Watch: Tuxedo Gleam Drop Music Video For "Dilated"

California based minimal synth, experimental pop duo Tuxedo Gleam have dropped the video for their latest single "Dilated".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the split EP with Memory Clap Acid & Felicia Constantine 'ISTIC(S)', released in April, featuring 4 tracks of seductive coldwave/minimal wave and pummeling EBM. Buy your copy here.

Watch the video below.

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New Entry: Tuxedo Gleam Share New Track "Duress"

California based minimal synth, experimental pop duo Tuxedo Gleam have shared their new single "Duress".

The song features on 'ISTIC(S)', the new split EP with Memory Clap Acid & Felicia Constantine, out April 2nd digitally + cassette on Phage Tapes, featuring 4 tracks of seductive coldwave/minimal wave and pummeling EBM. Buy your copy here.

Take a lsiten below.

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New Entry: The Phoenix Foundation Unveil "Beside Yourself (with Fazerdaze)"

New Zealand experimental pop sextet The Phoenix Foundation have their new single "Beside Yourself" featuring New Zealand bedroom pop/lo-fi outfit Fazerdaze".

The song is out now via Memphis Industries. Grab it here.

From the band: "Every Friend Ship needs a Life Boat. So we have two additional songs from the album here, featuring the lovely vocals of Fazerdaze on 'Beside Yourself'"

Amelia Murray, from Fazerdaze explains: “I really enjoyed working with Samuel on this track. We recorded the vocals one morning at his place after we drank green juice and joked about how bougie and salubrious we were. It was special for me to see the inner workings of their creative process while they were still in the thick of their new material. Really chuffed to have this track out now, I’ve been a massive fan of The Phoenix Foundation for years.”

The video was directed by Puck Murphy. Take a look below.

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New Entry: Jane Inc Share New Single "Steel"

Toronto-based experimental-pop artist, Jane Inc. (aka Carlyn Bezic who's part of U.S. Girls, Ice Cream and Darlene Shrugg) has shared her new single "Steel".

The song is taken from her forthcoming debut album 'Number One', which will be out on March 19 out via Telephone Explosion Records. Pre-order your copy here.

In a lot of ways, this album is a constant self-assessment. How do our surroundings impact our depression? Does outside imagery warp our ideas of beauty and self-worth? How do we manage our unhealthy connections to social media? What can we do to better our planet? This internal dialogue often leads Number One into vulnerable territory. “I think a lot of the songs on the album deal with how we form ourselves and how that gets fragmented and complicated by the societal structures we interact with”, says Bezic. “It felt right to make a collage of pictures of me (and ads from magazines) for the cover of the album. It’s like a weird fragmented self, building up an idea of who you are based on other people's ideas of you”.

"Steel", is a snappy foray into bug-eyed guitar pop, wedging agile riffs alongside blinging synthesizers and a thumping rhythm section. Thematically it adds to the conversation surrounding the increasingly imbalanced work/life pattern that we persevere with and the gentrification that is slowly sucking the soul out of cities whilst we keep our noses to the grindstone. "'Steel' is about the frustration of living to work and working to live," explains Carlyn, "while condominiums (and the policy and bureaucracy that nurture them) slowly turn your hometown into a husk."

Stream it below.

Number One Tracklist:

01. Gem

02. Steel

03. Faceless, Bodiless

04. Dirt and The Earth

05. Bloom Becomes Me

06. My Oldest Friend

07. His, Mine

08. Obliterated

Watch: Cowboy Flying Saucer Drop New Song/Video "A Message to the Telepaths"

Walthamstow based experimental pop band  Cowboy Flying Saucer have dropped "A Message to the Telepaths".

The song was created remotely in late March 2020 lockdown. Part of their ISOMUZIC project.

Watch/listen below.

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Lower Dens Announce New LP 'The Competition', Air "Young Republicans" Video

Baltimore experimental pop band Lower Dens have announced the release of their fourth studio album 'The Competition'

The follow-up to 2015’s Escape From Evil will be released on September 6 via Ribbon Music. Pre-order your copy here.

