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METZ have announced the release of their new album, “Up On Gravity Hill”, out April 12th via Sub Pop and Dine Alone Records (for Canada).

TRACKLIST:
1. No Reservation / Love Comes Crashing
2. Glass Eye
3. Entwined (Street Light Buzz)
4. 99
5. Superior Mirage
6. Wound Tight
7. Never Still Again
8. Light Your Way Home

With the announcement of the album they also shared 2 (two) new singles off the album, “99” and “Entwined (Street Light Buzz)”.

Alex Edkins shared this about the singles: “These two songs couldn’t be more stylistically and thematically dissimilar. ‘Entwined (Street Light Buzz)’ is a song about the deep connection humans can foster with one another and how we carry people with us forever, even after death. ‘99’ is about the scourge of corporate greed and bottom-line thinking that runs rampant in modern society. Anything for a buck is the message being sent to younger generations.”

The video for “99” was directed by John Smith.

METZ is also announcing headlining international tour dates supporting Up On Gravity Hill, with dates in North America from April 17th to May 17th and a run of UK and EU dates in the fall from November 3rd through November 29th.

Nick Cave has shared the first single, “Wild God”, off his upcoming 18th album by the same name which will be released August 30th.

TRACKLIST:
1. Song of the Lake
2. Wild God
3. Frogs
4. Joy
5. Final Rescue Attempt
6. Conversion
7. Cinnamon Horses
8. Long Dark Night
9. O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)
10. As the Waters Cover the Sea

Nick Cave shared this regarding the album: “I hope the album has the effect on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s a complicated record, but it’s also deeply and joyously infectious. There is never a masterplan when we make a record. The records rather reflect back the emotional state of the writers and musicians who played them. Listening to this, I don’t know, it seems we’re happy. There’s no fucking around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it.”

No live dates have been announced yet, but we’re sure the announcement will be coming sometime soon.

Softjaw have shared their first two singles, “Pleased With Me” and “Waiting At The End”, out now via Dream Machine Records.

Softjaw are Daniel Michicoff (Tijuana Panthers / Townland), Dustin Lovelis (The Fling), Tanner Duffy (Glue Shoe) and Vinnie Earley (Vaguess).

Softjaw is going to do a short tour opening up for (the) Tijuana Panthers. No additional dates have been announced (yet).

Whores have shared the first single, “Quitters Fight Songs”, off their upcoming album “War” out April 16th via The Ghost Is Clear Records.

TRACKLIST:

01  “Malinches”
02  “Quitter’s Fight Song”
03  “Hieronymus Bosch Was Right”
04  “Hostage Therapy”
05  “Back When I Was A Savage”
06  “Sicko”
07  “The Death Of A Stuntman”
08  “Every Day Is Leg Day”
09  “Imposter Syndrome”
10  “Savage Reprise”

The video for the song was shot, edited and directed by Whitey McConnaughy.

Whores released this statement about the record: “It’s difficult to put into words how excited we are to get this record released. Once again, Ryan Boesch knocked it out of the park. He’s basically a member of our band at this point. And a massive thank you to Whitey McConnaughy for making this video happen top to bottom bottom purely out of his love for our band. It means a whole lot. Let’s get to work.”

Owen has shared the first single, “Beaucoup”, off his upcoming album “The Falls Of Sioux” out April 26th via Polyvinyl.

TRACKLIST:
01 “A Reckoning”
02 “Beaucoup”
03 “Hit And Run”
04 “Cursed ID”
05 “Virtue Misspent”
06 “Mount Cleverest”
07 “Qui Je Plaisante?”
08 “Penny”
09 “With You Without You”

The video for the song was filmed, edited and directed by Weird Life Films.

Mike Kinsella shares this about the song: “I’m not sure if ‘Beaucoup’ is a lusty Love Song or a lovely Lust Song. Everyone at Weird Life did a great job capturing the seedy side of it, as well as the shimmery / flirty side, visually hitting (and bending) the same note between the notes for the music video.”

Owen has a tour lined up that will run from late April until the end of August.

Burial has announced a new release, “Dreamfear” and “Boy Sent From Above”, out February 9th via XL Recordings.

TRACKLIST:

a) Dreamfear
b) Boy Sent From Above

https://youtu.be/hM0rt5dH0fY?feature=shared

XL Recordings shared this: “The Burial 12” will be released on February 9 on vinyl and digitally. The two tracks on it are called “Dreamfear” and “Boy Sent From Above.” Earlier this week, a limited-edition run of the 12″ started appearing in record stores.

Sunny Day Real Estate have released a new song, “Novum Vetus”, it’s included in the 30th anniversary release of “Diary (Love At London Bridge Studio)”.

The song “Novum Vetus” originated during the sessions for 1998 LP “How It Feels To Be Something On”. For the “Diary” re-record, Jeremy Enigk, Dan Hoerner, and William Goldsmith recorded it at London Bridge Studios.

Sunny Day Real Estate will go on a tour in support of the release starting in March, however, they only have a few dates announced so far with a possibility of adding a few more.

Squid have shared a new single, “Fugue (Bin Song)”, the song was recorded during the “O Monolith” sessions but did not make the cut for the LP.

Ollie Judge shared this about the idea of selling mixtapes at their upcoming USofA show, which have support form Water From Your Eyes: “It’s an antidote to the immediateness of music consumption nowadays. It features music by friends and people I admire, probably best to be played at nighttime whilst sat on your favorite chair.”

Beth Gibbons has announced the release of the first single, “Floating On A Moment”, off her upcoming debut solo album “Lives Outgrown” out May 17th via Domino Records.

TRACKLIST:
1. Tell Me Who You Are Today
2. Floating On A Moment
3. Burden Of Life
4. Lost Changes
5. Rewind
6. Reaching Out
7. Oceans
8. For Sale
9. Beyond The Sun
10. Whispering Love

The video for the song was directed by Tony Oursler. He shared this about the video: “When I first heard ‘Floating On A Moment’ it literally transported me from place to place, filling me with kaleidoscopic emotions and visions. If possible, I wanted to capture that psychic liquid in this video. Beth’s work is so powerful it can lead us through life’s forests and fires, revealing glimpses of possible futures. With a voice and music like that I knew we had to make images which are open, somehow speculative.”

Beth Gibbons shared this: “I realized what life was like with no hope. And that was a sadness I’d never felt. Before, I had the ability to change my future, but when you’re up against your body, you can’t make it do something it doesn’t want to do. People started dying. When you’re young, you never know the endings, you don’t know how it’s going to pan out. You think: we’re going to get beyond this. It’s going to get better. Some endings are hard to digest. Now I’ve come out of the other end, I just think, you’ve got to be brave.”

Beth Gibbons announced a series of live performances, all of them in Europe and the UK. No live dates for the USofA (nor Tijuana) have been announced yet.