Tollens offers Drowning in a Dream EP

10 September 2012

Tollens, the brainchild project of Malta’s native Ryan Formosa, released his somophore EP, Drowning in a Dream, a couple of weeks ago via Fuzzbook.
The EP is available to stream free and download on a pay-what-you-want basis on Bandcamp.

“Woozier, fuzzier and more intriguing. ‘Drowning in a Dream’ is an album that connects with the listener on many levels”, says the blurb that goes with the EP’s release. “This EP is a proverbial bedroom-pop roller-coaster.”

Listen below to ‘Beautiful Day’, one of the luscious tracks from Drowning in a Dream.

Yo La Tengo announce new studio album and EP

08 September 2012

New Jersey’s legendary indie rock trio Yo La Tengo have announced the release of their fourteenth full-length album. The yet-to-be-titled new effort will arrive in January 2013 and it will be preceded by an EP entitled Stupid Things, which is due out on September 25th via Matador Records.

The EP, available as a limited edition 12″, will feature the title track, which will also appear in the forthcoming LP, but the EP version will have different vocals. Stupid Things will also include a remix by EYE of the Boredoms and a 12-minute long instrumental “awash with gorgeous “Autumn Sweater” style organ and some of Ira Kaplan’s most thoughtful and lyricalguitar improvisations yet” as the label described.

Whilst we eagerly wait to hear Yo La Tengo’s new cut, here’s ‘Here To Fall’ from their 2009’s Popular Songs.

Menomena unleash third single ahead of new album

07 September 2012

Following ‘Heavy is as Heavy Does’ and ‘Capsule‘, Menomena have just dropped a third cut from Moms, the duo’s fifth studio album, which arrives on September 18th via Barsurk Records.

Menomena will embark on an extensive North American and European tour in support of the upcoming album. Head over to their website to check all the dates.

Now listen to the fantastic new single ‘Pique’.

Hidden Orchestra premiere video for new single ‘Vorka’

07 September 2012

We had already heard the stunning cinematic cut ‘Vorka’ from Hidden Orchestra‘s double A-side single ‘Vorka’ / ‘Spoken’ which drops this Monday September 10th.
Their somophore album, Archipelago, arrives a few weeks later, on October 1st, via Tru Thoughts.

‘Vorka’, named after Serbian filmmaker Slavo Vorkapic, has just been complimented with a video, directed by Lumen.
Speaking about the video, Hidden Orchestra’s lead member Joe Acheson said it “is a small tribute to the work of Vorkapic, whose pioneering work in the first half of the twentieth century made his name synonymous with the art of montage”. Acheson added that “the music for “Vorka” was originally created as a series of short episodes for a radio drama adaptation of a 1970’s Japanese sci-fi novel, and then combined into one track in a form of montage, so it felt fitting to reference Vorkapic in the track’s title.”

Here’s the video for ‘Vorka’.

Maserati unveil fresh cut from new album

06 September 2012

As previously mentioned, psych post rockers Maserati will release their new studio album Maserati VII on October 2nd via Temporary Residence.

According to the label, “Maserati VII perfectly captures the essence and evolution of Maserati as face melting, bone-rattling, ass-shaking Moroder Metal.”

Maserati have just dropped ‘Earth-Like’, an electifying new cut from Maserati VII. Listen to it below.