The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis have shared the second single, “Deface The Currency”, off their upcoming album of the same name out February 20th via Impulse Records.
The video for the song was co-directed by Brendan Canty and Robin Bell.
The band will be on tour to support the album, below are the first dates announced with more to be added.
New German Cinema have shared the first single, “My Mistake”, off their upcoming debut album “Pain Will Polish Me” out March 27th via Felte.
TRACKLIST:
01. Sub Rosa
02. Swirling Pain
03. Being Dead
04. I Become Heavy
05. Hera’s Theme I
06. Eyes
07. Water Drops
08. Hera’s Theme II
09. My Mistake – Video
10. All That Heaven Allows
11. Pain Will Polish Me
12. Perfect Secret
The video for the song was directed by Luke Bather, he shared this about it: “Our initial starting point was, predictably, the New German Cinema movement. However, when we discussed the themes of the song in more depth, the video evolved into its own beast. Sex, death, repressed desire, and good old-fashioned Catholic Guilt all loom large in the video through a series of performance vignettes inspired by everything from the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder through to the paintings of Francis Bacon and everything in between. Adding to this, we have the spectre of Carson haunting the video as a ghostly analogue broadcast interspersed with archival footage of Berlin in the 1970s; an inescapable reminder of the past and a nod to the original New German Cinema movement.”
Jessica Weiss shared this about it: “The video sets the emotional tone for the record, suspended between eroticism and nightmare. It draws on cropped mirror framing – a favourite device of Douglas Sirk used to explore themes of emotional and physical entrapment and characters’ inner psychological conflicts – moments of dissociation, and the television as a symbol of alienation, inspired by my perennial inspiration, RW Fassbinder.”
RIP Magic have shared a new single, “5Words”, to be released on March 6th via DFA Records.
The song is produced by James Murphy (the “singer” from LCD Soundsystem). Furthermore the band will go on tour with Fcuckers as support.
Ora Cogan has shared the first single, “Honey”, off her upcoming album “Hard Hearted Woman” out March 13th via Sacred Bones.
TRACKLIST:
1. Honey
2. The Smoke
3. Division
4. Bury Me
5. Limits
6. Love You Better
7. River Rise
8. Believe in the Devil
9. Outgrowing
10. Too Late
The video for the song was directed by Paloma Ruiz-Hernandez, she shared this about it: “The idea was to enter into an existence of absurdity where everyone is simultaneously isolated in their own loneliness and drowning in collective longing and lust.”
Thundercat has shared the first single, “I Did This To Myself”, off his upcoming fifth album “Distracted” out April 3rd via Brainfeeder.
TRACKLIST
1. Candlelight
2. No More Lies (feat. Tame Impala)
3. She Knows Too Much (feat. Mac Miller)
4. I Did This To Myself (feat. Lil Yachty)
5. Funny Friends (feat. A$AP Rocky)
6. What Is Left To Say
7. I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time
8. Anakin Learns His Fat
9. Walking On The Moon
10. This Thing We Call Love (feat. Channel Tres)
11. ThunderWave (feat. WILLOW)
12. Pozole
13. A.D.D. Through The Roof
14. Great Americans
15. You Left Without Saying Goodbye
The single features Lil’ Yachty and production from Flying Lotus.
The album was made in collaboration with Greg Kurstin, with additional production from Flying Lotus, Kenneth Blume (fka Kenny Beats), and The Lemon Twigs. It also features contributions from A$AP Rocky, Willow, Channel Tres, Lil Yachty, the late Mac Miller and unfortunately for whatever reason Tame Impala is also on the album.
Kneecap have shared the first single, “Liars Tale”, off their upcoming album “FENIAN” out April 24th via Heavenly Recordings.
TRACKLIST:
1. Éire go Deo
2. Smugglers & Scholars
3. Carnival
4. Palestine (ft. Fawzi)
5. Liars Tale
6. FENIAN
7. Big Bad Mo
8. Headcase
9. An Ra
10. Cold At The Top
11. Occupied 6
12. Gael Phonics
13. Cocaine Hill (ft. Radie Peat)
14. Irish Goodbye (ft. Kae Tempest)
The video was directed by Thomas James who shared this about it: “For me, this needed to be punk, absurd, abrasive and wild. An ugly reflection of the world we find ourselves in; utter fucking chaos. We talked around the idea of a ‘carnival of distraction’ – and for me, this meant as many ideas as would squeeze into the 3 minutes, that embody the 2+2=5 hell-scape we seem to be surrounded by.
