4.25 & 5.02 New Release Book by Redeye

Celebrating 35 years of music, since 1990

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STREET DATE: 4/25/2025 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE/ROCK

OVERVIEW

Beloved NYC rock band Sunflower Bean return reinvigorated with Mortal Primetime, the most hard-fought and vulnerable album of their career. In the three years since their last LP Headful of Sugar, the members of Sunflower Bean - Julia Cumming, Nick Kivlen, and Olive Faber - drifted from one another as they pursued new projects and confronted personal challenges, tragedies and transformations. But Mortal Primetime – the band’s fourth album, but first self-produced – finds Sunflower Bean with a renewed sense of purpose after nearly losing everything they built together. With mixing by Caesar Edmunds (The Killers, Wet Leg) and engineering by Sarah Tudzin (Illuminati Hotties, Boygenius), Sunflower Bean were inspired by alternative rock, dreamy psychedelia, and arena-sized ambition to create a sound that’s undeniably theirs on Mortal Primetime; a record that celebrates their history while hurtling toward the future.

6. Take Out Your Insides

7. There’s A Part I Can’t Get Back

8. Please Rewind

9. Shooting Star

10. Sunshine

Transparent Red vinyl in Gatefold Gloss Laminated and Embossed Sleeve with Printed Inner

CAT NO: LUCKY182LP

UPC: 689492229511

Transparent Red vinyl in Gatefold Gloss Laminated and Embossed Sleeve with Printed Inner, Numbered + Bonus 12” vinyl with 5 additional songs. Indie Exclusive, Limited to 3000 copies worldwide.

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UPC: 689492229610

CD in Gatefold wallet with folded poster lyric insert

CAT NO: LUCKY182CD

UPC: 689492229320 1. Champagne Taste 2. Nothing Romantic

TOUR DATES

3/10 - 3/15 Austin, TX @ SXSW

5/15 - Troy, NY @ No Fun

5/16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas

5/17 - Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts

5/22 - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw

5/23 - Washington, DC @ The Atlantis

5/24 - Raleigh, NC @ Kings

5/25 - Asheville, NC @ Eulogy

They draw from a wide swath of influences most bands wouldn’t dare namecheck together in a sentence, and that daringness has made them undefinable. “Sometimes I think of this record as Belle and Sebastian meets Alice in Chains,” Julia Cumming says. “In the past, we’ve been told to tone down who we are, and this album is our refusal to be anything but ourselves,” Olive Faber says ,“It’s the purest expression of who we are.” Recording vocals for the album’s power-pop opener and lead single “Champagne Taste,” Cumming channelled Iggy Pop circa The Idiot, whilst later, on “Look What You’ve Done to Me,” her staggering range conjures the unsettling madness and whimsy of Kate Bush. And on “Nothing Romantic,” soaring power cords harken back to arena-ready hits of the ‘70s and ‘80s by Heart, Pat Benatar, or Joan Jett.

SELLING POINTS

• Mortal Primetime follows three prior albums; Human Ceremony(2016) via Fat Possum, and Twentytwo in Blue (2018) & Headful of Sugar (2022) via Mom+Pop. Now signed to Lucky Number worldwide, as announced with last year’s SHAKE EP

• Sunflower Bean have achieved 100M+ global streams across prior releases.

• Indie Exclusive Vinyl includes 5 track bonus 12”, numbered and limited.

• Full US Tour May/June 2025 with further US touring planned for November.

• Have toured with The Pixies, Beck, Cage The Elephant, Interpol, The Strokes, Wolf Alice, The Kills, DIIV, Courtney Barnett, Sleigh Bells. Prev. festivals include GovBall, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo.

• Anticipate strong print and online press support. Previous Print/online features: Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, NY Mag, New York Times, LA Times, The Fader, Vogue, Nylon, i-D, Interview, V Magazine, Pitchfork, NPR, Marie Claire, and many more.

• Recent radio session with The So Cal Sound, with sessions currently set up w/WFUV, XPN, KEXP, The Current and more. Substantial focus on, and investment in, US radio campaign with Commercial Alternative, AAA/Non-Com, SubModern and NACC teams. (In2une, Dauntless, and Shine On)

• Julia Cumming is a successful model, anticipate a supporting visual campaign around album release. Prev. face of 6 Saint Laurent campaigns under Hedi Slimane and band face of Diesel Black & Gold Campaign and UNIFCampaign. Coverage in Vogue, Interview, Dazed, V Mag, Document Journal, Another Man, Wonderland, Elle and more. Listed #41 on Dazed 100 list of youth and pop culture provocateurs changing culture.

