VANITY MIRROR

Vanity Mirror, dreamy lo-fi bedroom pop from Los Angeles, have just released their highly anticipated debut LP PUFF (We Are Busy Bodies) with an accompanying video for the song Somehow You Know. The album is a delight to listen to with its sweet sixties-tinged melodies and starts where their other baroque-pop project, Electric Looking Glass, leaves off. The third single from Vanity Mirror's debut album PUFF, Somehow You Know, is a slacker lullaby for misfits and romantics.

Written in a church garden on an overcast bank holiday, Somehow You Know is simple and understated, an anticipated sleeper hit of PUFF. Reflecting on the track Randall said, "Somehow You Know is a somewhat of a lullaby. It wasn't an immediate choice for a single but one of our favourites and a track that a lot of close friends had highlighted as one of their favourites. I think it has an immediacy in its simplicity. I think this video captures that and we're so excited to share it." Listeners of Vanity Mirror's debut album will hear careful nods to The Kinks, Idle Race and The Raspberries delicately woven into the hook-filled compositions.

Tuesday's News, the album's second track, is a lo-fi masterpiece with sweet guitars and a building rhythm with Randall's lovely singing. The pleasant melody rings out with wintery lyrics but takes you to warm, sunny places in its charming pop harmonies. It's hummable, optimistic, and a fun play anytime track; a perfect pick-me-up with an earworm melody. Another highlight of the debut album is Dandelion Wish. Randal describes Dandelion Wish as "a sophisticated bedroom pop ditty for wayward situationships. It's the second single from Vanity Mirror's debut album PUFF; a vulnerable collection of homespun pop experiments. This lo-fi flowerballad blends soft nylon strumming with sparkling electric jangle; playful mellotron flourishes with an urgent quirksome rhythm section. Catch a ray of sun in your window and whistle along."

Launching at the same time as their debut LP, the video for Somehow You Know was directed and edited by the band's friend Fred Joseph of Expo Aktuell Films in Los Angeles. Randall explains, "We have been big fans of Fred's for a long time. He's a true artist and creates stunning analog TV/film pieces often utilizing period accurate vintage video equipment. He works out of the lovely Savannah Studios and you may have seen his work with many choice West Coast artists as of late. Fred was generous to collaborate with us to create this stunning vignette for Somehow You Know. Filmed with black and white vintage broadcast cameras, the camera floats around the studio on a track capturing us performing the song but also discovering a series of other little surreal and romantic scenes featuring our friends. Almost like a dream sequence or moment of clarity when many interconnected memories flood your mind all at once. And that is really what the song is about, making sense of things without being able to necessarily verbalize it." The band was inspired by Andy Warhol Factory film tests but also 60's TV specials.

Klubber Lang

released their new single 'Warhound' on 19th May, out on FIFA Records.

'Klubber Lang' make a welcome and thunderous return with their new single 'Warhound', the perfect follow up to last Novembers, widely acclaimed 'The Sad Professor' , with the Dublin outfit continuing their release of unrelentingly visceral rock songs.

Klubber Lang have garnered many admirers both at home and further afield and have created a real level of expectation with the series of singles they have released over the last 3 years, this being their 8th under the FIFA Records banner. Add to this their explosive live shows, which have included much-coveted tour support slots with

'Girls Against Boys' and fellow Irish heavy hitters 'Kerbdog', it is no wonder why the quartet have garnered so many plaudits.

Like previous singles 'Make Amends', 'Sleep Well', 'I Will Not Wait', 'This Place' and the aforementioned 'The Sad Professor', the Dublin noise merchants latest offering has the trade mark, pounding rhythm section, inventive guitar riffs and the brilliantly unique vocal delivery of frontman McGoldrick. Once again, the combination has delivered another original and compelling strain of noise rock.

Klubber Lang are Ciaran McGoldrick, Ciaran Tallon, Fin O'Leary and Ronan McHugh. 'Warhound' will be available on all streaming platforms right now.