Los Angeles avant-garde/post-punk/synth punk trio Automatic have shared the video for their latest single "Automaton".
The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Excess', released on June 24th via Stones Throw Records. Get it here.
The band say, “'Automaton' is about having to deprogram yourself from capitalist ways of thinking, but, of course, we framed the song in our sci-fi theme - with an actual automaton as protagonist."
Manchester art rock/post-punk band Weimar have aired the video for their latest single "I Smashed The Looking Glass".
The song is taken from their debut album 'Dancing On A Volcano', which came out in June. Get your copy here.
"Thematically, this song is a response to Kraftwerk's classic 'The Hall Of Mirrors', which explored how an artist's true self is distorted and eventually lost in the creation of an ideal persona. 'I Smashed The Looking Glass' is it's spiritual sequel, exploring the artist's escape from the trappings of such a persona, a significant challenge in an age of cult icons and social media performity," says frontman Aidan Cross.
Cynical and sardonic, but also optimistic and hopeful, this song features a special guest appearance from the legendary Loop-Aznavour of Adventures of Salvador (Weimar's German Shepherd Records labelmates) on theremin, enhancing the psychedelic effects that soundtrack the narrator's identity crisis and subsequent triumph over adversity.
Embracing post-punk to no wave, cabaret, psychedelia, alternative folk and gothic rock, all blended in a distinctive fusion, Dancing On A Volcano was produced by Adam Crossley and Chris Guest of Vibratone Sound Studio.
Munich-based post punk/new wave/experimental outfit Grotto Terrazza (aka Thomas Schamann of Bleib Modern), has dropped the video for his new single "Kurze Arme".
The song is taken from his forthcoming sophomore album 'Kalte Köstlichkeiten', which will be out on August 26th via Cut Surface and Maple Death Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Cold Delicacies (the literal translation) delivers so much more, 12 melting popsicles that furiously jump from dancefloor post-punk, brazen EBM, funk sleaze and smoked out cold-wave. What really ties Thomas’ musical world together is the scattered use of field recordings, musique concrete and quite literally... life, all sprinkled across his oeuvre, his personal secret weapon, turning an already detailed album into a scrap journal with laser focus.
