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Sasha Siem shares lead single off upcoming debut album

16 January 2015

Sasha Siem - Most of the Boys

British-Norwegian composer and singer-songwriter Sasha Siem boasts an impressive CV, having composed for the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, amongst others. March 2nd will see the release of her debut album, Most Of The Boys, via Blue Plum Records. The album was written in Berlin and recorded at Reykjavik’s Greenhouse Studios, with Valgeir Sigurðsson (Sigur Ros, Bjork, Bonnie Prince Billy, Feist) on production duties. The album’s blurb describes it as a song cycle. “Its twelve songs are as linked by their themes as by the sonic world they inhabit – born of an unlikely collusion of influences that Siem has woven together: her years spent composing and performing award-winning contemporary classical music; her fascination with likeminded lovers of innovative songwriting and unusual arrangements and her youthful love of the canon of great songwriters that emerged in the 1960s.”

Sasha has recently unveiled ‘So Polite’, the first marvellous single off Most Of The Boys. Here it is.

In support of the album, Sasha Siem is set to play in London at The Lexington on March 25th.

Sankt Otten set to release eighth studio album Engtanz Depression

15 January 2015

Sankt Otten - Engtanz Depression

German instrumental electronic duo Sankt Otten are ready to follow their 2013’s Messias Maschine. Engtanz Depression, which translates to ‘Close Dance Depression’, will be their eighth full-length album release and it drops on February 27th via Denovali.
Engtanz Depression marks a significant progression of their previous efforts, according to the label. “New drum sounds and acoustic instruments such as harmonium and piano may be found, and some pieces emerged from free improvisations, which is a completely new approach taken by this band.”

‘Beten, Tanzen, Küssen’, the first track on the album featuring an harmonium, is being offered as the first single from the album. It serves as an enticing and exciting taste for what’s coming our way and you should listen to it now.

Inventions announce new album Maze of Woods

14 January 2015

Inventions - Maze of Woods

Inventions, the creative alliance of Matthew Cooper of Eluvium and longtime friend Mark T. Smith of Explosions In The Sky, came to life in 2013 and the pair released their self-titled debut album last year. They are ready to follow it up, having just announced the release of a new full-length album entitled Maze of Woods. The album is inspired by the closing paragraph of Denis Johnson’s novella Train Dreams, where Johnson “describes the nonverbal howl of a feral wolf boy, a pre-language that is yearning and instinctual; a statement of wordless distress and love”, as the press release explains.
Maze of Woods is due out on March 16th in the UK via Bella Union and a day later in the US via Temporary Residence. Ahead of it, Inventions have shared ‘Springworlds’, the first wonderful and serene single. Take a listen now.

Watch Rebekka Karijord’s self-directed video for ‘Use My Body While It´s Still Young’

13 January 2015

Rebekka Karijord - Use My Body While It´s Still Young

We Become Ourselves, the second album from Sweden based, Norwegian born singer-songwriter Rebekka Karijord, came out in Europe at the end of 2012. The effort will be released for the first time in North America on February 5th via Control Freak Kitten.

Karijord has unveiled a video to accompany the pulsating and warm first single ‘Use My Body While It’s Still Young’. Self-directed, the video features Siv Ander, a 75 year-old Swedish ballet dancer. Here’s what Karijord said about it.

“When I wrote the song I knew I wanted to have some sort of a visual contradiction to it, because of the quite direct lyrics and title. I imagined a sensual, older body expressing vitality and power. I find that older peoples sexuality and bodies, and a specially female bodies, are one of the last taboos in our very youth fixated society. “

Watch the video below.

William Ryan Fritch offers new single from upcoming album Revisionist

12 January 2015

William Ryan Fritch - Revisionist

William Ryan Fritch‘s next instalment from the Leave Me Sessions subscription series comes in the format of a full-length album, Revisionist, and it drops on February 10th via Lost Tribe Sound.
Celebrating the immense work of the gifted and prolific Oakland-based composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, the label has agglomerated Fritch’s compositions and songs from the last couple of years into the Leave Me Sessions subscription series. It features over six hours of his music spanning  three full-length physical albums, one full-length digital album, four EPs and two subscriber only soundtrack.
As with previous works, Revisionist was made entirely using second-hand and found instruments. To bring the album to life, Fritch enlisted the help of Benoit Pioulard, D.M. Stith, Origamibiro and Esme Patterson. “These inspired partnerships take Fritch’s instrumentation and craft to new destinations, employing new techniques while furthering its immediacy and appeal”, says the press release.
Revisionist is now available to pre-order and you can also get it along with the rest of the Leave Me Sessions Series here.

Now let yourself be taken by the warm, haunting and majestic ‘In Denial’, the latest single lifted from the upcoming album. And check out the deluxe LP book trailer straight after.