New Entry: Ride Premiere New Single "Home Is A Feeling"

24 hours after you heard the first new material from Ride  in over twenty years, here's their hypnotic new song "Home Is A Feeling".

The song is taken from their forthcoming new album, due to be released Summer 2017 on Wichita Recordings. 

About the track, Mark Gardener says: "‘Home Is A Feeling’ to me is like a slow, wide-screen, sonically, layered, slowed motion warm wash. Like returning home as dawn rises totally exhausted and spangled after a long ..long ...big, great night out’"

Andy Bell says: “Out of all the new songs ‘Home Is A Feeling’ comes closest to the early Ride sound. We felt comfortable going vintage on this tune because the album we are making has a pretty broad sonic scope. It’s a short and sweet, melodic tune, with stacked harmonies, reverbed-out guitars, slowed down drums, and a huge distorted bass sound. Erol put his sage-scented electronic wizards hat on to sample up some of our harmonies and make them into a synthesiser preset, which we ended up using on this and some of the other tunes too. We wanted this song to sound jet lagged, so everything on it was recorded with varispeed, either faster or slower than real time. It’s like 1966 Beatles meets 1988 MBV… in other words, Ride.”

Stream the track below.

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New Entry: Ride Return With "Charm Assault", Their First New Song in 20 Years

British shoegaze pioneers Ride have released their excellent new single "Charm Assault", their first new music in 20 years.

The song is taken from Ride's forthcoming album, produced by Erol Alkan and mixed by the band's longtime collaborator, Alan Moulder, and due to be released Summer 2017 on Wichita Recordings. 

UPDATE 27/02: "Charm Assault" is our new Single of the Week!

About the track, Andy Bell says: "Charm Assault is a pretty straightforward expression of frustration and disgust at the people who currently run our country. The tour in 2015 was a good way of reminding us what we were good at in the first place and Charm Assault feels like a natural continuation from our peak. When we started writing together again we tried to imagine we'd kept on making music all this time, and this was just the latest one."

The band's last full-length record was 'Tarantula', released back in March 1996. The band broke up later that year. After a brief reconciliation in 2001 for a live televised performance, Ride officially reunited in 2014.

Stream the track below.

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Watch: Interpol Premiere Music Video For New Single "All The Rage Back Home"

New York indie rock band Interpol have premiered the video for their brand new single "All The Rage Back Home".

The song has been added to our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming fifth studio album titled 'El Pintor', which will be release on September 9 via Matador Records. Pre-order your copy here.

The black and white video was directed by Interpol's Paul Banks, and Sophia Peer. Check out below.

Website: interpolnyc.com

Interpol To Release New Album "El Pintor" In September

New York indie rock band Interpol have announced they will released their fifth studio album titled "El Pintor" on September 9 via Matador Records.

The follow-up to their 2010's self-titled fourth album, was recorded at the Electric Lady Studios and Atomic Sound in New York City, it features 10 tracks and has been produced by James Brown (Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters) and mixed by Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails). 

Pre-order your copy here, and check out the tracklist and behind the scenes video below. 

Tracklist:

1. All the Rage Back Home

2. My Desire

3. Anywhere

4. Same Town, New Story

5. My Blue Supreme

6. Everything is Wrong

7. Breaker 1

8. Ancient Ways

9. Tidal Wave

10. Twice as Hard

Website: interpolnyc.com

Watch: Howling Bells Reveal Music Video For "Slowburn"

Australia born London based indie four-piece Howling Bells have revealed the video for their new single "Slowburn".

The single will be out on April 7th, and is taken from their upcoming fourth full-length ‘Heartstrings’, which will be released on June 2 via Birthday Records. Pre-order your copy here.

The video was directed by Lexi Kiddo. Take a look below.

Website: howlingbells.co.uk

Howling Bells Announce New Album ‘Heartstrings’, Stream New Track "Slowburn"

Australia born London based indie four-piece Howling Bells have announced they will released their fourth full-length album titled ‘Heartstrings’on June 2 via Birthday Records.

Recorded at London's Assault and Battery Studios with producers Catherine J Marks and Alan Moulder, the album was completed in 11 days, resulting in a potent collection of songs.

About the recording process, frontwoman Juanita Stein, said:  "Having a deadline means you're forced to make crucial artistic decisions in a very short time. You don't have the luxury of overthinking. I feel this process shaped the album. As a result, you become incredibly connected to the musical spirit of the band. We loved every second of it".  

The full tracklisting for 'Heartstrings' is as follows:

01. Paris

02. Possessed

03. Your Love

04. Slowburn

05. Tornado

06. Euphoria

07. Paper Heart

08. Original Sin

09. Reverie

10. Heartstrings

The band have also shared the album's first single "Slowburn", which is available as a free download. Have a listen below.

Website: howlingbells.co.uk

Nine Inch Nails To Release New Album Later This Year

Trent Reznor has officially confirmed that his best known project, Nine Inch Nails will return with the follow-up to 2008's The Slip, later this year. 

Reznor has revealed that he's been secretly working on the as-yet-untitled new album with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder, last year. The album will be released via Columbia Records.

The full press release by the man himself reads: 

"I’ve been less than honest about what I’ve really been up to lately. For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length NINE INCH NAILS record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly fucking great. This is the real impetus and motivation behind the decision to assemble a new band and tour again. My forays into film, HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS and other projects really stimulated me creatively and I decided to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place. Here we go!"

In related news Trent Reznor recently revealed that band's former guitarist Robin Finck will rejoin the group for their forthcoming tour. "I am proud to announce that the tour lineup now includes the incredible Robin Finck. The addition of Robin to the mix of players I've assembled makes this band incredibly powerful and versatile." He said.