Gems‘ debut album, Tall Mountain, comes out this Tuesday via Don’t Be A Lout. Ahead of it, the Seattle based foursome have just released a video for the album’s title track. Ryan Wylie directs, watch it below.
Piano Interrupted reveal Two By Four re-release date and share ‘Bulbus’
As we mentioned earlier this year, Piano Interrupted‘s debut album Two By Four is being re-released on April 26th via Denovali Records. Mastered in collaboration with Nils Frahm in Berlin, the upcoming release will include six bonus tracks.
Two By Four shows the evolution of Piano Interrupted’s music over the last three years as they turned from a studio duo to a four piece live band comprising Tom Hodge, Franz Kirmann, Eric Young and Greg Hall.
‘Bulbus’ is one of the excellent cuts from the album written originally for Papa Hedi, a documentary film about the life and work of Tunisian legendary singer Hedi Jouni. Listen to it below.
Lumerians announce new album and share first single
Oakland’s psychedelic rockers Lumerians, made up by Tyler Green, Chris Musgrave, Jason Miller and Marc Melzer, are set to release a new full-length album, entitled The High Frontier. Taking its name from a 1976 Gerard K. O’Neil’s illustrated book portraying the human colonization of space, the album was recorded and produced at the band’s self-built studio.
The High Frontier is coming out on May 6th in Europe and August 6th in The USA via Partisan Records.
“Lumerians thrust forward with Krautrock inspired exploration, Afrobeat’s ritualistic rhythms, post-punk guitar noise and cracked-glacé synth lines culled from perverse 1970’s sci-fi soundtracks.”, says the blurb that accompanies the record release. “The High Frontier sets scope outward, points blindfolded at a star map and sets off full blast without making course corrections.”
Ahead of the album’s release, the band has just dropped lead single ‘The Bloom’, and a video to accompany it. Get ready to dive in a trippy sea of colour and noise.
Jono McCleery offers B-side from upcoming 7″ single
The immensely talented singer-songwriter Jono McCleery, based out of London, has announced the release of a new single, ‘Fire In My Hands’.
With two albums released to date, Darkest Light self-released in 2008 and There Is out in 2011 via Ninja Tune, Jono’s music has been evolving in the last five years. More recent releases see him absorbing electronic touches and blending them with his stunning songwriting and soulful singing. Jono collaborated with electronic producer Royce Wood Junior on the new single, which comes backed with the outstanding B-side ‘Painted Blue’. Listen to it below and download it free here in exchange for an e-mail.
Fire In My Hands drops on May 6th via Ninja Tune and you can pre-order it now.
Haiku Salut release debut album and drop new single
Tricolore, the debut album from avant garde folk trio Haiku Salut, is out today in the UK and slated for an April 16th release in the US via How Does It Feel To Be Loved.
Derbyshire Dales natives Gemma Barkerwood, Sophie Barkerwood and Louise Croft, who make up Haiku Salut, craft sweet melodies inspired by the music of Yann Tiersen and Benoît Charest and the novels of Haruki Murakami.
Coinciding with the album release, Haiku Salut have just shared ‘Glockelbar’, the second single off Tricolore. Listen to it below and straight after check out the accompanying video for their previous single ‘Los Elefantes’, directed by Joshua Dunlop.
Kriget premiere video for B-side ‘Aghori Diet’
Stockholm based avant-garde trio Kriget took us by storm at the end of last year. Following the release of their album Dystopico in November, Kriget dropped the 7″ single ‘Holy Mountain’ backed with B-side ‘Aghori Diet’.
The outfit of Christoffer Roth, Gustav Bendt and Per Nordmark had previously offered a visual accompaniment to the electrifying single ‘Holy Mountain’, and now the powerful and frantic B-side ‘Aghori Diet’ has also been given the visual treatment. According to the threesome, the video “was shot at family dinner around Christmas”. Here it is.