According to the press release, The Competition is a pop album with a concept both emotionally and politically urgent, dealing with modern capitalism and its psychotic effects. Its 11 songs range in scope from the personal to the political, but overall express an epiphany: you need radical and unquestioning compassion for yourself if you’re to reimagine what society could be.

Speaking about the album, lead singer Jana Hunter says: “The issues that have shaped my life, for better or for worse, have to do with coming from a family and a culture that totally bought into this competitive mindset. I was wild and in a lot of pain as a kid; home life was very bleak, and pop songs were a guaranteed escape to a mental space where beauty, wonder, and love were possible. I wanted to write songs that might have the potential to do that."

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their new single "Young Republicans", below.

The Competition Tracklist:
01. Galapagos
02. Hand of God
03. Two Faced Love
04. Young Republicans
05. Real Thing
06. Buster Keaton
07. I Drive
08. Simple Life
09. Empire Sundown
10. Lucky People
11. In Your House

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Watch: Molina Premieres Music Video For New Single "Venus"

Copenhagen-based art pop/experimental/synth pop producer and musician Molina (aka Rebecca Maria Molina) has premiered the video for her atmospheric new single "Venus".

The song, produced by Molina, mixed by Luke Smith (Depeche Mode, Foals etc.) and mastered by Caspar Hesselager (Palace Winter), has been added to our current playlist and is out today (February 20) via Tambourhinoceros. Buy it here.

The video was shot by Diane Guais and Marina Jagoda. Watch below.

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Watch: Breathers Premiere "1-800-PAIN" Music Video

Atlanta based experimental pop/synth pop threesome Breathers have premiered the video for "1-800-PAIN".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their debut album 'Designed To Break', which came out in September through Irrelevant Music. Grab your copy here.

The video was directed by Tim Reis. Watch it below.

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Breathers Announce Reveal Details of Debut LP 'Designed To Break'

Atlanta based experimental pop/synth pop threesome Breathers have revealed full details of their highly anticipated debut album 'Designed To Break'.

The 11-track album will be out on September 12 through Irrelevant Music, and features their previously shared songs "1​-​800​-​PAIN" and "Only Operator". Pre-order your copy here.

According to the press release, each song on the album, is a refreshingly honest dive into the modern human psyche balanced with vibrant synth lines that capture the imagination and drip like dew into our parched subconscious.

Over the past few years, Breathers have laid the groundwork for Designed to Break with a series of insightful tracks featuring T. Lee Gunselman and Jake Thomson on synths and vocals, with Mike Netland providing live drums and sequencing. The result is a danceable mix of organic and synthetic sounds that warp traditional song structures into something subversive yet enticing.

Throughout this album, lead singer and lyricist Gunselman offers thoughtful observations on isolation and anxiety, focusing on the corresponding weaknesses and strengths of the human spirit, and the importance of listening to oneself apart from the cacophony of an increasingly commercialized world. Each topic is couched in a comforting sensitivity which plays off the spacious chords and delicate melodies of Designed to Break.

Check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist:
01. Image
02. Mariner's Song
03. Low in the Sky
04. Centralia Road
05. Bad Algorithm
06. Conector BGM
07. 1-800-PAIN
08. Only Operator 
09. Land of the Noonday Sun
10. Turbines
11. A Life 

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New Entry: Breathers Premiere New Double Single "1​-​800​-​PAIN / Only Operator"

Atlanta based experimental pop/synth pop threesome Breathers have premiered their double new single "1​-​800​-​PAIN / Only Operator".

These are the first songs from their upcoming LP. Get them here.

Have a listen to both tracks below.

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Watch: Gift Wrap Premieres Music Video For New Single "Either Way"

Brooklyn punk trio B Boys bassist/vocalist Brendon Avalos experimental solo project Gift Wrap has premiered the video for his new single "Either Way".

The song is the title track from of his upcoming debut album 'Losing Count', set to arrive on March 2nd, pre-order your copy here. We have previously heard the album's title-track "Losing Count".

