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Enola Gay have shared a new song, “Cold”, out now via their Bandcamp.

The band shared this via a statement: “Cold was one of the first tracks we ever wrote, written from a place of admiration for our close friend and her family. We vividly remember meeting her and the infectious energy she brought to our friend group so to discover that she had a sister, who was terminally ill, really took us back. As she and her family battled one of the most tragic experiences imaginable, their love remained fortified and their heads grounded.
Witnessing this set our adolescent self-destructive behaviour into perspective. We wrote something we hope echoes an acceptance that you can be bruised without being broken. A sentiment that could have easily been lost in a track of this nature however, Mount Palomar helped us resurface this through his production and suggestions when reshaping the song to what it is now. Forcing us of decisions when recording with him to deliver something tender, which he could then propel to sound as confident as our heavier side.

For some time, we were all dealing with personal issues behind the scenes but that is exactly why Cold was the most appropriate track for us to record next. It reminded us that our issues weren’t as big as they seemed and because we stuck together, we surpassed them. Cold is not just a song of incomparable loss; it is about not being alone through it.”

Nilüfer Yanya has shared the second single, “Method Actor”, off her upcoming album “My Method Actor” out September 13th via Ninja Tune.

TRACKLIST:

1. Keep On Dancing
2. Like I Say (I runaway)
3. Method Actor
4. Binding
5. Mutations
6. Ready for Sun (touch)
7. Call It Love
8. Faith’s Late
9. Made Out of Memory
10. Just a Western
11. Wingspan

Nilüfer Yanya shared this about the song and album: “I was researching method acting, and from what I read, it’s based on finding this one memory in your life, a life-altering, life-changing memory. The reason why some people find method acting traumatic and maybe not safe mentally, is because you’re always going back to that moment. It can be good or bad but you’re always feeding off the energy, something that’s defined you—and that’s what helps you become the character. It’s a bit like being a musician. When you’re performing, you’re still trying to invoke the energy and emotion of when you first wrote it, in that moment. It definitely feels like you’re having to recreate or step into that headspace.”

Bryce Dessner has shared the first single, “Lullaby For Jacques Et Brune”, off his upcoming album “Solos” out August 23rd.

TRACKLIST:


01. Lullaby for Jacques Et Brune
02. Francis
03. Tuusula
04. Song for Octave
05. Tromp Miniature
06. Ornament and Crime I
07. Ornament and Crime II
08. Ornament and Crime III
09. A Good Person
10. On a Wire
11. Walls
12. Delphica I
13. Delphica II
14. Ornament III Piano
15. Song for Ainola

Bryce Dessner shared this about the album: “Writing a solo piece for me is always a great challenge and joy, as you have all the personality and talent of the player plus the physicality and resonance of the solo instrument, a bit like a Shakespearean monologue. These solo pieces for violin, viola, cello, harp, percussion, guitar and piano represent many years of my compositional process. When I began composing, I mainly wrote solo pieces for myself to play and I have always loved unaccompanied instrumental music, including the solo Bach lute and cello suites and the Renaissance lute fantasies of John Dowland, which I used to play myself on the classical guitar. These pieces of mine are often written like poems, where the musical language itself dictates the form and evolution of the piece, and were often opportunities for me to explore more deeply my relationship to the instruments they were composed for. They also represent in each case close collaborative relationships and friendships I have been very lucky to develop with the incredible musicians who play them. Katia, Pekka, Anastasia, Nadia, Lavinia and Colin are all exceptional artists who brought so much of their amazing talent to these recordings.”

ANOHNI and the Johnsons have shared a new single, “Breaking”, it is out now via Rough Trade.

ANOHNI and The Johnsons will be out on tour and this is what ANOHNI shared about it: “I am presenting a series of concerts in Mexico, the US and Canada this fall. It is my first time touring since 2016, and first time with a band in 14 years. I feel like I want to sing for people, to affirm that these times are unprecedented, and to hold and express a sense of what’s really happening…”

Chrystabell and David Lynch have announced a new album, “Cellophane Memories”, out August 2nd via Sacred Bones Records.

TRACKLIST:

01 She Knew
02 The Sky Falls
03 You Know the Rest
04 So Much Love
05 Two Lovers Kiss
06 The Answers to the Questions
07 With Small Animals
08 Reflections in a Blade
09 Dance of Light
10 Sublime Eternal Love

The video was directed by up and comer music video enthusiast David Lynch.

This was shared via a press release: “The origin of Chrystabell and David Lynch’s album Cellophane Memories comes from a vision that David experienced during a nighttime walk through a forest of tall trees, over the tops of which he saw a bright light. As he recalls it, the light became the lilt of Chrystabell’s voice and revealed a secret to him. It is from these mysterious convergences of light and sound, day and night, starry sky and black forest that Chrystabell and David’s collaboration has continued to blossom.”

