The acclaimed Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations have revealed plans for a European tour this Autumn, which will feature three shows in Italy, detailed below:
October 7 – Monk, Rome October 8 – Spazio 211, Turin October 9 – Locomotiv, Bologna
Find all the information about tickets here via Comcerto and pre-order the band’s upcoming album Ill at Ease, if you haven’t already.
With three incredible singles already released, we are buzzing about the full experience that’s just around the corner (out May 9).
Preoccupations, who recently returned with the new single “Focus”, are back with another impressive track titled “Bastards”.
This song, part of the band’s upcoming LP Ill At Ease (set for release on May 9 via Born Losers Records), is one of their catchiest yet, featuring pulsing rhythms and alluring melodies that captivate listeners despite its darker thematic elements.
Stream it below and pre-order the album on Bandcamp.
Toronto-by-way-of-Ukraine trio Life In Vacuum’s latest album Lost is a powerful and dynamic display of the band’s impressive punk rock sound. Filled with intense guitar riffs, driving basslines, and explosive drumming, it creates a raw and energetic atmosphere that might appeal to fans of rock music from any spectrum.
There is plenty to enjoy for lovers of indie rock/post-punk-ish sound, but also the LP would definitely satisfy the listeners who are into heavier punk rock/post-hardcore or who like to sing their hearts out to more emotional and noisy brand of guitar music. The vocals are powerful and passionate, delivering acute lyrics that are introspective and thought-provoking (it is hard to get more painfully anthemic than on the chorus of “Breathing In”; also just imagine how cool it might sound live). Lost is simply a universal, big and cathartic record with a strong personal touch.
The album cover is also quite cool and deserves additional mention. It was originally hand stitched in Ukraine years ago by the Grandmother of brothers Sasha and Ross Chornyy from the band. They recovered the art and later it was digitally restored and redesigned by Artie Wasko.
Listen below and buy the LP here, out now via Born Losers Records.
Robbing Millions, a project of Belgian musician Lucien Fraipont, has unveiled a new song “Believe Her” as the latest preview of his upcoming album Rêve Party. It is set for release on April 28 via Capitane Records / Born Losers Records / Requiem Pour Un Twister and will also include previously shared singles “Elastics” and “Same Skin”.
“Believe Her” is a fantastic psychedelic pop number that truly can transport you to a different world. The combination of different genres and the use of various effects create a soundscape that is both familiar and otherworldly. As described by the artist himself, the song was written in the aftermath of an argument between Fraipont and his girlfriend of the time, and it reminds us of the importance of supporting one’s friends and partners in the face of life’s hardships:
“I think that at the time of composing the piece, I was coming out of a lively discussion with my then girlfriend who had reproached me for not taking her side in a misadventure she’d had, and for my playing the role of “devil’s advocate” a little too diligently. The «You’d Better Believe Her» hook must have come to me as a reaction to this discussion, as a sort of mantra to remind me to support her more, but also as a reminder to myself”.
The single is out with the cool animated video created by Mickey Miles.
The new single from Robbing Millions, a project of Belgian musician Lucien Fraipont, “Elastics”, is a groovy slice of his psychedelic avant-pop. It is the first song taken from his upcoming new album Rêve Party, set for release on April 28 via Capitane Records / Born Losers Records / Requiem Pour Un Twister.
It is out with the lyric video, made by the Spanish experimental animation studio Rapapawn, and follows the musician’s excellent previous LP Holidays Inside (released on Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser’s MGMT Records).
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