Kickstart your week with Adam Green. The legendary American singer-songwriter, artist and filmmaker has a new record out, titled That Fucking Feeling.
Hitting just past the 20-minute mark, the album is short but amazingly good. It features some stellar examples of Green’s cinematic songwriting, with tons of charm and humour, masterfully arranged with his ever-winning lo-fi approach.
Stream below.
At the very beginning of the year, Spector gifted us with their masterful new record Now or Whenever. It has a deluxe edition, a couple of extra non-album tracks, and recently the group have shared the final one from the batch. It is titled “Felony”, and as usual, it is a fantastic song that instantly gets stuck in your head.
Speaking about it, frontman Fred Macpherson says:
«Jed played us an early version “Felony” during the Moth Boys sessions and the chorus has been going round my head since. Luckily, like My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, it only took seven years to finish. It’s the final song of the (covid-extended) ‘Now or Whenever’ era, released to celebrate our tour starting tonight. Will we play it live? Come and see».
Stream below.
If you turn on Eternal Spring, you would probably instantly recognize the voice of Ramesh Srivastava, who used to front one of our favorite 2000’s bands — Voxtrot.
After the group broke up in 2010 he released his debut solo LP The King under his own name in 2014, and now, 8 years later he unleashes a sophomore album.
Despite that a lot of time has passed, the songs instantly bring the listener back into the exciting and instantly appealing musical world of Ramesh, with big, anthemic choruses, emotional storytelling, and many-many hooks. A beautiful and big-hearted indie pop album.
Listen below and purchase the record here.
Brighton’s Youth Sector strike gold with their brand new EP Adult Contemporary. On four hit songs they bring together the elements of post-punk, art rock and dance punk, by creating a vibrant mix together with distinctive personality touch and smart, satiric lyrics.
The release is rather short (close to 14 minutes), but the approach that musicians have taken here works very well — they do not waste a second and pack so much energy & hooks inside the record that the listener is left very satisfied, but hungry for more at the same time. Can we get some more, please?
Stream below and get the EP here.
Trupa Trupa is an independent band from Poland, and on their fantastic new album B Flat A they present their own, individualistic take on inventive art rock music.
There is a lot to unpack on the album — four musicians masterfully blend different genres and elements, refusing to stay in one form. Some songs have components of math rock, dark folk, gothy post-punk, and at the same time some lighter, psychedelic/art pop moments can be found on it as well. B Flat A reminds a bit of Schlagenheim, the debut LP by black midi, but is darker, more balanced, and less chaotic.
Very important is also the attention that is paid to the foundation of the lyrics about an inconvenient history and real present times. As Grzegorz Kwiatkowski of the band mentioned, the album is about “the wasteland of human nature where hatred and genocide are not just distant reverberations of Central European history but still resonate in contemporary reality”.
Stream below and purchase the LP here.
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