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Africa Express have announced the release of their new album, “BAHÍDORA”, out July 11th via World Circuit Records.

The announcement of the album came with two singles being shared. The first one being “Soledad” and it features Damon Albarn, Luisa Almaguer, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Joan as Police Woman and the Mexican Institute of Sound.

Luisa Almaguer shared this about it: “‘Soledad’ and Africa Express are both symbolic and material examples of reparation for the historical debt that whiteness and the mainstream owe to racialized and independent artists around the world, It makes me very happy to be part of this, it still feels like a dream to me. It’s a beautiful glitch in the Matrix.”

The second single is “Otim Hop” and it features Otim Alpha, Bootie Brown, K.O.G. and Tom Excell.

Bootie Brown shared this about the song: “Listening to the stories Otim was telling made me realize that you have to adapt to struggle. And when you think you have it hard, there is someone that can top your struggle very easy. The song was created when we were just sitting around from a long day and it was time to pack to get ready for the ride to the airport. Magic man Otim had an idea and we just all came together for one last effort.”

Lana Del Rabies has shared the second single, “Incubus + Succubus”, off her new EP “Le Temps Viendra”.

TRACKLIST:
1. Anne Boleyn
2. Queen of the Black Muses
3. Incubus + Succubus
4. Tender Creatures 
5. Le Temps Viendra

The video for the song was shot, edited and directed by Lana Del Rabies.

A press release s this about the EP: “‘Le Temps Viendra’ (The Time Will Come), a bold EP named after a piece of writing by the infamous English Queen Anne Boleyn, a cryptic emblem of ambition and fate created during her rise to power in the English court, before her exile and execution by her husband King Henry VIII. The namesake lead track, “Anne Boleyn”, merges ghostly elegance with brutal force.”

Nation Of Language have shared a new single, “Inept Apollo”, out now via Sub Pop.

Nation Of Language shared this about the video: “Accompanying the song is a killer music video by our friend and brother John MacKay: it is an homage to creative pursuits, and in some ways came to represent the feeling of living in a city as an artist. The video feels like walking through an old warehouse in Brooklyn, full of practice spaces and studios, each room occupied by artists striving to express and understand themselves and their place in the world. No matter how bizarre the act may seem or how much self-doubt or pain runs through the mind of the creator, the beautiful thing is the striving and continuing on, rather than the final product or any notion of ‘success.’ The power of creation belongs to all of us; requires the approval of none.”

The band shared this about the song: “Work is a respite from pain. Whether it’s a paying job or just the thing you pour yourself into, having a direction to move in, finding a flow state, it can move focus away from the heaviness of the heart. So after life’s losses, in moments of despair, we resolve time and time again to dive headfirst into the work as best we can. But the artistic process also tends to be when imposter syndrome rears its ugly head, when I find my inner monologue spiraling: ‘this is the best coping mechanism I have at my disposal and I’m not even qualified to be doing it.’

Stereolab have shared the third single, “Transmuted Matter”, off their new album “Instant Holograms On Metal Films” out via Warp Records.

Laetitia Sadier previously shared this about the album: “As the world falls apart, whether we are aware of it or not, we are already planting the seeds of what will come next. I think it is important to keep in sight what powerful creators we are, and how there is power available to us at this stage to choose what outcome we would like to see for this yet undefined future. The words seek to expose that this is what we do: we create. Our imagination is here to serve that purpose, and is the power we have to choose whatever it is we want to see come about. Some privileged people do not like the idea of sharing this power with the people at large.”

These New Puritans have shared the fourth single, “Wild Fields”, off their new album “Crooked Wing” out via Domino.

Jack Barnett shared this about the song: “‘Wild Fields’ is a bit of an outlier on the album, in that it’s quite a traditional song. It ends with the words ‘come down from crystal heavens above,’ which is a quotation from William Byrd’s lament for Thomas Tallis. When I googled it to check the reference, it just showed me endless advice about crystal meth withdrawal. Those are the only ads I see now. So this song has a lot to answer for.”

The video for the song was directed by Harley Weir.

Twin Ghosts have shared a new video for the song “Twilight Twist” off their self titled EP.

The video for the song was directed by Felix Almodóvar and it stars the classic monsters from Universal like Drácula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolf Man and The Creature from the Black Lagoon alongside the Twin Ghosts trio.

Twin Ghosts are now in the process of finishing the songs that will make up their first full-length album.

Lucrecia Dalt has shared the second single, “divina”, off her upcoming album “A Danger To Ourselves” out September 5th via RVNG Intl.

Lucrecia said this about the song: “With heart palpitations I share with you my new single ‘divina, from my upcoming album ‘A Danger to Ourselves’, out this September on RVNG Intl.
was just thinking about the meanings of the words “release” and “single” and the sensation of liberation-finally letting go of that one fragment of yourself that resided in your most intimate and creative delirium for quite some time. It’s the hope, as one does, that it will resonate with other minds-or, as Anne Carson says, that it “takes your mind and moves it where you didn’t expect it to move.” or me hopes.”

The video for the song was directed by Tony Lowe.

Lucrecia shared this about her album via a press release: “In the past, I often turned to movies and texts as mirrors to shape my stories, guiding me away from revealing too much from within, inventing isolated fictions. This time, I wanted to create music that flows cinematically and sets a landscape to tell a love story that flirts with improbability, the miraculous and the mysterious.”

Sparks have shared the fifth single, “A Little Bit Of Light Banter” off their new album “MAD!”.

A press release said this about it: “The song is about laying in bed with your partner and trading a little light banter with them despite the troubles of the world.”

The video was done by Galen Johnson.

Sparks will tour the USofA in September and the dates are below.

Alison Goldfrapp has shared the second single, “Reverberotic”, off her upcoming solo album “Flux” out August 15th via A.G. Records.

Tracklist:

1. Hey Hi Hello
2. Sound & Light
3. Reverberotic
4. Strange Things Happen
5. UltraSky
6. Play It (Shine Like a Nova Star)
7. Find Xanadu
8. Cinnamon Light
9. Ordinary Day
10. Magma

The album will be released via Alison Goldfrapp’s own label, and she shared this about it: “If you’re lucky enough to have the option, owning your own masters feels like a no-brainer these days. While being a solo independent artist comes with its own set of challenges, it truly suits me and has given myself and the people I work with a sense of empowerment and invigoration for this album”