The video was directed by Heather Strange. Watch it below.

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New Entry: Fiancé Reveal New Single "Wing"

Newark, DE experimental pop/dream pop band Fiancé have revealed their new single "Wing".

The song is taken from their forthcoming second EP 'Feverdream', set to be released on March 9.

Stream it below.

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Watch: Gift Wrap Reveal Music Video For New Single "Losing Count"

Brooklyn punk trio B Boys bassist/vocalist Brendon Avalos experimental solo project Gift Wrap has revealed the video for his new single "Losing Count".

The song is the title track from of his upcoming debut album 'Losing Count', set to arrive on March 2nd. Pre-order your copy here.

As an artist, Avalos embraces spontaneity and immediacy in his work. “One thing that B Boys taught me musically is that ideas that feel spur-of-the-moment or come quick, end up being some of the best songs.” Leaning further into this approach for Gift Wrap, he purchased his first drum machine - a DR202 - and set up a small studio in his apartment, giving himself 24/7 access to testing out ideas right as they came to him. The rewards? The hook-filled title track, a standout on the album, which he recalls “was the first song I wrote in a day with no intentions of recording it, and it may be the most structured and realized song on the album.”

Losing Count is the culmination of a personal goal Avalos set two years ago: to see through the completion of a collection of music all his own. “Artistically, I think the sole purpose of this record was to just do everything. An exercise in realizing a full concept without seeing what the end result would be.” As it turns out, that end result is a 13-track experimental pop album that packs a large punch with influences ranging from early new wave acts like Depeche Mode and OMD to Frank Ocean.

Watch the video below.

New Entry: Breathers Unveil New Song "Colony Of Taste"

Atlanta based experimental pop/synth pop threesome Breathers have unveiled their excellent new  song "Colony Of Taste".

The song is the b-side to the 7" split , with The Apples in stereo/Elephant 6's Robert Schneider and Will Cullen Hart collaborative project The Patient, out soon via Chunklet Industries. 

Have a listen below.

And here's Extension 9' by The Patient:

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New Entry: GROOMS Air New Single "Magistrate Seeks Romance"

Brooklyn noise-pop/ambient band Grooms have aired their new single "Magistrate Seeks Romance".

The song is taken from their forthcoming new studio album 'Exit Index', set to arrive on October 20th via Western Vinyl. Pre-order your copy here.

Have a listen below.

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Watch: TEEN Unleash Music Video For "Tokyo"

NY experimental pop/alt rock band TEEN have unleashed the video for "Tokyo".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their third studio album 'Love Yes', which came out in February last year via Carpark Records. Grab your copy here.

The video was directed by Jennifer Vanilla, Planet Jennifer Inc. Take a look below.

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Watch: Mile Me Deaf Share Music Video For "Blowout"

Austrian experimental pop/psych Mile Me Deaf have shared the video for their latest single "Blowout".

The song is part of our current playlist and is out now b/w "Wayout". Buy it here.

The video was directed by Leafhouse Collective. Watch it below.

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New Entry: Fiancé Unleash New Song "h.a.g.s"

Newark, DE experimental pop/dream pop band Fiancé have unleashed their new track "h.a.g.s".

About the track, frontman, Andrew Fusca told NME, that this is the first of many singles they will put out over the next few months.

Stream it below.

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Watch: Prince Rama Share "Now Is The Time Of Emotion" New Video

Brooklyn experimental pop band Prince Rama have shared the video for their latest single "Now Is The Time Of Emotion".

The song is part of our current playlsit and is taken from their new album "Xtreme Now," released last month via Carpark Records. Buy it here. 

The video was directed by Matt Hoffman and Taraka Larson. Take a look below.

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New Entry: Shining Bird Drop New Single "Helluva Lot"

Aussie experimental pop band Shining Bird have dropped their new single "Helluva Lot".

The song, mixed by Tim Whitten (The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus), is taken from the forthcoming second album 'Black Opal' due out on Spunk Records this spring.

have a listen below.

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