i think i better follow you around

The Smile have shared the third single, “Friend Of A Friend”, off their upcoming album “Wall Of Eyes” out January 26th via XL.

The video shared today was animated by Sabrina Nichols with artwork by Stanley Donwood.

This song feels familiar. It’s like a déjà vu. It’s warm and welcoming like a 70’s Neil Young song. It’s something that could’ve been played during the OK Computer tour era, the jazz way that Tom Skinner is playing accompanied by Jonny’s orchestral arrangements (and Robert Stiltman sax) and sprinkled with Thom’s vocals it makes for a saccharine dreamscape.

The Smile have also announced “Wall of Eyes, on Film”, a series of one-off events hosted at independent movie theaters in different cities around the globe. The screenings will feature a new music video for “Friend of a Friend,” directed by the up and coming american director Paul Thomas Anderson.

Braulio Lam has announced the release of his new album, “Claroscuro”, out February 2nd via Dragon’s Eye Recordings.

TRACKLIST:

01. Claroscuro I
02. Claroscuro II
03. Claroscuro III
04. Claroscuro IV
05. Claroscuro V
06. Claroscuro VI
07. Claroscuro VII
08. Claroscuro VIII

Braulio Lam shared this about the album: “We are surrounded by beauty and sometimes those magic moments escape unnoticed. I thought those moments could be transformed into music. I thought to myself, I would love to capture that atmosphere and shape that feeling into sounds. I gave myself the task and tried to seized these moments that I treasure; the magic hours in light that a sunrise and sunsets have.

For me, one of my favorite times of the year, is the October’s golden hour. The transition between summer and autumn creates a gold/amber tones in the environment that I enjoy.“

Nonexistent Night has announced the release of their debut album “In The Middle Of A Boiling Sea” out January 26th via Three One G.

TRACKLIST:
1. Unofficial Soundtrack to the Unconscious
2. One Year
3. Tessellations
4. Prelude in Terror
5. Metaphysics Becomes Physics Becomes Dead Language

Today they’ve shared the song “Metaphysics Becomes Physics Becomes Dead Language”. John Rieder shared this about the song: “Sal wrote this one and also played the guitar parts on the record since Alia Jyawook had not joined the band yet. It’s the only song in drop D tuning, and I think we were all living in the echo of Converge’s Bloodmoon at the time we started arranging and playing this track together. The bass and drums you hear were supposed to be a quick, rough play-through at the end of a very long day, but we played it well enough that it was ultimately a keeper–an unintended first take.”

https://nonexistentnight.bandcamp.com/track/metaphysics-becomes-physics-becomes-dead-language

This is post rock for a drowning world. The band consists of Carrie Feller (Hexa), Sal Gallegos and John Rieder (Secret Fun Club) who first began working together in mid 2019.

The band recently added Alia Jyawook (Scary Pierre, ex-Hot Nerds) as permanent cellist and guitarist and are already working on new songs for a follow-up record. Influenced by bands like Three Mile Pilot, Rachel’s, Slint, Chelsea Wolfe, King Woman, Kate Bush, June of 44, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Om, Low, Converge, and Tristeza.

https://nonexistentnight.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-middle-of-a-boiling-sea

Alabaster dePlume has shared a new song, “Gifts Of Olive”. The song references the Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza earlier this month at age 44, alongside his brother, sister, and four of her children.

Alabaster DePlume shared this about the track:
“At this specific time, may I reach you with appreciation, for I admire you for living, and I come to tell you I believe in you. I have faith in you. You are humanity and this time is in your hands. You survive moment by moment, while crimes are committed against you. And there is no state that can defeat you, no nation state, authority, project nor organisation on this earth can ultimately deny you, humanity. I am reaching to you with my love, and this little Christmas song, where at this time I feel grief. In case it voices a grief for you too, I love you.”

https://alabasterdeplume.bandcamp.com/track/gifts-of-olive

Birthmark have shared the second single, “Red Meadow”, off their upcoming 5th album “Birth Of Omni” out January 19th via Polyvinyl.

