Sleep Party People sign to Blood and Biscuits and drop new single

17 January 2012

Sleep Party People

Sleep Party People started off as the bedroom project of Copenhagen based multi-instrumentalist Brian Batz and turned into a five-piece band.

Blood and Biscuits announced today the addition of  Sleep Party People to their roster.
The quintet is releasing their second album and first on Blood and Biscuits on April 9th. The album is called We Were Drifting On A Sad Song and you can pre-order it here.

‘A Dark God Heart’ is the enchanting first single off the forthcoming album. Marie Limkilde did a video for the track and you can watch it below.

You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown premiere new video and launch SXSW fundraising campaign

17 January 2012

You Can't Win, Charlie Brown

You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown are a six-piece outfit hailing from Lisbon, Portugal.

The sextet released their debut full-length album Chromatic last year via Pataca Discos (May 23rd 2011).
‘I’ve Been Lost’ was the second single released off the album last October and it just received visual treatment.

Coinciding with the video première, the band has just started a campaign to help fund their trip to Austin, Texas where they are set to perform at SXSW Music Conference and Festival.

SXSW hosts some 2000 live music performances every year. This year’s edition runs from March 13th to March 18th and includes acts from the likes of The Magnetic Fields, The Drums, Micachu & the Shapes, Of Montreal, Tennis and many more.

In exchange for donations given to You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown, the band has goodies to offer including brand new EP 3:33. Head over to ycwcb.com  for all the info on their mission to land on SXSW.

Now enjoy the video for ‘I’ve Been Lost’ done by Pedro Gaspar, Vasco Gaspar, Nuno Sousa Dias and Francisco Nogueira.

New single ‘Into Our Midst’ by Walls out today

16 January 2012

Walls - Into Our Midst

Alessio Natalizia (of Banjo Or Freakout) and Sam Willis (of Allez-Allez) who make up London based cosmic krautpop duo Walls have the new single ‘Into Our Midst’ out today via Kompakt.
‘Into Our Midst’ is the opening track from their somophore album Coracle released last year via Kompakt (September 26th 2011).

Other than the original version of ‘Into Our Midst’, this release includes a darker reprise of that same song and the exclusive new track ‘Idle Sway’.

Get a taste of the reprise version of ‘Into Our Midst’ below.

Mouse On Mars end hiatus with new album due out in February

13 January 2012

Mouse On Mars - Parastrophics

Avant-garde electronic veterans Mouse on Mars have not released a new album in six long years.
Next month will see the end of their hiatus as they return with their 10th studio album called Parastrophics, the follow up to 2006’s Varcharz.

The duo comprising Jan St Werner and Andi Toma recorded and mixed Parastrophics in Berlin over the last two years. They’ve used their own musical software developed originally for “Paeanumnion”, an orchestral-backed project.

In the words of Mouse On Mars, “Parastrophics is a thriving vision of the other side of experimental music. Discordance turns into pop as Alice in Wonderland bounces her booty to laser bass sounds, the likes of which would make Walt Disney jealously ponder the question, “Why didn’t I think of that?!” Parastrophics is glamorous, funky and deep. No speakers exist that could display all the details of such grand production.”

Parastrophics is due out on February 27th in Europe and a day later in the US via Modeselektor‘s Monkeytown Records.

Listen below to a sneak preview of “Wienuss” and “Syncropticians”, the fourth and sixth track off Parastrophics.

Lucky Dragons offer ‘Existers’ from forthcoming album

13 January 2012

Lucky Dragons - Existers

Los Angeles based experimental duo Lucky Dragons announced the release of a new mini LP called Existers.

Sarah Rara and Luke Fischbeck who make up Lucky Dragons are known for their audience inclusive shows. One minute the two of them are on stage, the next minute there’s a hundred other people involved in the performance.

The 7-track album was produced in collaboration with photographer/artist Jesse Hlebo of Swill Children.

Existers drops on February 14th. Get it on a pay-what-you-want basis via Bandcamp (minimum is one dollar) or pre-order the 12″ via Swill Children.

The pair is giving away the opening track ‘Existers’ as a free download. Grab and enjoy the track below.

Three Trapped Tigers bundle up sold out EPs for new album due out in March

12 January 2012

London outfit Three Trapped Tigers released their debut monster album Route One or Die last year via Blood and Biscuits (May 30th 2011).

Ahead of the album, the extremely talented trio had released three limited edition EPs between 2008 and 2010. EP1 came out in 2008, EP2 in 2009 and EP3 in 2010.
They all sold out and the label decided to remaster all the tracks from the three EPs and release them in one album “mapping the 3 year evolution of the UK’s most forward thinking and exciting bands”.
Numbers: 1-13 will be out on March 5th and pre-order is now available here.

To celebrate the release, Three Trapped Tigers announced a short UK tour of intimate gigs where they’ll play Numbers: 1-13 from start to finish.

Get a taste from all the three EPs below.