5/27 - Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records

5/28 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

5/30 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves

5/31 - Austin, TX @ The Ballroom

6/01 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs

6/04 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar

6/05 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah

6/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room

6/07 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

6/09 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

6/10 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s

6/12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

6/13 - Fort Collins, CO @ The Coast

6/14 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive

6/17 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry

6/19 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village

6/20 - Detroit, MI @ Third Man Records

6/21 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison

( FROZEN LAKE EDITION ) APRIL 25TH, 2025

“RILO KILEY CEMENTED THEMSELVES IN INDIE ROCK HISTORY UPON THE EXECUTION OF ALL THINGS’ ARRIVAL—IT WAS IMMEDIATELY SEEN AS A REMARKABLE NEXT STEP FOR THE BAND’S SONIC PALETTE AND ABILITY TO WRING POIGNANCY FROM VULNERABILITY” PASTE

“A DYNAMIC ALBUM WITH INTRIGUING LYRICS, A COUNTRY/FOLK SHIMMER, AND EXPLOSIVE POP MOMENTS” PITCHFORK

LP IN DIE CUT GATEFOLD JACKET WITH 18X24” POSTER INSERT ON CLOUDY CLEAR VINYL

ALSO OUT MAY 9TH: THE EXECUTION OF ALL THINGS (FROZEN LAKE EDITON) LTD. EDITION WITH 7”

Rilo Kiley was born from hunger, from the insatiable desire to write one’s own story. The band’s origins can be traced back to Los Angeles in the late 1990s, when Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett discovered a shared songwriting obsession and began performing together. After some starts and stops, a band was formed with Pierre “Duke” de Reeder playing bass. They called themselves Rilo Kiley, borrowing a name that came to Sennett in a dream.

For their second record, Rilo Kiley headed to Nebraska to record with Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis alongside new drummer Jason Boesel. Here, Lewis truly becomes a generational songwriter, spinning interior mysteries regarding romance, depression, trauma, hope, and isolation into cathartic revelations. The Execution of All Things was a triumphant arrival.

Originally released in 2002, the celebrated and beloved album The Execution of All Things is a hallmark of indie rock. Hailed by fans and critics alike as an essential component to any record collection. More than twenty years after its initial release, Saddle Creek is releasing The Execution of All Things (Frozen Lake Edition) to enshrine this pivotal indie rock album.

LTD. LP WITH 7”

LP in diecut gatefold jacket,

Artist: Rilo Kiley

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SUMAC & Moor Mother The Film

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GENRE: Alternative Metal

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FILE UNDER: “S” for SUMAC & Moor Mother

RELEASE DATE: 25-April-2025

NO EXPORT

What happens when you combine SUMAC: a band that uses the volume, distortion, and guitar-centric approach of metal to make music that has the malleability of jazz and textural exploration of noise with Moor Mother: a poet and sound artist that has deconstructed hip hop to a point where it’s less about rhyme and rhythm (though obviously both are present in her work) and more about oratorical cadence and power. The Film is an album that takes attributes of both artists’ work and finds common ground in shifting musical patterns, and expressive force. The record is a musical thumbing of their noses at the more traditional approaches of their respective fields, an innovative, powerhouse of an album.

The Film’s moniker speaks to the fact that it is conceived and delivered as a complete album, a full story or narrative. Moor Mother puts it best: “The idea is to create a moment outside of the convention. This is a work of art. Thinking about the work as a Film, instead of an album or a collection of songs. This task is impossible in an industry that wants to force everything into a box of consumption. You won’t understand or get the full picture until the artwork is completed. This work is developing and is requesting more agency within the creative process.” The Film does have clear themes running throughout – again Moor Mother expounds: “the themes are universal in nature - land - displacement - the climate - human rights and freedoms - war and peace - the idea of running away from the many violent forces and horrific systems of man and empire.”

Heavy, holy, hypnotizing – beyond existence, beyond the fettered constraints of normality, past the false notions of the indoctrinated disguised as the organic, planets form; the detritus of cosmic stuff merges into galaxies, into something that can sound like it’s populated by suns. The Film is just such a work, a nebulitic collaboration between SUMAC and Moor Mother.

The Film was recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle with Scott Evans. The album includes appearances by guest vocalists Kyle Kidd, Sovie, and Candice Hoyes. SUMAC and Moor Mother will be playing select dates worldwide together, including a performance at Roadburn Festival just ahead of album release. This double album is packaged in a custom obi designed by Aaron Turner featuring paintings by Turner and art concepts by Moor Mother.

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM SUMAC:

“What One Becomes” CD/LP (Thrill 463)

“American Dollar Bill...” CD/LP (Thrill 417)

“LOVE IN SHADOW” CD/LP (Thrill 470)

“May You Be Held” CD/LP (Thrill 531)

“Into This Juvenile Apocalypse...” CD/LP (Thrill 568)

“The Healer” CD/LP (Thrill 609)

TRACK LISTING:

1. Scene 1

2. Scene 2: The Run

3. Hard Truth

4. Scene 3

SALES POINTS

SUMAC is Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom), Brian Cook (Botch, Russian Circles), and Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists).

Moor Mother is Camae Ayewa, known for her extensive body of work as a poet, musician, and activist. Her discography spand several studio albums, as well as numerous collaborations and remixes with artists like Billy Woods, YATTA, Olof Melander, and more.

SUMAC have collaborated with a diverse roster of artists including Keiji Haino, Emptyset, Raven Chacon & Zoh Amba.

SUMAC will be touring extensively throughout 2025 including a collaborative sets with Moor Mother at Roadburn Festival, and in Berlin.

The Film is available in a Gatefold CD, Black 2xLP and limited Translucent Pink 2xLP. 2xLPs are packaged in a premium full printed custom OBI sleeve jacket. LP versions include a digital download card.

