Art d'Ecco Announces New LP 'In Standard Definition', Airs "TV God" New Video

British Columbia glam-rocker Art d'Ecco has announced the release of his new album 'In Standard Definition'.

For the follow-up to 2018's Trespasser, Art d’Ecco joined forces with producer/engineer Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, New Pornographers, Destroyer) in ocean-side studio The Hive. The record will be out in April 23rd through Paper Bag Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Adding substance to immaculate style, Art d’Ecco’s latest creation, In Standard Definition, commands attention with every turn. Like channel surfing on an old television set, watching grainy black and white movies or flickering slideshows starring a cross section of humanity, each all-analogue vignette holds up a mirror to pop culture and explores the curiosity of entertainment. 

Lyrically blurring fact and fiction, it swaggers from the glory days of La La Land’s golden age to today’s obsession with celebrity and its hold over us all. “No matter where you live or what language you speak, there’s an entertainment god for you,” d’Ecco tells. “Whether on TV or writing the books you read, it’s an odd sense of purpose we allocate to these humans whose talent is in distracting us from the doldrums of daily life. We’re constantly searching for something... glued to our phones... consuming various forms of entertainment. We feel less close with each other, and closer to the strangers who make us feel good.” 

In Standard Definition sees d’Ecco packing his heftiest punch yet. 

Check out the album's tracklist and the video for the new single "TV God" below.

In Standard Definition Track list:

01. Desires

02. TV God

03. Bird Of Prey

04. Nothing Ever Changes

05. I Am The Dancefloor

06. Head Rush

07. Channel 7 (Pilot Season)

08. In Standard Definition

09. Good Looks

10. The Message

11. Channel 11 (Reruns)

12. I Remember

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Watch: The Prosaics Shares "Frown" Music Video

British electro-pop/synthpop artist The Prosaics (aka A.G. Williams) have shared the video for his latest single "Frown".

The song is part of our current playlist and came out in November 2020 via DistroKid. Get your copy here.

The Prosaics preaches from a pulpit of keyboards, surrounded on all sides by towers of antique, quirky synthesisers. From here he croons his scathing critique of the world he sees around him.

The sound of The Prosaics is best described as a raised eyebrow, a disapproving glance over one’s tortoiseshell spectacles, a jog around an amputee ward, a brisk walk home in November, an explicit funeral wreath or simply as something worth listening to.

For fans of: Gorillaz, John Maus, Jack Stauber, Martin L Gore (Depeche Mode), La Roux, Nick Cave, The Smiths, Portishead, The Postal Service & Pulp.

Watch the video below.

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New Entry: Yard Act Premiere New Single "Dark Days"

Leeds indie rock/punk band Yard Act have premiered their new single "Dark Days".

The Dark Days/ Peanuts 7" is out now through via their own label, Zen F.C. Get your copy here.

Dark Days is another absolute gem with a locked in groove and scratching and itching guitar work. It has the feel of a classic 1979 post punk single that is part The Fall, part Sleaford Mods and part Andy Gill of Gang of Four's guitar work. The flip Peanuts is more laid back but just as essential and adds a twist of Half Man Half Biscuit.

"With 'Dark Days' I wrote the first verse and chorus hook quite fast but then I didn’t know how to finish it," says frontman James Smith. "The demo Ryan sent was ace, real sparse. The drums were really driven but the bassline felt like it was suspended mid air in the verses, like a dub bassline or something. It created the illusion that you have time to stop and look around amidst the ensuing chaos. It's like in war films when all the noise stops and you just hear the protagonist's heavy breathing whilst they survey their surroundings in slow motion. Then the chorus hit with this ‘Captain Caveman’ vibe, it reminded me of that stop-motion cartoon from the 90's ‘GOGS’ if anyone remembers that? I liked the juxtaposition of the bleak world with the cartoon bass line.

"Despite all the advances humanity has made, the threat of devolution feels increasingly possible in the modern world, and on my bad days when I’m spiralling I can’t help but get trapped in my own head envisioning this post apocalyptic future we’re seemingly headed toward, so fuck knows why I decided to watch Children of Men when I was feeling like that. If I’d fully remembered what happened in it, I don’t think I would've in the middle of a pandemic, but I did, and I actually came away feeling really uplifted by the ending. I saw hope in it, and it helped me finish the story.”

“‘Dark Days’ is the last of four singles before we start work on the album, of which none of those songs will be on," he adds.

Take a listen below.

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