute to Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, tipping the hat to (and rearranging) a certain piece of hers in …
PREMIERE: Endearments survey breakup wreckage on huge new single ‘Too Late’
You’d do well to get on board with Brooklyn trio Endearments at this early stage of their career. They tapped Abe Seiferth to mix the song we’re premiering today. He’s worked with Nation of Language so knows a thing or two about the up-and-comers when it comes to Brooklyn synth-pop. ‘Too Late’ is the band’s …
PREMIERE: Damion announces debut album with buttery smooth lead single ‘Company Man’
If you’re working on music whose main sonic touchstones are the likes of Joni Mitchell and Todd Rundgren, you may as well go all in and record straight to cassette, right? Well, it works for Damion Schiralli. The Bloomington, Indiana native, inspired by 1970s AM radio deep dives, was happy to lean into the aesthetic …