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Get The Blessing return with seventh album, Pallett, share first single ‘Oscillation ochre’

24 August 2023

It’s been too long since Get The Blessing released new music but we can rejoice for they are back with a new record entitled Pallett. Long awaited, their seventh studio album arrives on October 20th and the Bristolian quartet describe it as a “organic eco-paint mixture of hypnotic long-form minimalism, playful rhythms, and unusual textures”. Beholden to no genre, Pallett sprung from improvisations between Jake McMurchie, Pete Judge, and Jim Barr during the lockdown periods, with Clive Deamer later adding drums at his home in Oxfordshire.

To herald the release of Pallett, Get The Blessing have shared the album’s groovy, intoxicating and monumental opener, ‘Oscillation ochre’, a track you’ll want to keep on repeat. The single comes paired with a video made by Charlie Romijn, featuring footage by the band. Check it out below.


Listen to Bibio’s title track off upcoming Sunbursting EP

23 August 2023

We’re a month away from the much anticipated release of Sunbursting, the new EP from Bibio. Following the ear charmer ‘Sorry (Won’t Cut It)’, he has now shared the gorgeous and lush title track, featuring guest Óskar Guðjónsson on tenor saxophone. Take a listen below and watch out for the EP release on September 22nd through Warp.

Alabaster DePlume shares third single ‘Naked Like Water’ feat. Donna Thompson

22 August 2023

Photo: Chris Almeida

Before embarking on 2-month tour across the US, Alabaster DePlume gave us last week another glimpse into his upcoming new LP Come With Fierce Grace. ‘Naked Like Water’ is the the third and final single lifted from the album and it features drummer and vocalist Donna Thompson, who takes the lead, as the press release describes, “coaxing the group out of a kosmische-meets-spaghetti-western lockstep and into a freer, open, and unknown space.” Speaking about the track, she commented:

“whilst we were making this music a lot of different stories and energies were swapped. I feel like this particular moment in the session was about choosing to develop our decisions both on and off the tape and it was like a summoning to say ‘Right, this is where we go next’, something that is not always an available statement when dealing in our day to day.”

Listen to ‘Naked Like Water’ below and grab Come With Fierce Grace when it drops on September 8th through International Anthem.

Kamaal Williams shares new single ‘Magnolia II’ ft. Theo Croker

13 August 2023

Photo: Glauco Canalis

After teasing his fourth album, Stings, with the blistering and futuristic lead single ‘PKKNO’, Kamaal Williams is enticing us again with an ace new single called ‘Magnolia II’ ft. Theo Croker. Take a listen now.

Stings is out on September 27th through his Black Focus Records imprint.

Equipment Pointed Ankh announce new LP, Downtown!, and share lead single ‘Trucks to Gettysburg’

10 August 2023

For anyone late to the party like us, Louisville, KY’s Equipment Pointed Ankh are an incredible, playful and adventurous band weaving through all sorts of intriguing and experimental sounds. Ryan Davis, Jim Marlowe, Christopher Bush, Dan Davis, and Shutaro Noguchi, who make up the outfit, effortlessly knit together elements of krautrock, future jazz, pop, folk, electronic music and everything in between in a beguiling manner.

January saw Equipment Pointed Ankh release their third full-length album, From Inside the House, and they have a new treat in store of us, Downtown!, a brand new record. Slated for a September 29th release through Torn Light Records, Downtown! finds the band “further exploring and refining their rhythmic variations into bright and bubbly new panoramas”, as the press release describes, adding that “whether you’re a head bobber, pelvis gyrator, or chin scratcher you’ll feel at home here.”

Ahead of the album’s release, Equipment Pointed Ankh are giving us a taste of their sonic sorcery with first single ‘Trucks to Gettysburg’ now streaming. Listen to it below and then dive into the other titles from their catalogue on bandcamp and let their spell take hold.

Bibio releases new single, ‘Sorry (Won’t Cut It)’ feat. Olivier St. Louis, off upcoming Sunbursting EP

09 August 2023

Bibio has a new treat for us as he released recently his latest single, ‘Sorry (Won’t Cut It)’, lifted from his upcoming Sunbursting EP. An ear charmer with a laid-back vibe, it features a guest contribution from Olivier St. Louis. Speaking about the EP, Bibio comments:

“Since the release of Ambivalence Avenue in 2009, I’ve followed up every one of my albums with at least one EP. Each of my albums feels like a distinct chapter in my life, and the EPs are a way of expanding a chapter before I move onto something entirely different. An EP is therefore a sort of satellite release to an album, and allows me to explore more ideas and variations within each chapter. Sunbursting EP is therefore part of the same world as BIB10, yet explores some new ideas and includes some new instruments and sounds.”

Sunbursting is out on September 22nd through Warp. Now listen to ‘Sorry (Won’t Cut It)’ feat. Olivier St. Louis.