“...like self-perpetuating obstacle courses in hell. Ricocheting between formidable doom and barbed improvisation, Sumac sound preternaturally belligerent.” - Pitchfork, 8.4 Best New Music

“A forcefield for fending off some unseen evil, a testament to metal’s transcendent energy. Sumac makes ecstatic music for a world that can still save itself, if only it would try.” - Bandcamp

“Across eight albums, Moor Mother—aka Camae Ayewa—has bore witness to history’s sins, threading connections between past, present, and future in a sensory overload fusing industrial noise, “witch rap,” and free jazz.” - Pitchfork

“her music sustains a constant, complementary tension between the hushed, folkloric mantras and defiant Afrofuturist litanies she shares, her sound drawing freely from noise, jazz, blues and beats while respecting the practice of each mode.” - The Guardian

THRILL JOCKEY

BIG|BRAVE’s preternatural instincts and depth of skill as musicians are on full display on their most naked and austere record to date, OST. The trio entered the studio with broader concepts and themes in mind, but no preconceived music. The overarching concept was to make a film score for a film that had yet to be created, to use minimal instrumentation, or more specifically not their standard band instruments, and to improvise within these parameters. “Although this record could stand on its own, we envisioned it being paired with moving images, which introduced a fresh and exciting way of working,” notes guitarist Mathieu Ball. In addition to forgoing their usual instrumentation, they notably built their own. Ball created a stringed instrument using piano strings simply called “The Instrument”. This instrument ended up becoming a central figure to the OST’s sound. Guitarist/vocalist Robin Wattie adds: “The strings Mathieu used for his instrument came from a discarded piano thatch that had been laying around in the hallway of my tattoo studio for ages.” The Instrument’s presence is felt throughout the record as a conductive element amplifying the album’s earthly, grounded nature.

OST was fully written and recorded in the studio. The band was free to enter the live room and record a take with whatever instrument was at hand. Once they had a good foundation for a song, Ball, Wattie, drummer Tasy Hudson and even engineer/producer Seth Manchester would each build on it, layering takes, from instrumental improvisations to abstract vocals, until they felt it was a completed piece. Wattie’s voice seamlessly blends with the instrumental flourishes made from “The Instrument”, a Wurlitzer, prepared piano, synths and a very limited amount of electric guitar. Additionally, there is a sprinkling of flute by Melissa Guion (MJ Guider). The performances of each player are tactile and ardent, even at their most subtle and effected.

Following OST’s completion, BIG|BRAVE contacted director/ visual artist Stacy Lee to visually score the record. Director Lee and BIG|BRAVE, having previously collaborated, had established an artistic understanding which allowed BIG|BRAVE to give Lee no instruction, no limitations: the creative process synthesized across film and music. Select screenings with live performances are in the works.

BIG|BRAVE will be touring In US and Europe throughout the Spring.

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM

BIG|BRAVE

“Leavning None But Small Birds” CD/LP (Thrill 546)

“nature morte” CD/LP (Thrill 580)

“A Chaos of Flowers” CD/LP (Thrill 607)

BIG|BRAVE OST

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GENRE: Alternative Rock FILE UNDER: “B” for BIG|BRAVE RELEASE DATE: 25-April-2025 NO EXPORT

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3. innominate Nº iii

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6. innominate Nº vi

7. innominate Nº vii

8. innominate Nº viii

For OST, Guitarist Mathieu Ball created a large instrument consisting of piano strings dubbed, “The Instrument”, which became the central figure of the record.

BIG|BRAVE will be touring throughout Europe and the UK around the release of OST, with additional touring planned throughout 2025.

In addition to regular touring, the band will have select performances of the film and sountrack.

BIG|BRAVE have collaborated with a handful of artists, including a release with The Body, and guest appearances by Marisa Anderson, Tashi Dorji, and Patrick Shiroishi.

Following a nomination for the Polaris Music Prize for their 2021 release, Vital, BIG|BRAVE was nominated for the award in 2023 with the release of nature morte, and again in 2024 for A Chaos of Flowers.

OST is available in a Black and limited Crystal Clear LP. All LPs include a digital download card.

“A record that twists the listener’s expectations from high and low volume.” - The Quietus, best of 2024

“Since their inception in 2012, Big Brave have amplified the torrential sound of clawing oneself into being.” - The Guardian

“one of the most punishing and prolific bands in the contemporary avant-metal landscape” - Pitchfork

Somewhere in the ether/net of our collective social cosmos soup floats the magical, masterful pop music of Magdalena Bay, the duo from Los Angeles composed of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin. While the pair may claim California as its terra firma, its true home is in the clouds, from where the two emit and output the unique yet familiar frequencies of synthesized nostalgia, kitschy catchiness, and bombastically warped neo-hooks for which the group has become celebrated. Transmitting in both the audio and video realms, Magdalena Bay is an entity adroitly suited for these times, caught in a haze of the known and felt while pushing sonic landscapes woven with the now into the next.

