Benin City tease debut album with lead single ‘My Love’

16 April 2013

Benin City

June 24th will see the release of Benin City‘s debut album Fires In The Park via Audio Doughnuts. The London based trio, named after the Nigerian capital, comprises poet Joshua Idehen on vocals, Theo Buckingham on drums and Tom Leaper on tenor saxophone and synths.

Ahead of the release, Benin City have just shared the album’s first single, the tremendous and beautiful ‘My Love’. The single, produced by Marc Pell (Micachu and the Shapes), includes remixes from Nicolaas Van Reenen, Dan le Sac and Paper Tiger. Head over to Benin City’s website to download it free.
“‘My Love’ is a testament to the band’s maverick nature with its repetitive rhythms, cascading over each other”, says the release blurb. “A dark, playful call to arms is enacted through a regal sounding horn pattern that keeps increasing in volume. ‘My Love’ is more a truthful manifesto on love than ode”.

The outfit have also premiered a stop motion video for ‘My Love’, described as “a reflection of the positive-negative relationship in the song”. Charlie Behrens directs, watch it below.


Bird Names release seventh full-length album Naming Names

15 April 2013

Bird Names - Naming Names

Formed in the mid 2000’s in Chicago and now based in Brattleboro, Vermont, Bird Names is the avant pop folk outfit led by prolific songwriter and producer David Lineal.
The band, whose ever evolving line up has included several different musicians, has released seven full-length albums. The latest, Naming Names, came out today and sees David Lineal joined by Peter Nichols (Great Valley) and Alex Edgeworth (Lust Cats). Bird Names describe the record as “nuanced pop music housed in aural atmosphere, designed to bear manic repeat listens.”

Naming Names is available on cassette, hand-painted CD-Rs and digital format, just head over to their bandcamp to get it or stream it.

Here’s the scintillating album opener, ‘Piedmont Spring’, to open your appetite.

Melt Yourself Down unveil video for new single ‘Release!’

12 April 2013

Melt Yourself Down - Release!

Last week the mighty London based collective Melt Yourself Down teased everyone announcing the imminent release of a new single, and an accompanying video. The sextet had left us craving for more since sharing the incredible and infectious first two singles, ‘We Are Enough’ and ‘Fix My Life’, as we previously mentioned. Earlier today, Melt Yourself Down shared the promised new track, ‘Release!’, an excellent and explosive cut to get everyone dancing madly. You can watch the video for ‘Release!’ below, directed by Morgan Beringer. And watch out for their self-titled debut album due out on June 17th 2013 via The Leaf Label.


Yolke release second EP Syrup

11 April 2013

Yolke - Syrup

Hailing from Australia, Stefano Condello, Nickolas Sullivan, Matthew Spisbah and Errol Green make up the experimental psych pop outfit Yolke.

Last month saw the quartet release their second EP, Syrup, via Fallopian Tunes. The new EP “gives a sharper, crisper glimpse of Yolke’s musical fantasies”, says the label. “Leaving languid dreams behind, listeners are led from chambers of gold into vast luscious landscapes. Via waterslides.”

I’ve had my ears wrapped around Syrup from the first listen. Make sure you head over to Yolke’s bandcamp to stream/download the whole EP. Here’s a taste off Syrup to entice you, ‘rushH’.