The Claypool Lennon Delirium put out a special EP, Lime and Limpid Green, earlier this year for Record Store Day. The good news is the EP is being re-released as a limited-edition in less than a month. The effort saw the duo of Les Claypool and Sean Lennon reinterpret four classic tracks, including Pink Floyd’s ‘Astronomy Domine’, King Crimson’s ‘The Court Of The Crimson King’ and The Who’s ‘Boris The Spider’. ‘Satori’, the 1971 track from Japanese band Flower Travellin’ Band is also one of the tracks featured in the EP. The Claypool Lennon Delirium are offering it with a psychedelic video directed by Koichiro Tsujikawa. Watch it below and watch out for the release of Lime and Limpid Green on August 4th through ATO Records.
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Liars reveal first single from upcoming new album TFCF
Photo: Zen Sekizawa
Three years on from the release of Mess, Liars have a new album on the way, entitled TFCF and set for release on August 25th via Mute. TFCF, which stands for Theme From Crying Fountain, sees Liars re-emerge as the solo project of singer and guitarist Angus Andrew, following the amicable departure of Aaron Hemphill. Recorded in Andrew’s native Australia, where he had moved back to to live in a remote part, the album is informed by his new surrounding and life style. He explains:
“Suddenly, the tides of the ocean became the most important thing to me, because I live right on the ocean now, and to get my boat out in the morning to get groceries on the mainland I’ve got to know when the tide is coming in, or I’ll get stuck. Very basic things like that suddenly became top priority in my life. And the effect was interesting. The last record, Mess, was made in LA, and had very tight corners and clean edges – it was sharp, programmed, organised. It sounds a lot like living in a city. But now, everything started to fall off-time.”
Ahead of TFCF‘s release, Liars has shared the first single from it, ‘Cred Woes’, and we can’t stop playing it. Here it is.
To celebrate the release of TFCF, Liars will hit the road this Summer and Autumn with a new touring band. With several live dates in Europe and North America, the tour kicks off at London’s VISIONS Festival on August 5th and includes a show at Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? Festival in November. Check their website for all dates and other info.
Grandbrothers set to release second album Open this Autumn
Photo: Mischa Lorenz
German duo Grandbrothers conquered our ears a couple of years ago with their divine debut album Dilation. So we’re pleased to know a new album will follow later this year. Entitled Open, the effort sees German-Turkish pianist Erol Sarp and Swiss engineer/mechanic/sofware designer Lukas Vogel continuing an exploratory and open approach to their music, with the grand piano as their one and only centrepiece.
Open will see the light of day on October 20th via City Slang but we can already hear a taste from it, the sublime and ravishing first single ‘Bloodflow’. It comes with video directed by Hugo Jenkins, who had this to say about it:
“When I first heard the track I was really intrigued by how certain parts repeated yet kept evolving in a way that felt amazingly effortless. This made me reflect on different forms of spirituality and therapy that often involve repetitive tasks. I tried to let this repetition inform the way the film is structured, often returning to a particular idea but revealing a little more each time we see it.
The feel of the music is just so emotive I felt an abstract exploration of memory, family and the mother/daughter relationship made sense to me. The environment I chose to explore this in was drawn from a personal experience I had a few years ago.”
To get excited for this release, check out the video for ‘Bloodflow’ below.
Holy Fuck announce new album Bird Brains
Last year Holy Fuck released their first album in six years, Congrats, which was one of our Album Picks of the Year. Luckily, we won’t have to wait that long again to hear new music from them as they have just announced the release of a new record entitled Bird Brains. What’s more, it arrives in less than a month, with its release slated for July 21st via Innovative Leisure Records and Last Gang Records. To get us even more excited, the Canadian quartet have shared a teaser video for the album. Here it is.
As if a new album is not enough to get us salivating, Holy Fuck have also announced a string of UK shows for August in support of Bird Brains. The tour kicks off at London’s Jazz Cafe on August 9th and rounds off at Patterns in Brighton on August 23rd, calling in at Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle Upon Tyne too.
Poppy Ackroyd set to release new mini-album Sketches next month
We fell for Poppy Ackroyd when she first released her utterly wonderful debut album Escapement in 2012 and we have never let go of our love for her music. The incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist and composer is now set to release a new mini-album, entitled Sketches. Poppy picked a few of her favourite tracks from previous records and reworked them into acoustic solo piano arrangements. Slated for a July 14th release through One Little Indian, the record also features four unreleased tracks.
‘Feathers’, the title track from her outstanding 2014 album which was one of our 15 Picks of the Year, is one of the tracks she reworked and it’s immensely beautiful. Take a listen now.
Tanya Tagaq releases new song ‘Frostbite’ for Adult Swim’s singles series
Adult Swim have started rolling out new music as part of their 2017 singles series, which is set to feature artists from the likes of Brian Eno, Explosions in the Sky, Julian Casablancas, Thundercat and Run the Jewels, to name but a few. We’re in for a treat with their latest instalment coming from the hands of Tanya Tagaq, whose latest album Retribution was one of our 15 Album Picks last year. Entitled ‘Frostbite’, the new single is both otherworldly and delicate and you can listen to it below.