NightjaR has announced the release of its debut album, “Mala Leche”, out June 21st via Lewis Recordings.

TRACKLIST:
1. Broken Saturday Night
2. Baby Don’t (Feat. Sonny Jim & Quelle Chris)
3. Burnt Up Nights
4. Piano Heights (Feat. Pruven, Vast Aire & Burgundy Blood)
5. Smashing Little Boat
6. Pirates (Feat. Homeboy Sandman)
7. Harlem Dream
8. Blood Red Dead (Feat. Jason Willamson)
9. Sylvester
10. Space-bar (Feat. Pan Amsterdam)
11. The Fuck It Boogaloo
12. Anything Something
13. Thee Omen (Feat. Homeboy Sandman)
14. Mala Leche (Feat. Guilty Simpson)
15. You Bastard
16. Glove Department (Feat. Pan Amsterdam)

2 singles were shared from the album, the first one, “Baby Don’t” (feat. Sonny Jim & Quelled Chris).

The second single was “Space Bar” (feat. Pan Amsterdam).

Mala Leche (Spanish: Bad Milk) is 16 tracks of beats and bars, vocals provided by some of the hip-hop artists at the very top of his own, personal home listening lists and interludes that throw back and forth through eras and genres in sometimes playful, occasionally awakeningly abrasive styles.

Jimi Goodwin shared this about some of the collaborations, this about Pan: “I like clever wordsmiths, not just cusses and Pan is exactly that kind of artist. He’s The Don. Full respect to him, he got fed up with the jazz scene he was part of, frustrated by the bullshit. He’s gone and called it out and done his own thing. You’ve got to admire that.”

Regarding Homeboy Sandman: “I was in New York in 2017, just exploring the city on my own. One day I’d been in touch with Homeboy Sandman, just exchanging messages, just asking if I could send him my beats. Same day, totally by chance, I come out of the subway and bump right into him! Whatever the ways of contacting these rappers I’ve been able to put together my dream team.”

About Jason Williamson he shared: “We’ve never met in person, but we’re on the phone to each other all the time. I was blown away by what he’s done on ‘Blood Red Dead’. It’s totally ‘him’. I admire people who are just like ‘fuck you!’ and working and living with that sense of conviction. Just people who can completely be themselves.”

Dirty Three have shared the second single,  “Love Changes Everything II” off their new album, “Love Changes Everything”, out June 28th via Drag City / Bella Union.

TRACKLIST:
1. Love changes everything I
2. Love changes everything II
3. Love changes everything III
4. Love changes everything IV
5. Love changes everything V
6. Love changes everything VI

Via a press release this was shared: “Emerging once again from the unending waves crashing upon our fragile time-craft (adrift on the eternal ocean and taking on water). Dirty Three are a) back, b) tangled in seaweed, rank with saltwater and possessed of three rather ominous thousand-mile stares (at least!), and c) not wasting another minute, as nothing is guaranteed. For the first album in over a decade (yes it’s been 12 years since 2012’s “Toward The Low Sun”) they flew in, got together and started playing. End of story. What else is there to say or do but that? Music is their language, their true love.; they never stop listening. And like the label says, “Love Changes Everything “.”

FACS have shared a new 7″ with the songs “North America Endless” on the A side and the Eurythmics cover of “Take Me To Your Heart on the B Side out now via Sub Pop.

The video for the song was directed by Joshua Ford.

Brian Case shared this about “North America Endless”: “We had been talking a lot about how to incorporate melody in a new way with the material we were starting to write after Still Life In Decay, and this was one of the first experiments with that. I had this inverted Polvo thing I had been playing around with that Jonathan married to a really nice Frippy sustained lead, and it kind of just wrote itself. Lyrically, it’s about the dissociation needed to live in this country and the powerlessness that can bring. Noah’s beat at the end of the song is one of my favorites from him.”

Case shared this about “Take Me To Your Heart”: “The song is a band favorite, we’ve been kicking around a version of this since we first started FACS, but for some reason just got around to completing it now. This song has a lot of elements we keep in focus when we write – repetition, space, off-the-grid melodies, and mantra-like lyrics that can be construed in a few ways based on what perspective you view them from.”

Psychic Graveyard have shared a new single, “Sword Through My Neck”, off their upcoming album “Wilting” out June 7th via Artoffact Records.

Eric Paul shared this about the song: “I have a son who is on the autism spectrum, so I’m part of a support group for parents like me. We support each other as we navigate the challenges of ASD. The song’s lyrics draw inspiration from discussions within our group. So, grab a Styrofoam cup of coffee, pull up a folding chair, and dive into “Sword Through My Neck.””