Tuesday, August 02, 2022

GIFT Premiere New Single/Video "Gumball Garden"


New York City neo-psychedelia five-piece GIFT have premiered their new single "Gumball Garden" alongside an accompanying music video.

The song is taken from their upcoming debut full length album 'Momentary Presence', set to arrive on entirety on October 14th through Dedstrange. Pre-order your copy here.

UPDATE 08/08/2022: "Gumball Garden" is our new Single of the Week!

With "Gumball Garden", the band open the gates to a technicolor shoegazing fantasy island.  They splice together dank strains of psych, krautrock and dream pop to grow their own hybrid. 

Dipped in syrupy synths and topped with powdered fuzz riffs, “Gumball Garden” is a delectable confection of heavy neo-psychedelic euphoria.  

Watch/listen below.

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Deathsport Reveal New Single "Nightdrive"


German indie rock duo Deathsport (comprised by brothers Tom and Mike Zitzelsberger) have revealed their new single "Nightdrive".

From the duo "Deathsport is about a soothing and comforting mindfulness one has while driving in a car at night. Something we learned to love while growing older."

Take a listen below.


Missvnaries ov Charity Unleash New Single/vIDEO "Cvm again"


Danish post punk band Missvnaries ov Charity have unleashed the video for their new single "Cvm again".

The song is taken from their new EP 'Hvmanity as a hole', out today (August 2) via Detriti Records. Grab it here.

Stream it below.

Princess Chelsea Unveils New Single/Video "The Forest"


Auckland, NZ  indie pop/alternative artist Princess Chelsea has unveiled the video for her new single "The Forest".

The song is taken from her upcoming new album 'Everything Is Going To Be Alright' set to be released on October 7. Pre-order your copy here.

Recorded live in one take at The Lab in Auckland, 'The Forest' is a a cunningly crafted sonic metaphor about enduring dark times and emerging whole.

Watch/listen below.

Hot Chip Share New Single "Freakout/Release"


London electronic/dance band Hot Chip have shared their new single "Freakout/Release".

The song is taken from their upcoming album 'A Bath Full Of Ecstasy', will be out on 19 August 2022 via Domino Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, the band said “Little Gem is about relationships and gardening. We call Lucy [PBE drums and synths] The Emo Gardener. She’d painstakingly cultivate her little greenhouse only to be left distraught when the tomatoes got blight – swearing and weeping by the compost heap. The song is a metaphor for our band's journey. It’s about breaking down, then finding a way around – growing new tunes, cultivating them and sometimes having to start again from scratch.”

The accompanying video, directed by Dylan Friese-Green and Aubrey Simpson, captures the band on the road, crammed into a Nissan Micra, cruising through the English countryside.

Stream it below.



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Ducks Ltd. Air "In Between Days Feat. Jane Inc" (The Cure cover)


Toronto jangle pop band Ducks Ltd. have aired their cover version of The Cure classic "Sheets of Grey" featuring Toronto-based experimental-pop artist, Jane Inc.

This is the first cover of a series by Ducks Ltd. called The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, out on Carpark Records. Get it here.

About the cover, frontman Tom McGreevy states: “Robert Smith is a genius and the Cure are the best and I absolutely love this song. It’s such a simple one but all of the pieces slot together so neatly. We listened to all the demos he made of it, and it’s cool to hear how clearly the fundamental parts of it are realized on the very first one, even though he doesn’t have any lyrics yet and is just wordlessly singing the melody (which I also do when we demo stuff!). We mostly tracked this one on a day off when we were on tour with Nation of Language, so the vocal was tracked in the front seat of a parked Mitsubishi Outlander in the middle of the night outside an Airbnb in Grand Junction, Colorado. It’s also the first thing we’ve made that our bass player Katie plays on.

Carlyn Bezic (aka Jane Inc) has been a pal for maybe a decade and is one the best musicians in Toronto. I’ve seen her in so many bands and it’s been so cool to watch the Jane Inc project come together, as it feels like she just keeps refining and perfecting a creative vision that was already clear in some of the first projects I saw her in. I’ve wanted to do something with her for forever, so I was super excited she said yes to this!

PS: Someone told me once that Robert Smith only responds to emails on one day a week and it’s always IN ALL CAPS. I have no idea if this is true, but I really want it to be. Also please email me Mr Smith!”

Stream it below.



Pale Blue Eyes Release New Single/Video "Little Gem"


Totnes, UK indie pop/indie rock band Pale Blue Eyes have released the video for their new single "Little Gem".

The song is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'Souvenirs', which will be out on September 2 through Full Time Hobby. Pre-order your copy here.

Watch/listen below.