Breaking News
Irish Singer Songwriter SOAK shares "Swear Jar"
Ahead of Friday’s release of their new album ‘If I Never Know You Like This Again,’ SOAK share final single “Swear Jar”
A lyric video and acoustic performance of the new track are available on their Youtube channel, with the latter below:
“Swear Jar” deals with depression and the breakdown of a relationship ~ “I felt so disconnected from myself and life that I was starting to question if I’d ever truly been present or if I’d always been on autopilot,” Bridie Monds-Watson, aka SOAK, explains of the inspiration behind the song.
‘If I Never Know You Like This Again,’ is out this Friday, May 20th, on Rough Trade Records.
Irish Folk Duo Ye Vagabonds Release Their Third Record, 'Nine Waves'
Today, traditional folk duo Ye Vagabonds share their new record, ‘Nine Waves.’
Recorded in the Dublin mountainside with producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy (black midi, Caroline), the album features 11 gorgeously unique traditional and original tunes, proving theres always room for innovation, even in a genre so tethered to the past.
Their sophomore River Lea Recordings release, ‘Nine Waves,’ follows 3 previously released singles, “Blue is the Eye,” “Go Away and Come Back Hither” and “An Island”
Take it all in, listen to ‘Nine Waves’ HERE
The Smile Release Debut Album 'A Light For Attracting Attention'
Today, UK supergroup The Smile release their highly anticipated debut album ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ via XL Recordings ~ Alongside the album they have shared a video for the atmospheric, and hauntingly beautiful, “Waving A White Flag.”
All 13 tracks of the sprawling double LP are available on all digital platforms, while physicals will arrive June 17th.
‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ has garnered rave reviews from international press, praising it as ‘…a magnificent record by once in a generation musicians” (Northern Transmissions, 9/10), “a pleasure to hear Yorke and Greenwood’s talent undiminished as they hit the sweet spot of their sound,” (Exclaim, 8/10) and “instantly, unmistakably the best album yet by a Radiohead side project.” (Pitchfork, 8.6/10, Best New Music)
Listen to the complete album HERE
Bartees Strange Shares Third 'Farm to Table' Single, "Hold The Line"
Today, Bartees Strange releases “Hold The Line”. The new song was written in late May of 2020 about George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna.
A lyric video/visualizer accompanies the important new track:
“I remember watching George Floyd’s daughter talk about the death of her father and thinking, wow – what a sad introduction to Black American life for this young person. It was painful to watch her grow up in that moment, like all Black kids eventually do. ‘Hold the Line’ was written over the course of three days during that first pandemic summer. Through this song I was trying to make sense of what was happening in the US, my neighborhood and my community at that moment. During the marches people were trying to stop the bleeding, locked arm in arm, doing everything they could to hold the line.” – Bartees on “Hold the Line”.
This summer Bartees is taking ‘Farm to Table’ to Canada in support of Metric on their east coast leg. Find all ticket info HERE
‘Farm to Table’ arrives digitally June 17th, with physicals following on October 7th. “Hold the Line” follows singles “Cosigns” and “Heavy Heart”
Parquet Courts Perform "Walking at a Downtown Pace" On Jimmy Kimmel Live
NYC indie/punk staple Parquet Courts performed their ‘Sympathy For Life’ standout “Walking at a Downtown Pace” last night on Jimmy Kimmel.
Watch the full performance below:
