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Kurt Uenela and Dave Gahan have released their EP, “Manuscript”, via hfn, with it they have shared “Cracks Are Showing”.

TRACKLIST:
1. Cracks Are Showing
2. Longing
3. Get Out
4. G.O.D.
5. I Think Not

The EP is a collaboration with Dave Gahan, and this is what Uenela shared about the EP: “I always wondered what he was writing in the notebook, but I never pried. During one of our check-ins I eventually asked what he was scribbling down when he was off in some corner, or standing on his own, next to a studio window.” Gahan shared this: “I’m not sure why, or when, exactly, I wrote these short pieces. I knew they were never to be songs. I do know that they were written when I was alone. Sometimes in a hotel room. Where? I can’t recall. Sometimes standing by the ocean, or walking the beach in winter. Sometimes on the empty streets of New York City, during the lockdown. Always whilst feeling the beauty, power, and loneliness of a world beyond me.”

The Lemon Twigs have shared a new single, “Corner Of My Eye”, available now via their new label Captured Tracks.

The video for the song was directed by Hilla Eden and Brian D’Addario.

Brian and Michael D’Addario (the Lemon Twigs) shared this about the song: “We recorded this track winter of 2021 in our old rehearsal studio in Midtown, NYC. Apart from the vibraphone, the instrumental track was recorded live with Andres Valbuena on drums and Daryl Johns on upright bass. We laid down the vocals late that night once the traffic outside had died down. We’ve had the song for a while now, so we’re excited to share it with fans who may have heard it live over the years!”

They will be on tour beginning March, no news yet on additional dates.

Algiers released a new single, “Irreversible Damage”, off their upcoming album “Shook” out February 24th via Matador.

1. Everybody Shatter (ft. Big Rube)
2. Irreversible Damage
3. 73%
4. Cleanse Your Guilt Here
5. As It Resounds (ft. Big Rube)
6. Bite Back (ft. billy woods & Backxwash)
7. Out of Style Tragedy (ft. Mark Cisneros)
8. Comment #2
9. A Good Man
10. I Can’t Stand It! (ft. Samuel T. Herring & Jae Matthews)
11. All You See Is
12. Green Iris
13. Born (ft. LaToya Kent)
14. Cold World (ft. Nadah El Shazly)
15. Something Wrong
16. An Echophonic Soul (ft. DeForrest Brown Jr. & Patrick Shiroishi)
17. Momentary (ft. Lee Bains III)

Franklin James Fisher said this of the song: “The end of that song is the sound of joy. That’s what hope sounds like in 2022 when everything’s falling apart.”

The band will embark on a USofA tour soon after the release of their album.

Greg Puciato announced the release of his live album, “11/11/22 Los Angeles”, which is out now via Bandcamp exclusively.

TRACKLIST:

1. No More Lives to Go
2. Deep Set
3. Lowered
4. Do You Need Me to Remind You?
5. Absence as a Presence
6. Never Wanted That
7. Down When I’m Not
8. All Waves to Nothing
9. A Pair of Questions
10. Evacuation
11. September City

A preview of the 11-song collection arrives today with the Jim Louvau and Tony Aguilera directed video for “Deep Set (Live)”. Puciato shared this about the song: “’Deep Set’ feels good to lead with. One of my favorite memories of the tracking of Child Soldier: Creator of God were the vocals to this song…incidentally recorded at the same time of year as this show. The song was always meant to feel loose and live; the recorded vocal was a front-to-back one-take that we did in a shed in Nick Rowe’s (producer and live guitarist) backyard…so bringing it to life onstage with him, and Chris (Hornbrook) for the first time felt like a nice, symbolic full circle.”

Additionally Puciato shared this about the release: “You don’t get many first shows,” says Puciato of his Nov. 11 outing at Los Angeles’ Don Quixote. “Having the ability to properly document one and get high quality audio and video…I didn’t wanna regret not doing that. It’s gonna be killer to look back at this 100 or even five shows from now and see how much further along the live versions of these songs are. When I hear these recordings, I instantly feel transported to that room, that night, with my bandmates onstage and friends and everyone there in attendance. A lot of love and support and passion and hard work and talent in the room. I hope it does the same for you if you were there, and resonates as strongly for people who weren’t able to attend. I can’t wait to do more of this and see everyone again and more of you in other places down the line.”

Lechuza released their EP, “Demo”, via their Bandcamp.