Having met as teenagers in a high school music program in their hometown of Miami (Tenebaum having moved to Florida at age 1 from Buenos Aires), each quickly recognized a kismet and kindred spirit in the other, resulting in the formation of a band, the prog outfit Tabula Rasa, as well as a romance. Lewin was a self-styled guitar shredder armed with his dad’s prog and concept rock records — The Wall, The Bends, Genesis, Fiona Apple — while Tenenbaum was a pianist and singer dipping toes in indie (Modest Mouse) and emo (My Chemical Romance) rock as well as pop made by princesses (Shakira, Britney). Both could read music and Lewin had even studied music theory, also teaching himself how to produce, record, and mix while making two Tabula Rasa records. The pair took a brief break from dating and headed to different colleges but kept the band together, often trading eight-hour bus rides from Penn to Northeastern and vice versa to rehearse, before eventually realizing two things: one, their relationship was too real to be denied, and two, no one young likes prog.

“It was like, ‘No one's listening to our prog music, what a shame,’” Tenebaum says with a laugh. “We were excited to try something different. So we got into the mechanics of ‘what does it mean to write a pop song?’ and ‘what is this craft?’ and that was the beginning of Magdalena Bay.”

“I remember thinking, ‘Pop music is simple, so we should be able to make it,’” Lewin says. “And then, of course, there's way more to it, lots of complexities in the writing and production that I wasn't aware of. We had no artistic perspective at that point because we were still figuring out the genre and how to make something that resembled pop music before we could think about how we could make it interesting. So that was our early process.”

Holding tight to that all-encompassing genre descriptor (“We make pop, but what really is pop anyway?” Tenenbaum asks, while Lewin counters, “We're a pop group making pop music; all the rest is implied…I think it's fun to imply that pop music is a wide range of things”), the duo released a grip of EPs and singles before launching its debut album Mercurial World in the fall of 2021. Many outlets, while uniformly praising its melodic hooks, sing-song vocals, and meticulously-crafted production, called it “synth-pop,” which is probably the most specific subgenre Lewin and Tenenbaum will allow. Regardless, the mark had been made, and Magdalena Bay soon began to gather respect, adulation, and fans in the true currency of the day: streaming numbers, social media followers, support slots, festival appearances, and creative collabs. All the while, aided by its highly stylized online aesthetic and internet presence, the band was inching closer to realizing something of an artistic perspective after all.

“We love extending the world of our music past sound into videos or a website or graphics or whatever it might be,” Tenenbaum says. “We like to think of them as one and the same, but I think it has to start with the music,” Lewin says. “We're trying to create an atmosphere or an emotional quality with it.”

“It's the jumping off point that inspires the rest,” Tenenbaum agrees. “But as the years have gone by, as we’ve made more and more videos and such, the process has become more integrated. We were having visual ideas, which was never the case before. I guess people call it ‘world-building.’

93 MM+ Spotify Album Streams

400 MM+ career TD Spotify Streams

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Imaginal Disk Featured on Best of 2024 lists from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Vogue and more Paste Magazine named single “Death & Romance” the #1 song of the year Sold out every single date of their 2024 North American and European/U.K. headline tours Made their late-night debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with a performance of “Image,” which was later reworked by Grimes costume.

Upcoming festivals: Coachella, Capitol Hill Block Pary, Lollapalooza, Osheaga, Breakaway, ACL, Art With Me Miami, This Ain’t No Picnic Previous tour support for Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Rina Sawayama, Phoenix, Flume, George Clanton, Porter Robinson (at Red Rocks)

TOPMARKETS: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Japan, Germany

SALES&STREAMINGNUMBERS:

Total Streams LTD: 300M+ Spotify: 400 MM+ / Apple Music: 22 MM+ / YouTube: 55 MM+

4/21/2025-Richmond,VA-TheNational

4/23/2025-NewYork,NY-Terminal5

4/25/2025-NewYork,NY-Terminal5

4/26/2025-Philadelphia,PA-FranklinMusicHall

4/28/2025-Portland,ME-StateTheatre

4/29/2025-Boston,MA-CitizensHouseofBlues

4/30/2025-NewHaven,CT-CollegeStreetMusicHall

5/2/2025-Cleveland,OH-HouseofBlues

5/3/2025-Pittsburgh,PA-RoxianTheatre

5/4/2025-Columbus,OH-NewportMusicHall

5/6/2025-Buffalo,NY-BuffaloRiverWorks

5/7/2025-Toronto,ON-HISTORY

5/9/2025-Detroit,MI-St.AndrewsHall

5/10/2025-Madison,WI-TheSylvee

5/11/2025-KansasCity,MO-TheMidlandTheatre

5/13/2025-Denver,CO-OgdenTheatre

5/14/2025-SaltLakeCity,UT-RockwellAtTheComplex

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9/18/2025-SanFrancisco,CA-TheWarfield

9/22/2025-SanDiego,CA-TheObservatoryNorthPark 9/23/2025-Phoenix,AZ-ArizonaFinancialTheatre

9/26/2025-LosAngeles,CA-FairbanksLawnatHollywoodForeverCemetery

9/27/2025-LosAngeles,CA-FairbanksLawnatHollywoodForeverCemetery

10/5/2025-Dallas,TX-HouseofBlues

10/7/2025-Indianapolis,IN-OldNationalCentre-EgyptianRoom 10/8/2025-Nashville,TN-MarathonMusicWorks

