Album Premiere
PREMIERE: Stream Bebawinigi’s intense, experimental second album ‘Stupor’ and read a track-by-track guide
Virginia Quaranti’s second album as Bebawinigi is a wild ride, firmly rooted in the worlds of the experimental and avant-garde, yet simultaneously welcoming and compelling. Melding classical composition with metallic intensity and even finding time for a detour into repurposed film soundtracks, it doesn’t defy description so much as offer enough twists and turns that …
PREMIERE: Charlie Reed drift with the current on intimate debut album ‘Eddy’
There’s plenty of space on the debut album by Chicago’s Charlie Reed. Just as well, because it’s not a solo project; the band consists of no fewer than seven people. You need room to fit them all in, and with members of Illinois bands past and present in the mix (Spread Joy, Twin Peaks, Uh …
PREMIERE: LA veterans Near Beer unleash their anticipated debut album
It would be fair to say the members of Los Angeles outfit Near Beer have put in the work. It’s coming on a decade since leader/vocalist/guitarist Joey Siara’s old band, The Henry Clay People, broke up. Getting a second chance in a lineup completed, in the main, by Brent Stranathan (drums) and Jeremy Levy (bass) …
PREMIERE: TWÏNS streams brief yet compelling new album ‘The Human Jazz’ ahead of release tomorrow
We’ve already shared three songs off Berlin-based psych artist Miro Denck’s imminent new album as TWÏNS—from which lead single ‘Peace’ premiered through us all the way back in September(!)—so we’re delighted to host an advance stream of the full thing. When we say ‘full thing’, keep in mind the album’s less than 18 minutes long, …
PREMIERE: Seattle’s Biblioteka stream debut album ‘Pretty Ugly’ ahead of release
They’ve been building up to something grander for a while – dealing with the mixed emotions of releasing their second EP a week into a pandemic along the way – and you’ll be happy to hear that Seattle quartet Biblioteka are anything but ‘Checked Out’. Far from it, in fact – their debut full-length crackles …
PREMIERE: Space Fight stream long-awaited new album ‘Do You Dream in the Daylight?’
We know June’s been very busy for new music, so if you needed a reminder: New York trio Space Fight (featuring two members of Ra Ra Riot) returned from a long time in the wilderness in April with the gorgeous ‘Fool For Me‘, then announced the launch of their long-awaited second album last month with …
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: 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 …
Album Premiere: Recall Madame X – Unconscious ID
Recall Madame X is a retrowave musical and visual project, with a cinematic and oneiric feel. Their sound is dark vintage-analog, created with Groovebox, Moog and modified electronics. Its evocative, where distorted bass meets ailing synths. BSM is honoured to bring you the premiere of their new LP Unconscious ID. The project is the collaboration between Alessandro De Benedetti (musician, designer, …
Say Psych: Premiere: Hayvanlar Alemi – Psychedelia in Times of Turbulence
Hayvanlar Alemi is an instrumental psychedelic folk-rock band founded in Ankara in 1999. Throughout the years, the band has developed a style of its own, inspired by the innovative musical heritage of Turkey but also informed by the traditional and popular styles of the globe, blending together scales and rhythms of Asia, Africa, Middle East and …