A whirlwind of Irish mythology, of satire, of anger. A vehicle for what the boys have been through, but likewise, for what everyone is witnessing. It’s not often you get to work with a band who have a genuine fire, and a selfless interest in trying to help people. And that for all of us involved, was important.
The video became a nightmarish fuck you to the powers that be, with a wry smile and a lubed up prop selection.”
KNEECAP shared this about the album: “They tried to stop us by branding Kneecap ‘terrorists’, with cancellations, with statements from the Prime Minister himself.
We had all the motivation we needed…this isn’t a swift reaction, but a considered response to those that tried to silence us. And failed.
Made with Dan Carey, a producer we are honored to have worked with. It’s a more sinister sound…because these are sinister times. But also defiant and triumphant.
Inspired by, and proudly named ‘Fenian’, who were warriors in Irish folklore, and later a derogatory term for the Irish.
Now we’re using it to name everyone speaking truth to power.
After 800 years of colonisation, they thought the Irish language would die, it didn’t. Thanks to Muintir na Gaeltachta, and all the Gaels who refused to let their culture and language be destroyed.
And Kneecap is much the same…we haven’t gone away.
The Paddies are back.”
Blackwater Holylight have shared the third single, “Fade”, off their upcoming album “Not Here Not Gone” out January 30th via Suicide Squeeze Records.
Sunny Faris shared this about the song: “‘Fade’ is a song that is a true stamp in time. It was written during a time of deep confusion and loneliness and is an ode to the big and deep waves of emotion we all experience when our relationships come to an end, they shift or they express something unexpected within it. The sample at the end of this song was taken in our neighborhood in Los Angeles and is an ode to our neighbors and this city that we love.”
Cut Worms have shared the second single, “Windows On The World “, off their upcoming album “Transmitter” out March 13th via Jagjaguwar.
TRACKLIST:
1. Worlds Unknown
2. Evil Twin
3. Long Weekend
4. Barfly
5. Windows on the World
6. Walk in an Absent Mind
7. Don’t Look Down
8. Shut In
9. Out of Touch
10. Dream
Max Clarke shared this about the Jeff Tweedy produced album: “The stories in these songs are equal parts innocence and experience dealing with the ecstatic moments of being freshly enamored with the world as well as the isolation and seclusion that can come after. On view are the unseen inner sanctums of quiet daily life the private worlds that people inhabit, where they don’t or can’t let anyone else in. It is not a uniquely American phenomenon, but it does seem prevalent here, rooted in the mythos of rugged individualism and the idea that each person must be strong enough to make it on their own or die.”
ADULT. have shared the first single, “No One Is Coming”, off their upcoming tenth album “Kissing Luck Goodbye” out March 27th via Dais Records.
TRACKLIST:
1 – Affordable Decorating
2 – Wishing Luck Goodbye
3 – R U 4 $ALE
4 – No One Is Coming
5 – No Song
6 – Freaks
7 – None of It’s Fun
8 – Human(e) Volume
9 – So Unpleasant
10 – Destroyers
Nicola Kaperus shared this about the song: “A lyric that was written in early 2025 and is even more relevant on its release date a year later. A song speaking to moral collapse and political corruption ‘to a T.’ These subhumans attempting to run the show are more concerned with cashing in and political cosplay than the well being of mankind. While working on this album, I read an article from an esteemed environmental scientist about ‘what’s coming in the future.’ What stuck with me was their point that we are entering a new phase in existence where the most important thing we can do is know our neighbors and know the strengths of each other and what resources everyone has. Who needs extra care? Who is on their own? This song was written as a call to arms. Be alert. Be aware. Be prepared. Stand up for yourself and look out for your community. We are better when we are united. Social media is wearing us down. Deluding us. The political landscape is horrifying, distracting, deranged and unhinged. We are seeing this go down in real time right now in Minneapolis… NO ONE IS COMING TO YOUR RESCUE… except ALL OF US! Keep speaking up! Keep using your right to protest and most importantly keep showing kindness to one another.”
Adam Lee Miller shared this: “You have two choices in this hellscape we’re living in right now, which is either fight or be depressed. Either one is okay. But, you know, the choice was simple.”
The band will go on tour starting this April in support of the album, dates below.
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