10/12/2025-OklahomaCity,OK-TheCriterion 10/14/2025-Houston,TX-HouseofBlues 10/15/2025-NewOrleans,LA-TheFillmore 10/17/2025-St.Petersburg,FL-JannusLive 10/20/2025-Atlanta,GA-Coca-ColaRoxy 10/21/2025-Raleigh,NC-TheRitz

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Gatefold Wallet with 20 page lyric booklet MP770-CD 810090095356

Jackie Nalpant Evan Hancock

MARIA SOMERVILLE Luster

By the time Irish musician Maria Somerville started writing Luster, her landmark label debut for 4AD, she had lived away from her native Connemara for quite some time. Having grown up amongst the wild, mountainous terrain of Galway’s rural west coast, she later relocated to Dublin, where she patiently developed an atmospheric dream pop signature inspired by the landscape of her youth – a spellbinding soundworld of gusting ambient electronics, ethereal guitar strums, sparse percussion, and hushed lyrical vignettes. In 2019, this culminated in All My People, a self-released LP steeped in reverb, nostalgia and a yearning for home that won praise from discerning press and listeners alike.

It was upon returning to Connemara, in a house near where she was raised overlooking one of the country’s largest lakes, Lough Corrib, that work commenced on the songs that would eventually become Luster, an album that illuminates Somerville’s music anew, pushing it forward in both sound and spirit. Where All My People conveyed memories and melancholic longing with misty slowcore balladry, these 12 tracks show us an artist who’s more assured in the path her life has taken, and the person she’s become in the process. As she sings in ‘Trip’ – “I can see more clearly than I could before. I know now what’s true for me.

With the release of Luster, she has signaled the arrival of a new era that will see her play around the world in 2025 accompanied by a live band. Rest assured though, no matter where Somerville goes, she’ll take a piece of home with her – a living, breathing, timeless essence you can sense in every note, as clear as the air by the Corrib.

“‘Projections’ is a woozy piece of dream-pop, and it’s got Somerville singing sleepily over spaced-out guitars. It’s awfully pretty, and it’s the first piece of music that she’s released on 4AD.”

– Stereogum

“An echo that lasts long into the hours after you first hear it”

– The Fader

• Maria Somerville has a cult like following from her NTS show

• Forthcoming US Dates

Tracklist

Available from: April 25th 2025

Réalt Projections Garden Corrib Halo Spring

Stonefly Flutter Trip Violet Up October Moon

SALAMI ROSE JOE LOUIS LORINGS

Release date: 25April 2025

The brilliant Salami Rose Joe Louis returns for further adventures in experimental dream pop.

Previously earning praise from The NewYork Times, Paste, Crack Mag, The Guardian, Bandcamp (“glowing bouquets of homespun electric jazz and soul”), and The FADER (“an electrified passage of fusion perfection”), The Line of Best Fit, DJMag, & XLR8R. Olsen conjures her utterly inimitable sound from her long term musical partner –the Roland MV8800 lovingly nicknamed FunFunFun.

Olsen, who’s sharpened her chops touring for the likes of Flying Lotus,TuneYards, andToro y Moi among others, is back on the road in 2025. In May she will support Alice Phoebe Lou and MIKE in addition to NorthAmerican and European headline dates. 2025 upcoming festivals include San Francisco Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Fest, Ottawa Jazz Fest and Rochester Jazz Fest, plus Cross The Tracks in London and Maifeld Derby in Frankfurt.

With her innovative production style and captivating live shows, Salami Rose Joe Louis continues to push the boundaries of alternative/electronic/jazz music as evidenced by her recent KEXPlive session.

Recent collaborations include a feature on Toro y Moi's “Mahal”, a remix for Hiatus Kaiyote, Alice Phoebe Lou’s - Strongboi project, writing credits on Baby Keem’s “Scapegoats” and the 2024 collab album extravaganza “Sarah” with legendary Philadelphian – Flanafi.

CAT NO: BF150

UPC: 5054429201055

Box Lot: 20

CAT NO: BFCAS150

UPC: 5054429201062

Box Lot: 25

A1. Inside

A2. Motorway (feat. Flanafi)

A3.That must be hard for you

A4.Asauna sized pill

A5. I dunno ways

A6. I will never say

A7. Crow, friendship

A8. Hobbies

A9. Basketball (feat. Flanafi)

B1.Arm fell asleep

B2. Fill the void (feat. Omari Jazz)

B3. Upstairs

B4. Wet log

B5. Dribs and drags (feat. LukeTitus)

B6.Apool to cry in (feat. Flanafi)

B7. Farewell

B8. Fill the void // house by the lake // coda

￫ Black vinyl LP

￫ Artwork by Salami Rose Joe Louis

￫ Recycled ice white frosted cassette housed in an o-card slipcase.

Genre: Indie/Alternative, Jazz

Key Markets: LosAngeles, NewYork, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco

Recommended if you like… Toro y Moi, Hiatus Kaiyote, Clairo,Alice Phoebe Lou, Stereolab, Brijean

Kyle Mooney – The Real Me

Stones Throw Records | STH2503LP April 25th, 2025 | Vinyl

The Real Me is the debut self-recorded album from actor, comedian, and director Kyle Mooney.

Kyle Mooney was a cast member on SNL from 2013 to 2022 and has directed and starred in several iconic web-series, TV shows, and films including Brigsby Bear and A24’s Y2K.

