Esmerine’s new album Lost Voices arrives next month

11 September 2015

Esmerine - Lost Voices

We have been eagerly waiting for a new album from Esmerine since their 2013 glorious and wonderful Dalmak, which was one of our Album Picks of the Year. Fortunately, news of their fifth full-length emerged last month. The Montréal chamber rock ensemble will release their new effort, Lost Voices, on October 16th via Constellation.
The label describes the album as “the most dynamic and incendiary record of the group’s career”, adding that it is “cerebral and visceral, controlled and volatile, and wholly cinematic in scope throughout.”.
Lost Voices sees Esmerine expand their core line-up, with the addition of bassist Jeremi Roy, who had been a touring member since 2013. The album was recorded by Vid Cousins (Kid Koala, Amon Tobin, Colin Stetson) and it was mixed and produced by Jace Lasek (The Besnard Lakes). Cousins and Lasek are also two of the stellar contributors guesting on some of the album tracks, alongside Godspeed You! Black Emperor/Thee Silver Mt. Zion violinist Sophie Trudeau, Colin Stetson and James Hakan Dedeoglu, amongst others.
The first taste from the album comes in the shape of ‘The Neighbourhoods Rise’, the monumental opening track. Here it is.

Battles realease video for ‘The Yabba’

09 September 2015

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Hot on the heels of the second single release, ‘FF Bada‘, last week, Battles just shared an accompanying video for the entrancing track ‘The Yabba‘, the first single off their upcoming album. Directed by Roger Guàrdia, the press release describes it as “a mesmerising study of the cyclical nature of order and chaos”. See for yourself below.

La Di Da Di is out on September 18th via Warp.

Listen to Get The Blessing’s ‘Monkfish’ off upcoming album Astronautilus

07 September 2015

Get The Blessing - Astronautilus

Bristolian quartet Get The Blessing landed one of our favourite albums of 2014 with their fourth album Lope & Antilope. So we’re excited to know they are ready to unveil its follow-up, Astronautilus. Dedicated to the late Ornette Coleman, the album “was literally composed between crashing waves and deserted estuary sands”, says the press release, “producing an album of pounding rhythms, spacious atmospheres and strongly-crafted melodies – plus, of course, the unpredictability and musical mischievousness that have made the band so exciting and successful.”
Astronautilus is due out on October 2nd via Naim Jazz Records and Get The Blessing have already allured us with the awesome single ‘Monkfish’. Reportedly, the track is “simultaneously inspired by Thelonius Monk, a pair of Deamer’s shoes and of course, the fish”. Here it is.

Naytronix preview upcoming album with new single ‘Back In Time’

04 September 2015

Naytronix - Back In Time

With just over a month to go until Naytronix’s second album Mister Divine is released, the trio helmed by multi-instrumentalist and producer Nate Brenner has shared a second teaser in the form of ‘Back In Time’. The album’s title track, shared earlier this summer, got us salivating for this release. ‘Back In Time’ has just whet our appetite even more. As the titles suggests, the song reflects on the past. Nate explained:

“This song’s about reminiscing about the ‘good old days’. Wanting to go back to a simpler time, but of course you can’t turn back the clock… and maybe it’s wasn’t so simple then either? I wanted the song to have a relaxed feel to it but with a nice forward moving pulse.”

In support of their upcoming record, Naytronix will be embarking on a European tour this Autumn, including a show in London at The Shacklewell Arms on November 28th. The band will also perform a handful of shows in the US in October.

Now listen to ‘Back In Time’ and watch out for the release of Mister Divine on October 16th via City Slang.

Listen to Battles’ new single ‘FF Bada’

03 September 2015

Battles - FFBada

Last month Battles shared the monumental first single ‘The Yabba’, from their upcoming third album La Di Da Di. With just a couple of weeks to go until its release, anticipation is rising even more with ‘FF Bada’, another amazing track now available to stream. Listen to it now and watch out for the album release on September 18th via Warp.