HEALTH are back with new album Death Magic

27 April 2015

HEALTH - New Coke

Los Angeles noise rock foursome HEALTH haven’t released an album in a very long while. We’re pleased to know they are back, and ready to release the follow-up to 2009’s Get Color. The new album, entitled Death Magic, is due out on August 7th via Loma Vista Recordings.
We can already get a taste from the album, with the first single ‘New Coke’. It comes paired with a video, directed by the band’s bassist John Famiglietti. It involves quite a bit of slow-motion vomiting, so if that’s not your thing, just stream the song straight after the video.


Eric Chenaux shares new video for ‘Poor Time’, announces UK tour

24 April 2015

Eric Chenaux - Por Time

Eric Chenaux has unveiled a video for the utterly gorgeous ‘Poor Time’, directed by Eric Cazdyn. The track is taken from his divine album Skullsplitter, released recently via Constellation. Here it is.

In other related good news, the experimental guitar virtuoso and songwriter with a voice of gold is returning to the UK in late May, for a string of special intimate shows. Check all his stops below and don’t miss the chance to see Chenaux’s majestic and enveloping songcraft come to life.

23/05 – MacDevitts Studio, Reading
24/05 – Burning Bridges, Northampton
25/05 – The Eagle Inn, Salford w/ Irma Veo, Tekla & Dean McPhee
26/05 – Glad Cafe, Glasgow
27/05 – Fuse Art Space, Bradford (free entry)
28/05 – Cafe OTO, London w/ Oscilanz
29/05 – Raveningham Cafe, Norfolk w/ Laura Cannell

Watch Colleen’s video for ‘Captain of None’

23 April 2015
Photo: Takuji Aoyagi

Photo: Takuji Aoyagi

Captain of None, the new album from Colleen, came out earlier this month via Thrill Jockey. We fell head over heels for the album when we first heard the marvellous and enveloping title track. The French multi-instrumentalist and composer is now offering a video to accompany ‘Captain of None’, directed by Naoko Tanaka. Watch it below.

Petrels’s new album, Flailing Tomb, arrives in May

17 April 2015

Petrels - Flailing Tomb

Petrels, the solo project of London based musician and illustrator Oliver Barrett (Bleeding Heart Narrative) has announced the release of his fourth album, Flailing Tomb. The effort is due out in late May via Denovali.
Flailing Tomb draws from a wide palette of influences and sources as the press release describes, quoting “Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative fiction, Indian-Celtic connections, self-mummification, Jude The Apostle (patron saint of lost causes), and Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal sci-fi masterpiece, Alphaville, weaving all this and more into six intricately-layered parts – at once forthright and ambiguous.”

‘Orpheus’ is the first track to emerge from the album and it features lead vocals from Never Sol and choir vocals from Helen Mead, Holly Stead, Jemima Headey, Sarah Kaldor, and Sarah Wayman. Stream it below.

Circuit des Yeux details new album In Plain Speech

16 April 2015

Circuit des Yeux - In Plain Speech

Haley Fohr has announced the release of a new album under her moniker Circuit des Yeux. Entitled In Plain Speech, the album is due out on May 18th and it will be her first release on Thrill Jockey.
In Plain Speech is a more collaborative affair than her previous works, and saw Fohr invite some musicians from the Chicago music community, including Cooper Crain (Cave, Bitchin Bajas), Whitney Johnson (Verma), Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas), Adam Luksetich (Little Scream), and Kathleen Baird (Spires That In The Sunset Rise).
“These new songs were composed after a move to a collective living space, giving Fohr an opportunity to break free of the isolation that informed her previous albums”, describes the album’s blurb. “Fohr brought her community, literally, to the recording”.

‘Fantasize the Scene’ is the first single lifted from In Plain Speech, a stunning cut, both dark and gentle, showcasing Fohr’s powerful baritone voice. Take a listen to ‘Fantasize the Scene’ below and check out the album’s trailer straight after.