This record reflects Kyle’s career shift from comedy to music with songs inspired by a variety of genres (country, 80s synth, dance, ballads, and more).

For fans of Tim Heidecker, Fred Armisen, John Early, The Lonely Island, Flight of the Conchords

We will be engaging Kyle’s existing fanbase (332k IG followers and 289k YouTube subscribers) as well as Stones Throw’s fanbase with compelling visuals throughout the campaign shot by Ross Harris and Kyle Mooney.

Kyle has received prominent press coverage throughout his career, most recently he was the feature of a New York Times article. We will be hiring top-tier music PR in North America for this campaign.

Side A

Intro

Kid on the Range 3. Digital Society 4. Blue Car

5. Gwendolyn Bartley

6. California Summer

Side B

7. Disease

8. I Gotta Dance Tonight

9. House That’s Haunted

10. ILY

11. The Real Me

Silas Short – LUSHLAND –

Artist Silas Short

Title

Cat # STH2493LP + STH2493-4LP

Label Stones Throw Records

Genre R&B, Alternative, Soul

Formats Standard black vinyl + Indies orange vinyl

UPC 0659457249311 (standard black) 0659457249342 (indies colour)

Description

LUSHLAND is the debut album from R&B artist Silas Short, out this March on Stones Throw.

LUSHLAND is a late night drive through heartbreak, fear of failure and life in a brand new city. The album is filled with soulful songs rooted in ‘80s and ‘90s R&B, informed by Silas' years of playing in gospel bands with his father and an early education in hip-hop, funk, and neo-soul.

LUSHLAND follows Silas’ 2021 debut EP Drawing, which was acclaimed by NPR, Wonderland, CLASH, and The Line of Best Fit, among others.

Key Selling Points

• Eye-catching and unique vinyl artwork by Matt de Jong featuring Silas on front cover & stickers + colourful printed inner sleeve Standard & indies orange vinyl.

• 2 singles from the album released so far: “ILIKEU” & “LTRAIN”; album announcement on 15 Jan; remixes for singles throughout the campaign including a remix of “GUY” by Karriem Riggins

• Striking press photos, music videos + live videos throughout the campaign + creative / digital marketing

• Engaging social media content throughout campaign, showcasing Silas’ talent and personality; Silas is active on key socials inc. IG & TikTok.

• Players/producers on the album include James Poyser of The Roots, Luke Titus, Ryan James Carr, Charlie Coffeen, among others

Release 14 March 2025

25 April 2025

Pre-order 15 January 2025

• Top tier press and radio hired in US, UK, GSA, FR, BE, with a view to reach music, fashion, broadsheets, social media, podcasts and beyond.

• Silas has opened for Benny Sings, Blackwave, Mndsgn, The Walters, Zahara, Jitwam, Kaina Plans to tour UK/EU by end of 2025.

• His cover of “My Conversation” is included on feature film A Real Pain with Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg, out Nov 2024

• Silas featured on Light in the Attic’s 2023 compilation album along with BADBADNOTGOOD, Charles Bradley, Devandra Banhart, Mac DeMarco & more.

• Press & radio: NPR, Wonderland, Okayplayer, KCRW, Rough Trade, Bandcamp, CLASH, The Line of Best Fit, KCRW, KEXP, BBC 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music, NTS, Rinse FM, BR Plus, Byte FM, NDR Radio Kultur, FIP, Radio Nova, France Inter, BRUZZ (rotation), Double J

• For fans of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Nick Hakim, Dijon, L’Rain, Sampha, Mk.Gee, Moses Sumney, Sudan Archives, Liv.e, Rosie Lowe, Charlotte Day Wilson, Serpentwithfeet

LP-BW-028 BUNNIES

Horror Spectrum

Street Date: 04/25/25

LP-BW-028

UPC 199284294165

Format: 12" Vinyl LP

Label: Birdwatcher Records

Genres: Psychedelic Rock

Track Listing:

1.Homunculus Eyer of Ire 2. Vile Child 3. Igor the Gory 4. Lucky Larry's Lullaby to Lilith and Lucifer 5. That Evil Ghoul 6. Realm at the End of the Horror Spectrum 7.

BUNNIES –Horror Spectrum

With Horror Spectrum, Bunnies plunges headfirst into the shadowy abyss of their art-rock multiverse, unearthing sounds that slither, shimmer, and scream. Equal parts psychedelic hallucination, krautrock ritual, and noise rock exorcism, this record feels like the sonic aftermath of mad scientists summoning ghosts through an analog synthesizer they excavated from a cursed tomb. It's less an album and more an experiment gone deliciously wrong—a séance that channels the chaotic energies of dimensions better left untouched.

From the extraterrestrial pulsations of “Eyer of Ire” to the technicolor bliss of “That Evil Ghoul,” Horror Spectrum is a seven-track odyssey that detonates the boundaries of Bunnies’ already unhinged catalog. These tracks drag you by the ankles into realms where sound has teeth, time melts into warped rainbows, and the music feels like it’s plotting something sinister. Few bands dare to tread where Bunnies boldly hop, but here they are, mapping out mythical soundscapes with the glee of cartographers lost in their own creation.

