Brontide unveil official video for new single ‘Coloured Tongues’

06 February 2012

British instrumental rockers Brontide have announced the release of new single ‘Coloured Tongues’.
It will be released on a limited 12″ vinyl backed by a re-recording of ‘MFBT’.
Coloured Tongues drops on February 13th via Holy Roar Records and pre-order is now available here.

The three piece have just unveiled the official video for ‘Coloured Tongues’ and you can watch it below.
The video was directed by Charlotte Knight and shot by Nic Brit.

Brontide are also working on the follow up to debut album Sans Souci released last year (May 30th 2011) and I’ll be on the lookout for it.

Callers & Delicate Steve set to release joint 7″ next week

05 February 2012

New York’s Callers (Don Godwin, Sara Lucas and Ryan Seaton) and New Jersey’s Delicate Steve (Steve Marion / Luaka Bop Records) got together to record the infectious ‘Further Out’ and ‘Perfect Pairs’.
The collaborative 7″ featuring these two tracks is due out on February 7th via Western Vinyl and you can pre-order it here.

According to the press release, “Further Out” is a disjointed narrative about hotels and their occupants, left to tie up loose ends as life rockets past them, while “Perfect Pairs” explores the difficulties of maintaining relationships within relationships within relationships.”

Here’s what Delicate Steve said about the collaboration:

“I met Sara through some mutual friends at a Deerhoof concert last year. Soon after that I checked out her band (on myspace!!) and was really into it. I sent her an idea I had for a song while on tour, then we met for a minute during SXSW, saw each other’s bands, and talked about making a song when we were both home from tour. Next we met up at Michael Azerrad’s “Our Band Could Be Your Life” concert in NY where our bands were both playing. I had an awesome time in the mosh pit with Ryan. A week or two later we started recording “Perfect Pairs” together with Don Godwin behind the board. Shortly after that, we made “Further Out” collaborating back and forth in our home studios.”

‘Further Out’ is utterly amazing and addictive, I’ve been listening to it over and over again.
Here it is.

Julia Holter drops second new single off forthcoming album Ekstasis

04 February 2012

It’s only been a few days since Los Angeles experimentalist Julia Holter dropped the first stunning single ‘Marienbad’ from her forthcoming album Ekstasis and a second taste has just been unleashed.
‘In the Same Room’ is the third track featured in Ekstasis due out on March 8th via RVNG Intl.
Pre-order is available here.

Right now you may indulge your ears with ‘In the Same Room’.

Nedry drop new single ‘Violaceae’ and unveil official video

03 February 2012

Nedry, the outfit made up of Matt Parker, Chris Amblin and Ayu Okakita, are releasing the single ‘Violaceae’ this Monday March 5th.
A week later their somophore album In a Dim Light hits stores via Monotreme Records.

As previously mentioned, Nedry offered ‘Post Six’ and ‘Float’, two tracks off In a Dim Light, back in December.

The digital download of ‘Violacea’ includes a new edit of the the track and two remixes by Polinski and Gazelle Town.
Both the single and the album can be pre-ordered here.

The trio unveiled today the official video for ‘Violaceae’ made by Dan Tassell.
Here’s what he said about the video:

“The original idea was to create a video that explored a dream or a detachment from reality, a self contained world that could be informed by the atmosphere of the track. From an early stage we decided to create something quite stripped back to allow Ayu’s lyrics to take centre stage. Shooting in a studio allowed maximum control over the light and shadow and to explore Ayu’s performance at macro level picking up on subtle facial gestures and movements. The black and white format allowed us to have some fun exploring the relationship between light and dark to reflect the haunting undertone of the track and lyrics. Several animated sequences were used to locate Ayu within a self-contained ‘dreamworld’ in which she escapes from her imprisonment in a cocoon or shroud of darkness as the track progresses.”

Check out the video for ‘Violaceae’ below.

White Rabbits offer ‘Heavy Metal’ ahead of new album release

31 January 2012

Missouri-born and Brooklyn-based dance rockers White Rabbits have announced the release of their third album entitled Milk Famous.
The new album is set to be released digitally and in CD format on March 6th via tbd records. You can also get your hands on a pink swirled vinyl a week later via White Iris.
Pre-order is now available via the White Rabbits website, where you can also check details for the quintet’s upcoming spring tour with Tennis and War on Drugs throughout the United States.
Milk Famous was produced by Mike McCarthy except for self-produced track ‘Back for More’.
The first single off Milk Famous will be a track called ‘Temporary’ but right now the band are giving away the opening track ‘Heavy Metal’. You can download it free here.
‘Heavy Metal’ has a slightly unsettling video accompanying it. Andrew Droz Palermo directed it and you can watch it below.

Julia Holter’s somophore album due out in March

30 January 2012

Los Angeles avant-pop experimental composer Julia Holter will release her second full length album Ekstasis on March 8th via RVNG Intl.
Ekstasis is the follow up to last year’s brilliant debut album Tragedy released via Leaving records.

The first single taken from the new album is the stunning track ‘Marienbad,’ named after the 1961 film ‘Last Year At Marienbad’ by French director Alain Resnais.
Rick Bahto did a video for it and you can watch it below.

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