Spiral XP - I Wish I Was a Rat
Spiral XP announce debut album 'I Wish I Was a Rat' out 10/18. Watch the video for third single "Window Room" below
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Red Ribbon - Red Ribbon
Red Ribbon's new self-titled album produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Cat Power) will be released on 11/1. Second single/video "YSFP" is out now!.
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salvia palth - last chance to see
After more than a decade of waiting, we are proud to announce “last chance to see”; the 2nd self-recorded full-length record from salvia palth.
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Zero Point Energy - Tilted Planet
The Brooklyn-based duo's debut LP 'Tilted Planet' is OUT NOW on CD/CS/LP/Dig
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P.H.F. - 'LOAD'
Brand new P.H.F. Record 'LOAD' is OUT NOW. Full album video is up on YouTube to accompany the surprise release.
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Taxidermists - KO EP
Taxidermists have joined the DCR family with their newest release KO EP, available digitally or on limited edition cassette
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THANKS FOR COMING - WHAT IS MY CAPACITY TO LOVE?
thanks for coming is the songwriting project of Rachel Brown (they/them), one half of the duo Water From Your Eyes. Their new EP 'WHAT IS MY CAPACITY TO LOVE' is OUT NOW!
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The band—Max Keyes, Lena Farr-Morrissey, Daniel Byington, Kyle McCollum, Jordan Mang—pull no punches on the track, as Farr-Morrissey’s vocal swirls in the eye of Mang and McCollum’s heavy, groaning riffs. Busting out of its slowcore margins and ascending into brightened hues of gazing, augmented distortion, “Window Room” hams up the emotional collateral of previous single “Sinner” and swells into a knotty thesis on patience, capitalism and cultural pleasure. “How long until we revel in something new?” Farr-Morrissey sings. “Too late, too soon.” The instruments crush inward, and the meaning turns euphoric.
Emma Danner recently introduced her new self-titled album as Red Ribbon with the confidently moody lead single “Crying in My Car,” a late-night-drive tune taking a pensive look at romance in the rearview mirror. With Red Ribbon’s release still over a month out, she’s returning today with another new single that’s either a journey further down the road of heartbreak or one looking past it at the joyful partnerships of friends—and perhaps it’s this uncertainty as to how to approach this fork in the road that lends the track its simmering eeriness. “I wanted the raw emotions, the grief, and freshness of that time to be palpable in the recording,” Danner shares of “YSFP” (which stands for the track’s pained repetition “You’re so fucking pretty”), which was penned surrounding a breakup. “I wanted to hear it in the vocals.”
It’s only natural that the Pacific Northwest would become one of the largest suppliers of shoegaze bands amidst the genre’s recent revival, given that so much of the alt-rock scene which brought these sounds to America was born in and around Seattle. The latest band to help carry that torch is Spiral XP, who’ll be following up their series of recent EPs with a debut album titled I Wish I Was a Rat this October. The first single, “Luna,” is an apt follow-up to those releases as it balances errantly wailing riffs with hushed verses and awe-struck lyrics.
Following a decade-plus hiatus from releasing new music, enigmatic DIY titan Daniel Johann Lines surprise drops the expansive and reflective follow-up to the viral cult classic of his teen years, melanchole.
In a world where viral success can lead young artists to exploitative contracts and dead-ends, Lines has maintained complete control of his project and his presence. It’s anomalous, but if last chance to see has proven anything, it’s that this deliberate approach can lead to an extraordinary creation. It’s a sustainable practice in an era of disposable talent.
Their forthcoming release KO EP, is like a kick given with a smile. A raw slice of life as taken from a five months of all-night sessions in McNamara's studio at The Asbestos Farm in Hadley, Massachusetts.
I wanted to write a trans anthem, where a young person going through the same thing could hear it and be like, This is made for me. I think so often trans portrayals in the media are required to be either overly heroic or so deeply tragic with little representation for a more nuanced human experience, which is often made up of small moments of both.
Maintaining his familiar post-punk vocal incantations, the new track explores more maximalist sounds across industrial metal and no wave while Katz’s lyrics dip into political satire inspired by Don DeLillo’s Mao II and Paul Aster’s Leviathan. “It’s me poking fun at performative political activism while also expressing some fears about domestic terrorism,” he shares. “In the last decade it seems casual mass violence has become the new normal. This makes me profoundly uncomfortable. The lyrics and music are written to reflect that.”