This freakish entity of a record is profoundly unsettling and weirdly exhilarating. Horror Spectrum is the sound of a band digging deep into their subconscious and inviting you to get lost in the labyrinth. Will you find your way out? And if it sounds this good, why not just stay?

Label Contact: Adam Downey, info@nnatapes.com

Distro Contact: Lori Miller, lori@redeyeworldwide.com, 877-733-3931 x216

CD-BW-026

Matt McBane

Buoy

Street Date: 04/25/25

CD-BW-026

UPC 309272739510

Format: CD

Label: Birdwatcher Records, Gradient Music

Genres: Ambient, Experimental

Track Listing: Eleven Eleven 1. 2.Gleam

3.Buoy

4.Addition

5.Absence

6.Arpeggiator

7.Drift VCV Chaconne

8. Turn Around Again

Matt McBane Buoy

‘Buoy’ is an album of patterns and ambiance for synthesizers and violin by composer, electronicmusicianandviolinist, Matt McBane.

It is his first primarily electronic album and first entirely solo album on which he plays a variety of analog synthesizers (modular and fixed), violin, piano and bass guitar, and manipulates it all in his computer. While this album marks a new development in McBane’s work, it is rooted in many of the same musical currents as his past music – the patterns and processes of classical minimalism, the sonic manipulation of electronic music, the elemental qualities of fiddle music, emotional nuance, cinematic space, counterpoint, atmosphere–allfilteredthroughthevoltagesofhissynthesizers.

It is the follow-up to his 2022 album on Cantaloupe Music for percussion and synthesizer, ‘Bathymetry’, called an album of the year by Wilco, an album of the month by Bandcamp, and “a musical and sensory journey like no other that has been offered in contemporarymusicrecently”byMontreal’sPanM360.

Label Contact: Adam Downey, info@nnatapes.com

Distro Contact: Lori Miller, lori@redeyeworldwide.com, 877-733-3931 x216

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CHUCK JOHNSON

The Cinder Grove, Precession

STREET DATE: April 25, 2025

Acclaimed Cosmic Americana pedal steel luminary Chuck Johnson released a series of acclaimed titles with the VDSQ label from 2017 to 2021. Two of those physical titles, The Cinder Grove and Precession, recently came into Johnson’s possession and are now distributed by Redeye through Three Lobed Recordings. A perfect opportunity to grab copies of these lavishly presented titles which somewhat slipped under the pandemic radar.

The New York Times – “A eulogy for landscapes that are still being razed, but holds on to hope for what comes next.”

SALES POINTS

• Limited quantities of two titles previously released by VDSQ. Available now through Redeye.

• “The Cinder Grove” was pressed to 120g black vinyl by RTI and packaged within spot-varnished Stoughton tip-on jackets.

• “Precession” presented within pro-pressed cassettes.

PRAISE FOR “THE CINDER GROVE”

“The Cinder Grove embeds sense memories, walls and trees enduring in intangible anonymity.” - Pitchfork

“Hints of Reichian minimalism, spacey Tangerine Dream kosmische, Eno-esque ambience and hypnotic New Age.” - Uncut

“Chuck Johnson's The Cinder Grove is a positively gripping experience from start to finish, full of tones and zones that spark the imagination and encourage deep listening to every note, every descending chord progression, every solar flare melody.” - Aquarium Drunkard

The follow-up to Johnson’s acclaimed Balsams LP, The Cinder Grove delves further into the compositional possibilities of the pedal steel guitar. This halcyon collection of tracks draws on a wider palette of sounds, adding strings and piano, to dive deeper into the sound bath of Johnson’s meditative music.

The Cinder Grove is a profound, affecting statement on the nature of loss and irreplaceability as well as a major addition to the canon of Johnson’s work. It's a suite of requiems for lost places. Many of the spaces that once fostered affordable living and creative work now only exist in sonic memory, like the echoes of ghosts. Like much of the California landscape in recent years, some of these spaces have succumbed to fire. Others, to the equally inexorable forces of gentrification. While his 2017 LP Balsams was intended to provide the listener with a space for respite and calm even healing The Cinder Grove seeks to remember what has been lost while celebrating the resilience of the human spirit and the natural world.

NOTES ON “PRECESSION”

Recorded in September 2018, Precession is a bridge between Johnson’s acclaimed album Balsams and its follow-up The Cinder Grove Notes from Chuck:

“'Nodal' features something that I would often mix into my live set during that time: a pre-recorded organ improvisation which was later used as the main track in “Raz-de-Marée” on The Cinder Grove. The organ provided a useful metric grounding and harmonic element for the steel guitar to interact with. I would often follow that section with a very exposed passage for the steel, as I do here on 'Axial'. With the loops and effects lowered in the mix I would improvise within the restrictions of Arvo Pärt’s 'tintinnabuli' harmonic language.

The chiming effect, plaintive chords, and relative silence compared to the density of other parts of my set would help me to re-center during a performance, and to exist very much on each note, within each moment. I would revisit this harmonic palette in the composition “Red Branch Bell,” which I consider to be the centerpiece of The Cinder Grove.

