These New South Whales Announce New LP 'TNSW', Stream "Rotten Sun"

Melbourne punk band These New South Whales have announced the released of their third studio album 'TNSW'.

The follow-up to 2019's I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do, will be out on November 18 via Damaged Music. Pre-order your copy here.

TNSW marks a refined new era for the band, and is comfortably their most sophisticated body of work yet: a 14-track tome of barrelling punk rock that polishes its heavier moments – heavier than ever – with sing-along choruses, sharp arrangements, and plenty of trademark irony and self-awareness. For every ’90s alternative reference, there’s a blast beat; for every big radio moment, a cursed instrumental aside. It’s the same impeccable sleight of hand we’ve come to expect from the band – a throughline, also, for their hit Comedy Central TV show and exalted podcast, What a Great Punk. 

But on TNSW, the songwriting has found another gear, and the energy and defiance that got them here are more pronounced than ever.

New single "Rotten Sun" is inspired by the Ross J. Farrar (Ceremony) poem of the same name, a ready-made anthem that laments the impermanence of all things. 

“I can’t read Ross’s poem without crying,” said frontman Jamie Timony, “so I wanted to regurgitate it in my own way with these lyrics. The sun is slowly eating us all. Everything goes back to the great nothingness from whence it came. And there’s peace in that if we choose.”

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for "Rotten Sun", below.

TNSW Tracklisting:

01. Bending at the Knee
02. Rotten Sun
03. That's the Life
04. Under the Pressure
05. Changes
06. Back to You
07. Tartan & Chrome
08. Faceless
09. Signal is Strong
10. Going Outta My Mind
11. Wherever I Am, There I Am
12. Best of the Night
13. Win
14. Reset of the World

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The Shop Window Release Music Video For "Low"

Maidstone, UK jangle pop/indie pop/psych pop band The Shop Window have released the video for their latest single "Low".

The song is the flip-side of the 7' vinyl single 'Eyes Wide Shut', the third single to be taken from the forthcoming second album 'A 4 Letter Word...', set to arrive on November 25 through independent label Spinout Nuggets. Pre-order it here.

'Low' is a slightly darker affair/ballad but with a message of hope and love within the lyrics. It will also be on the forthcoming second album. Both tracks feature guest backing vocals by the lovely Beth Arzy (label mate from Jetstream Pony and The Luxembourg Signal)

Watch the video below.

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Fake Palms Premieres New Single/Video "Flags"

Toronto-based post punk/lo-fi/dream punk project Fake Palms (aka Michael le Riche) has premiered the video for his new single "Flags".

The song is taken from his forthcoming third studio album 'Lemons', which will be out this Friday, September 16th via Hand Drawn Dracula Records. Pre-order your copy here.

"Flags" arrives as the final preview of the new record which, as a full piece, circles around outsider-pop, post-punk and the sound of early/mid-naughts British indie-rock. Swirling guitars bounce off of each other circling around fervent percussion before shifting into something harder-hitting across the chorus. 

Speaking about it, Michael says: "'Flags' is a song about having to find where you fit within the machinery. Is it comfortable? Is it against what your beliefs are? Do you want to do it or do you have to do it? Do you feel like a traitor? Or are you scared at how much you actually enjoy it? We all seem to have these specters we answer to, these things we rally for or against subconsciously. This is kind of about what happens when you are forced to stare your decisions in the face."

Watch/listen below.

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