TRACKLIST:

1. Claraguas
2. Gorrión
3. Luciérnaga
4. Liebre

The video for “Gorrión” which shows the ghost learning about the universe in the orchard and looking at the sky reflected by the pylon was played by Nacho Atienza. The video was shot by Ruda and Fantasmita.

Lechuza are from Madrid and they are Ruda and Fantasmita. They sing about ghosts and love and hexes and more. They’re the soundtrack for those souls that are perfectly at ease in limbo.

ADULT. & Planet B will release a 7″, “Glass In The Trash” b/w “Release Me”, on January 6th via Three One G.

TRACKLIST:

1. Glass In The Trash
2. Release Me

Adam Lee Miller (ADULT.) shared this about the collaboration: “Justin is an intense force… a vocal maniac. An all round sharp human. So when he turned up to a gig of ours with Plack Blague in San Diego (2018) it felt slightly intimidating. After the show, Justin approached us to see if we’d be interested to collaborate with his project Planet B. Throughout the years, various people have asked to collaborate, but the “ask” is generally for a vocal overlay, which to us isn’t terribly interesting. But this was unique, this was a back and forth of bits. Then more bits! Beats. Synths. Vocal snippets. Words on paper. To us, this is where the exciting stuff lives. Let’s get in there. Get inspired. Get frustrated. Work out how to make it work. It’s where the mutation occurs between all of our work and our individual persons. What we all represent and bring to the dialogue. From the tight beats and synths of Luke and the relentless/poetic vocals of Justin. Their combined DIY ethos and love of music! In our mind, this is the best way to connect, grow and communicate. It is through immersive collaboration, that we get to see the inner, vulnerable place where we all come from. Needless to say, it was an honor to create these two beautiful and wonderfully mangled pieces of music together and can only hope others will feel the energy we felt while making them!”

Luke Henshaw (Planet B) shared this: “ADULT. are so great at sculpting their craft, so I felt a bit intimidated working with them at first due to my sloppiness & unconventional ways. But they along with my band mates allowed me to stay sloppy and covered up every mistake I made, resulting in a filthy & beautiful sound”.

Failure have released a live video of “Macaque” off the band’s concert film “We Are Hallucinations”.

The limited-engagement streaming event that launches today at 12 noon pacific/3 pm eastern/8 pm gmt and 9 pm cest and remains available through Dec. 18.

Greg Edwards shared this about it: “This film is comprised of performances from our Summer 2022 Wild Type Droid tour of North America. It’s crazy that we have never made a concert film before, but I think this will really stand as a definitive document of the dynamic between the three of us on stage and the connection we have with our fans.”

Nadine Khouri has shared a new single, “Keep On Pushing These Walls”, off her new album “Another Life” that was just released via Talitres.

TRACKLIST:

1. Another Life 
2. Keep On Pushing These Walls 
3. Briefly Here 
4. The Broken Light 
5. Lo-fi Moon 
6. Vertigo 
7. Visitations 
8. Song of a Caged Bird
9. Box of Echoes 

The video for “Keep On Pushing These Walls” was directed by Ramzi Hibri. Nadine said this of the track: “I wrote “Keep On Pushing These Walls” in tribute to the late, great Lhasa de Sela. I’d seen Leslie Feist, Melissa Laveaux and others pay tribute to her life and work at the Barbican in London and came home and wrote this song. More generally, it’s about songs written by another that open us up to ourselves, to each other and to the world. Lhasa was a one-of-a-kind artist, whose music has accompanied me all throughout my life. People often talk about her as an extraordinary singer or performer, but she was equally a brilliant songwriter and storyteller. I often wonder what Lhasa would make of the world today. Her humility, openness and quest for authenticity always inspire me. Her music was expansive, beyond language and genre, she sang from and for the soul.”

The album’s producer is John Parish snd he shared this: “Nadine’s voice is undeniably beautiful. But as well as beauty, there is an intimacy that makes her images come alive, and a gravitas that focuses her anger, particularly when directed at the corruption she sees in her homeland.”

Nadine shared this about her album: “I wanted this record to sound more direct than the previous one; though there is a lot on there about being in a liminal place, between past and present, presence and absence.”

Nuovo Testamento have shared the first single, “Heartbeats”, off their new album “Love Lines” out March 6th via Discoteca Italia.

TRACKLIST:

1 – Wildlife
2 – Heartbeat
3 – Heat
4 – Get Closer
5 – Love Lines
6 – Perfect Storm
7 – In My Dreams
8 – Heaven

The video for “Heartbeat” was directed by Gamal Sharaf El Deen.

Nuovo Testamento will go on a winter tour with the Soft Moon.