TRACKLIST:

01 “Snowflake In My Palm (Not For Long)”
02 “Butterfly”
03 “Birthday (Product Of Our Lust)”
04 “Rodney”
05 “Baby Wocha Come On Home”
06 “Boyfriend”
07 “Green Skies”
08 “Red Meadow”
09 “I’m Awake”
10 “Pretty Flowers”

The video was directed by Nate Kinsella (Birthmark). Nate Kinsella other projects include LIES, Joan Of Arc, American Football, Make Believe.

Kinsella had this to say about the song: “When my wife and I were overwhelmed with tending to our new child our romantic relationship dwindled to the point where it felt like the pilot light had gone out. This wasn’t a huge surprise given the circumstances, but the gap between us began to manifest in ways I hadn’t foreseen. This song is about lamenting that loss and feeling conflicted by what our new lives as parents had brought us and the need to rebalance the emotional ecosystem of our lives.”

Topographies have shared a new single, “Night Sea”, off their upcoming “Interior Spring” out February 2nd via Dark Entries.

TRACKLIST:

1. Night Sea
2. Arch
3. Cleanse
4. Chain Of Days
5. Never Understand
6. Interior Spring
7. Tied
8. 1959
9. Red-Black Sun
10. Face Of Another

On “Interior Spring” Topographies explore themes of guilt, inherited trauma, and recovery. The meaning of its title is triplicate: a submerged river carrying hope, an anxiously wound clock, and a season where wildflowers bloom on the graves of the past.

Through these ten songs, the group (Justin Oronos, Jeremie Ruest, and Gray Tolhurst) hopes to present the idea that freedom is not an escape but an embrace of the quotidian beauty of human life.

Future Islanda have shared the fourth single, “The Fight”, off their upcoming album “People Who Aren’t There Anymore” out January 26th via 4AD

TRACKLIST:

1. King of Sweden
2. The Tower
3. Deep In The Night
4. Say Goodbye
5. Give Me The Ghost Back
6. Corner Of My Eye
7. The Thief
8. Iris
9. The Fight
10. Peach
11. The Sickness
12. The Garden Wheel

The video for the song was directed by Jayla Smith.

El Perro Del Mar has shared the second single, “Kiss Of Death”, off the upcoming album “Big Anonymous”.

TRACKLIST:

01. Underworld
02. Suburban Dreams
03. Cold Dark Pond
04. In Silence
05. The Truth the Dead Know
06. Between You and Me Nothing
07. Please Stay (Anonymous Version)
08. One More Time
09. Wipe Me Off This Earth
10. Kiss of Death

The video was directed by Joseph Kadow. The video for “Kiss of Death” comes with a segment from the larger “Big Anonymous” art / horror film written by El Perro del Mar, longtime collaborator, stylist Nicole Walker and director/editor/photographer Joseph Kadow.

Sarah Assbring (El Perro Del Mar) shared this about the song: “I think of the album as a journey into the Underworld and back. “Kiss of Death” is about returning to the world of the living, scarred but with the insight of how close death is. Loss is a scar. We should carry it with us; not as a threat but as a promise of making the most of the time we’re here.”

Planet B have shared a new single, “Sick On The Dance Floor”, off their upcoming second album “Fiction Prediction” out February 9th via Three One G.

TRACKLIST:
01. Dick On the Dance Floor
02. Clogged Sync (feat. Eric Livingston and Ethan Campa)
03. The Baader Review (feat. Crow Jane)
04. The Bouquet (feat. D-Styles)
05. Terrible Purpose (feat. Ric Scales)
06. Horror Movie Called Civilization (feat. Tommy Meehan)
07. Filthy Suitcase
08. Goals Gone Wild (feat. Tommy Meehan)
09. Rack More Brains (feat. Kent Osborne)
10. Unreal Estate (feat. David Scott Stone)
11. Let Me Explain This Again (feat. Josie Cotton and Gabe Serbian)

The video for the song was shot by Becky DiGiglio and edited by Displaced/Replaced.

Justin Pearson shared this about the song: “There are plenty of proverbial dicks on the metaphorical dance floor of the planet. Anything from your average racists pricks to big pharma, like Pfizer or Roche. Take your pick when you are dancing through life, and if you get a chance, slash their tires in the parking lot on your way out. At this point, they deserve it.”