Poppy Ackroyd sets release date for Escapement

02 November 2012

Back in July, we reported on multi-instrumentalist and composer Poppy Ackroyd‘s upcoming debut solo album, Escapement. Her eagerly anticipated debut record will arrive on December 14th via Denovali Records.
According to the album’s blurb, Escapement reflects her intricate relationship with the piano and the violin. Classically trained on the two instruments, Poppy has been manipulating and multi-tracking sounds from them for the last few years. Her forthcoming album was composed using only the piano or the violin with the exception of a few field recordings of birds from the Outer Hebrides and rain recorded whilst driving in Scotland.

‘Escapement’ is described as “the part of the mechanism in a piano that enables the hammer to be released, so that the string can vibrate once it is struck. It can also mean the physical act of escaping, and in the context of this album it refers to the release of emotions through the instrument.”

We had previously shared the video for the beautiful ‘Seven’ off Escapement. The album’s supreme opening track ‘Aliquot’ also has an accompanying video filmed in her studio in Edinburgh. Watch it below.

Touché share new single and remix of previous cut by Daedelus

01 November 2012

Los Angeles based outfit Touché have just released their new single ‘I’m A Man Not A Machine’ last Tuesday. 
The duo of multi-instrumentalists Alex Lilly (The Living Sisters, Obi Best, The Bird and the Bee, Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe) and Bram Inscore (Twin Shadow, Beck, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg) create “anthemic pop pieces darkened by the desires of the human heart and sharpened by personal politics” as the press release describes.

The new single comes with a remix by Lee Cooper, the moniker used by Wynne Bennett of Twin Shadow, and you can grab it free here.

The pair are also sharing a brand new remix of previously released single ‘Snow White’ by Daedelus,  Listen to ‘I’m A Man Not A Machine’ and straight after listen to ‘Snow White’ (Daedelus’ Pig Hearted remix).


Flamingods announce debut album release and share new cut

31 October 2012

Tribal pop experimentalists Flamingods have been teasing us for the last year with some staggering bedroom recordings. The London based quintet have finally announced the release of their debut album, Sun, slated for a January 21st release via Art is Hard Records.
Half of the tracks from the album are completely new and the other half are re-recordings of songs featured in their previously released EP, also entitled Sun.

The upcoming album will be available on 12″ and digitally, and you can pre-order it now here.

Flamingods are offering ‘Quesso’ as the first single lifted from Sun, featuring guest guitarist Dustin Wong. Listen to it now.

Big Tree share lead single from upcoming EP

29 October 2012

Big Tree, the Berkeley, California based outfit of Kaila McIntyre-Bader, Luke Bace, Dan Pirello, Anna Ghezzi and Matt Schory, have announced the release of a new EP entitled Little. The new effort, produced in partnership with Eli Crews (Mwahaha, tUnE-yArDs, Deerhoof, Geographer), features three new studio tracks and the digital release comes with three live tracks.
Little is slated for a November 6th release and you can pre-order it now on their bandcamp.

The quintet relocated from Brooklyn to the Bay Area last year and Little shows how their new home inspired and re-directed their sound.

Ahead of the release, Big Tree have shared the lead single ‘Time’. Singer-songwriter Kaila McIntyre-Bader said ‘Time’ “encompasses the band’s altered perception of time on the road, the nostalgia of building a new home in a new place, and the nervous excitement of not being able to predict what’s next, but knowing it will be okay.” Make sure you find some “time” to listen to it.

Rozi Plain premieres video for single ‘Cold Tap’

28 October 2012

Joined Sometimes Unjoined, the second album from London based singer-songwriter Rozi Plain aka Rosalind Leyden, came out last week via Fence Records and Need No Water Records.
To coincide with the release, Rozi Plain debuted a video for the album’s opening track ‘Cold Tap’, also featuring an excerpt of ‘Days Minutes’ off Joined Sometimes Unjoined. Brothers James & Mark Hankins, members of OLO Worms, directed the video. Watch it below.