‘Orlok’ is the brand new track from Anna Meredith and it serves as one hell of great taster for her upcoming second EP Jet Black Raider. After weeks of recording glocks, drums, clarinets, cellos and vocals, as Anna said, the follow-up to her outstanding debut EP Black Prince Fury arrives on August 19th via Moshi Moshi Records. The EP will be available on limited edition 12″ vinyl and digitally.
Listen to ‘Orlok’ now via soundcloud.
Dan Deacon‘s latest album, America, culminated with a four-song suite called ‘USA’ and featuring ‘USA I: Is a Monster’, ‘USA II: The Great American Desert’, ‘USA III: Rail”‘ and “USA IV: Manifest’.
Now, and coinciding with the recent release of a new single on the Adult Swim Singles series, Dan Deacon teamed up with director/editor Dave Hughes (Off The Air/Adult Swim) to create an epic 22-minute acompanying video for the entire suite. There’s no excuse to miss Deacon’s monumental suite and this amalgamation of footage including animals, cities, splashes of colours, tightrope walking and loads more. Enjoy.
America is out now via Domino.
Daniel O’Sullivan and Alexander Tucker first released an album as Grumbling Fur in 2011. Both artists have been collaborating prolifically in the UK experimental underground scene for a long time, O’Sullivan with his project Mothlite and as a member of Guapo, Ulver, and Aethenor (with Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley) and Tucker as a solo artist and with Imbogodom.
Later this month, Grumbling Fur will release their second album and first as a duo. Glynnaestra will see the light of day on July 22nd via Thrill Jockey.
Described as an avant-pop album by the press release, Glynnaestra‘s “structural foundation is built up via an eclectic array of instruments, both acoustic and modified, to pulsating electronic sounds. Add to this mix the pair’s entirely modern shamanistic meta-narratives, and the result is a contemporary psychedelic pop delight.”
‘Dancing Light’ is the first track lifted from Grumbling Fur’s forthcoming album. Listen to it beneath.
Enemy From Space is the brainchild project of Kelly Shane, better known for his drumming affiliation with several bands and distinct genres like power pop, indie rock, prog punk or Chamber music.
After getting an 8-track reel-to-reel tape recorder in the mid 90’s, and influenced by Krautrock, late 70s/early80s low-budget horror films soundtracks, Joe Meek and the DIY aesthetic of bands like Guided by Voices, Chrome and The Residents, Shane swapped his drums for synthesizers and began doing electronic music.
Last month, Enemy From Space’s debut album Abstractions, originally out in 2002 via Imperial Fuzz, was re-released by Thingmo. The album was remastered and comes with 5 unreleased bonus tracks. You can get it here.
Enemy From Space is working on a new release and we’ll keep our ears peeled for more info.
Here’s ‘Mysteries in Space’ and ‘All Key Hens’, two amazing tracks from Abstractions, the latter being one of the bonus tracks.
Royal Canoe have released a video for their jubilant and luscious single ‘Bathtubs. ‘Bathtubs’ appears on the sextet’s much anticipated debut album Today We’re Believers, due out on September 4th via Roll Call Records in the US, Nevado Records in Canada and Nettwerk in the UK.
Directed by Nathan Booey, the clip falls in line with the band’s incredible and quirky sense of pop composition. Watch it here.
Five years on since he dropped 2008’s Modern Guilt, Beck is back with not one but two new albums. Well, Beck did release an album last year, Song Reader, published by McSweeney’s and featuring twenty new tracks. Sadly it was mostly for the pleasure of those who can read music, as it came out solely in the shape of a sheet-music collection. First this autumn Beck will release an acoustic album reminiscent of his 1994’s One Foot in the Grave and he has also announced the release of a second album which will be the proper follow-up to Modern Guilt. Both albums will be released independently.
The man has recently shared an awesome synthy new single, ‘Defriended’, which will not be included in his forthcoming album, but it will whet everyone’s appetite. The single is available on 12” vinyl exclusively on his website, and it comes with a 14-minute extended B-side version. You’ll want it after you hear the original mix below.
