Spirits of Leo Unveil New Single "Asylum"

New York dream pop/post punk/nu-gaze band Spirits of Leo have unveiled their new single "Asylum".

The song is taken from their upcoming album 'Gossamer Blue', set to be released on August 12 through à La Carte Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Somber, spectral and energetic, "Gossamer Blue" demonstrates the band's unique blend of dreamy shoegaze and ethereal post-punk set against a backdrop of wintery atmospherics.

With chorused textures and pounding rhythms, the eight titles that make up “Gossamer Blue” meld intricate guitar lines with ethereal vocal chants to echo the moods of early 4AD and Fiction Records-era goth. Anthemic and concise, the album explodes with spacious instrumental hooks and choruses throughout its 30-minute brevity.

Take a listen below.

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New Entry: Spirits of Leo Air New Single "Solaris"

New York dream pop/post punk/nu-gaze band Spirits of Leo have aired their new single "Solaris".

"Solaris" is a song about conviction, and regaining control of one's life after being lost. Its take nfrom their upcoming record 'Gossamer Blue'.

Get it here and take a listen below.

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Watch: The fin. Release "Over the Hill" Concept Video

Japanese indie rock/synth pop/ethereal duo The fin. have released a concept video for "Over the Hill".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their recent album 'Outer Ego', which came out in November 2021. Get it here.

"Over the Hill" was inspired by the cheerful times that The fin.'s members used to spend with their friends in Meriken Park, a seaside park in their hometown of Kobe. 

Shot many years later in this same park, the concept video of "Over the Hill" reflects a wistful remembrance of these older days. 

Watch it below.

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Watch: The fin. Release Live Video For "Come Further"

Japanese indie rock/synth pop/ethereal duo The fin. have released a live video for their single "Come Further".

The song, is taken from their latest EP 'Wash Away', which came out in September 2019. Get it here.

The video was filmed at Fever, Tokyo on June 26th, 2020. Watch it below.

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Watch: The fin. Unveil New Single "Over The Hill"

Japanese indie rock/synth pop/ethereal duo The fin. have unveiled their new single "Over The Hill".

The song, recorded and mixed by the duo's Yuto Uchino, is out today (February 21) via Hip Land Music. It was created before moving to London in 2016 and has an indie rock and dreamy shoegaze sound with a dashing 8-beat rhythm, floating vocals and a noisy guitar. Mastering by Joe Lambert (Toro y Moi, Daughter and Wild Nothing).

Uchino's words: "A few years ago, before moving from Tokyo to London. When I was playing with a friend at Kobe Seaside Park called Meriken Park, someone asked me to write a song for this moment. I made a demo but I've been asleep for a long time. When I was recording and mixing again in the new studio, I felt like opening a lost chest somewhere. In the song, you should hear the real waves and wind sounds recorded when you were playing at the time. Even if you are not there, the scenery of your hometown always reminds you of your coordinates."

Grab it here and stream it below.

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Watch: The Beat Escape Air "Seeing Is Forgetting" New Video

Montreal ethereal/darkwave/electronic duo The Beat Escape have aired the video for "Seeing Is Forgetting".

Their debut 12 inch single 'Seeing Is Forgetting'/ 'Half Empty Happiness', came out in September via Bella Union, the imprint run by former Cocteau Twins’ band member Simon Raymonde. Buy it here.

Video by Sabrina Ratté. Watch it below..

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New Entry: The Beat Escape Unveil New Track "Half Empty Happiness"

Montreal ethereal/darkwave/electronic duo The Beat Escape (aka Patrick Boivin and Adam Weitzman) have unveiled their new track "Half Empty Happiness".

Their debut 12 inch single 'Seeing Is Forgetting'/ 'Half Empty Happiness', came out last week via Bella Union, the imprint run by former Cocteau Twins’ band member Simon Raymonde. Buy it here.

Stream it below.

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New Entry: Pallas Athene Releases New Single "What I Want"

Canadian ethereal pop/lo-fi project Pallas Athene, created by Breanna Johnston (Spirit Oak), has released her new single "What I Want".

The song will feature on her self titled EP, which will be available mid September.

Grab the single here and stream it below.

Watch: The fin. Drop Music Video For "Through The Deep"

Japanese ethereal group The fin. have dropped the video for their new single "Through The Deep".

The track is taken from their upcoming second EP 'Through The Deep', set to be released on June 1st, 2016 out from Lost In The Manor Records.

Take a look at the clip below, it was directed by Kosai Sekine.

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New Entry: Desert Sound Colony Drops "Fashion" (David Bowie Cover)

London based mysterious musician Desert Sound Colony has dropped his cover version of "Fashion", one of the most iconic David Bowie tracks.

Created in the isolation of the British countryside, Desert Sound Colony is inspired by faintly remembered sounds and almost forgotten memories.

About the track, DSC told i-d vice: "Fashion was one of those tracks that really stood out to me when I was a kid listening to CDs in my parents car on the way to school. I remember being so taken with the groove and staccato use of Bowies voice. I think it is timeless and the original still kills it on the dance floor. I dare anyone to not get up and dance when it comes on. I chose to cover it because I wanted to show off another side to the project and create something that would really get the dance floor moving." Desert Sound Colony.

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Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde Launches New Duo Snowbird, Announces Debut Album

Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde has launched a new project called Snowbird with singer-songwriter Stephanie Dosen.

The pair will release their forthcoming debut album titled 'Moon' in January on Raymonde's label Bella Union, with cover art by famed designer Vaughan Oliver, who has worked extensively with 4AD and Cocteau Twins. The record features guest appearances from Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway, Midlake's Eric Pulido and McKenzie Smith, alongside Lanterns on the Lake's Paul Gregory, and Jonathan Wilson.

In a press release, Raymonde said of the album contributors: "Having [the collaborators] add their magic to the record was a thrill, but really, I think this is very much Stephanie's record. She's a really special singer and I feel the simplicity of my music was the perfect backdrop for her stories and her incredible vocal arrangements." 

"Stephanie was the first singer I had worked with since Elizabeth [Fraser of Cocteau Twins] that I had a real musical empathy with. She could do anything. No one had ever sung with Midlake on record before Stephanie, while Massive Attack asked her to be their lead singer on tour—ironic really given that Elizabeth had too! She also sang with Chemical Brothers. But we'd never written music together at home." He added.

About the band he said: "It would be a little odd if it didn't remind people of Cocteau Twins."

On the album: "I wrote every piece of music at night, in semi-darkness so that the space didn't feel like my living room. The moon was very important for the light it reflected."

Raymonde has also unveiled "Porcelain" the lead cut from the album, which is light as a feather... Have a listen below.