With the themes of cohesion and solitude in mind, Feinstein is honoring the album’s release today by sharing a playlist of tunes that serve as go-to listens while doing the dishes (hopefully that act doesn’t take him 52 minutes, the runtime for this collection of songs). Weaving through evident influences such as Bruce Hornsby and Neil Young, as well as cuts from genre-defining artists such as Wire and Tricky and hard-to-pin-down innovators including Talk Talk and Mica Levi, the playlist remains an engaging listen. “I think it takes you through enough sonic turns to keep things interesting,” he shares.
Today, Slow Hollows—the recording alias of LA-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Austin Feinstein—has released his fourth album, Bullhead. The LP is Feinstein’s first since 2019’s Actors, and it’s a remarkable foray into a world where rich synths, big guitar riffs and limitless hooks converge. In 2020, Slow Hollows the band broke up, and Bullhead marks the project’s resurrection as Feinstein’s solo future.
Rachel Brown talks about their latest EP What Is My Capacity To Love?, plus their love of weepy rom-coms and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Lone Rider, released last Friday, is, first and foremost, a collection of stories, the work of a writerly musician. From lonely cowboys to desperate murderers, Maxwell fully inhabits rather than uses his characters.
He offers striking sympathy towards their stories, without ever letting any of the stories wilt into sentimentality
Water From Your Eyes’ Rachel Brown has announced a new EP under their solo moniker Thanks for Coming. What Is My Capacity to Love? will arrive on September 29 via Danger Collective. Check out the Dylan Gee and Kima Hibbert–directed video for the single “Loop” below.
The eight-song EP was primarily written in the aftermath of a relationship. As such, What Is My Capacity to Love? finds Brown analyzing their romantic relationships. “Loop” is the sole song written before that breakup. “I was in this cycle of infatuation, disappointment, seeking out intimacy but never actually letting anyone in,” explained Brown. “I’d like to think I finally got out of the loop.”
Over an instrumental comprising hurried drums, a driving bass line, and a lovely progression of jangly guitar chords, Warncke’s disarmingly quiet vocal line describes the sense of tranquility she experienced while taking a much-needed break from online life and visiting a beloved Brooklyn beach.
She recently put out the album's lead single "Lexapro," and we're now premiering second single "I Get Better Every Day" and its video. It's a '90s rock anthem through a lo-fi Gen Z lens, and its titular hook is very catchy. Addie says:
“When I made this song, I thought I was gaining control of my life and building self confidence. This is one of the first songs that taught me how to write lyrics. I was reading Annihilation (by Jeff VanderMeer) and wrote down interesting words and then found ways to use those words to express my own thoughts.”
Where “Leading Man” was a stomping, rambunctious number, the sound of someone confidently stepping into the limelight, Maxwell’s new single slips into quietly moving acoustic territory, the musician’s thoughtful songwriting coming to the fore.
D.C. Maxwell swaggers into our hearts with 'The Leading Man', the Tāmaki Makaurau rising star's feverishly-awaited debut single, out today via LA tastemakers Danger Collective Records. Proudly repping his own brand of "weirdo country", former ROIDZ frontman Daniel Smith's first official solo release is a passionate affair with epic sweeping orchestration to match
“Free Thinking” is the second single from the upcoming record, a song that opens with classic shoegaze crunch reminiscent of the greats (Swirlies, My Bloody Valentine, Broken Water… take your pick). The feeling as though you’ve stepped outside yourself is immediate, as distortion blooms and bursts over a repetitive structure, easy to digest at surface level but fun to explore the further you dissociate. There’s a hypnotic quality to the song, ringing in cycles with guitars providing the hooks as vocals add textural presence and intrigue, the focus becomes the staccato roar of the band’s shoegaze soaked psychedelic pop.
Thanks for Coming, the solo project of Water From Your Eyes’ Rachel Brown, has announced they’ve signed to Danger Collective and a new album is on the way. Billed as a best-of compilation, You Haven’t Missed Much comes out this Friday, December 16. Check out the single “Plagiarizer”
We caught up with Emily Yacina ahead of the release of All the Things to talk about the process of compiling her songs, how they relate to one another, grief, and more.