The Cinder Grove

Format: LP

Cat. No.: LP-TLR-898

UPC: 634457206465

A1. Raz de Maree

A2. Serotiny

A3. Constellation

B1 Red Branch Bell

B2 The Laurel

Precession

Format: Cassette

Cat. No.: CS-TLR-899

UPC: 634457206472

A1. Nodal

B1. Axial

TOTALITY NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY & BITCHIN BAJAS

Street Date: April 25, 2025

NO SALES TO EU, UK, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SELL EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH TOTALITY

Years past the space time of Automaginary, Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society have reported back at last from beyond. If the new title doesn’t clue you, Totality brings good news. Since their first collaboration, the pathways that lead from Natural Information Society ’s ecstatic all-world jazz to Bitchin Bajas’ microtonal soundscapes have grown ever finer in their articulation. Across the spectrum, the septet balance a deeply searching mood with wonderfully in-pocket production feel. This makes for collective aural transport of the highest order to all those listening in.

In the time since their 2015 first convergence, the Natural Information Society have released four albums (one in collaboration with Evan Parker, one with Ari Brown) and Bitchin Bajas five (one a soundtrack, one with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, one featuring the songs of Sun Ra). Given the multivarious paths both groups have traveled, it makes sense that their second convergence seems to emanate from centuries, eons beyond or below some undefinable elsewhere from their first. Totality is that.

These days, Natural Information Society is populated differently. From the sextet NIS that co-created Automaginary, Joshua Abrams, Lisa Alvarado and Mikel Patrick Avery remain. In the stead of the departed former players is Jason Stein on bass clarinet. This might account for some mere impression of aspects of time, space and evolution to be found here but then again, Bitchin Bajas flow on in their long-standing trio configuration (Cooper Crain, Dan Quinlivan, Rob Frye), so the “people in the room” theory of how Totality ever got this way will only take us so far.

available from Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas:

Recorded in a single day with Greg Norman at Chicago’s Electrical Audio, then slowly considered into the finished record we hear here, Totality is a sweet-tempered second child. It experiences time in ways the first kid didn’t. If you’re in it for slow-shifting trance formations, it’s gonna be cool. There’s lots here for you, lots of simmering time and synth atmospheres dappled with radiant woodwinds but there’s some head-snapping hypno-rhythms that stand apart from the groove energies of the first one. It’s just natural facts: two different days in time separated by years, with the experience of several live encounters between the two groups in between. Beyond that, only the music can say anything else. That said, here are a few thoughts from this listener’s log

The low-key revolutionary thump of “Nothing Does Not Show” and “Clock no Clock” notwithstanding, Totality charts impressive new launch angles from NIS & BB’s improvisatory heart, with their careful listening and response time continually redefining the space in a relaxed manner that rewards deep zoners. Additionally, their blended corps assimilate marvelously on Abrams’ composition, “Always 9 Seconds Away.” Here, and with the aforementioned groovers, the collective resonates beyond familiar kraut/spiritual/minimal power lines, bringing new time conceptions to bear in the always-expansive space of this album event.

It's about time we got back to the singularly-divined space of Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas with Totality. That's the best way to way to define this new music it’s about time.

David Eugene Edwards &

Tracks:

1 Process of Elimination

2 The Defectors

3 They’re Guilty

4 Circumcision

5 White Glove Test

6 Trick or Treat

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY has had more than its share of out-of-nowhere bands following from the second big bang that was punk rock. The Babylon Dance Band, Circle X, Your Food, Squirrel Bait, Bastro…these are but some of the exceptional music acts originating in Louisville after 1977. Now it’s time for the great secret of the Louisville ﬁrst-wave punk scene to be revealed: The Endtables

The Endtables were the crazed brainchild of guitarist Alex Durig, brooding chess-master of the ampliﬁed freak-out, and singer Steve Rigot, a ﬂamboyant transgender giant from the shores of southern Indiana who reinvented himself as a Warhol Factory superstar. Like Scarlett O’Hara wrapped in a green velvet curtain, Rigot crafted his own glamorous reality from what was available in the blasted cultural landscape of 1970’s Kentucky. Gold spray paint, duct tape, Ace bandages ... a spectacularly other trailblazer who caused folks to toss their received ideas of beauty and go with the new thing instead.

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The band ﬁrst took the stage in late 1978 and was ﬁnished by the summer of 1980. In the fall of 1979 they recorded six tracks at a Louisville studio, four of which came out on a 7” EP on their own Tuesday Records. The two remaining tracks (“White Glove Test” and “Trick or Treat”) were issued as a single on Self Destruct records in 1991. Both records are among the rarest of any American punk release — more sought after than seen, passed on disintegrating cassette tapes and shouted over upon impact.

The music of The Endtables is another chapter in pure American weirdness, as jaw-locking today as the day it was recorded. The scent of modern can be detected in Steve Rigot’s remote vocalese, set against Alex Durig’s guitar outbursts, while drummer Steven Jan Humphrey and bassist Albert Durig (age ﬁfteen!) supply frenzied rhythm. The band rocks its fevered vision to a ferocious degree while Rigot grimly rhymes the truths that remained locked out of the public’s pop tastes in ’79 –’80. Thirty years of rap and roll later, The Endtables seem inevitable.

Yes, it’s been a little over thirty years since the original EP’s release. The cover of The Endtables replicates the original Tuesday records 7” cover, with its early-wave punk glory intact. The vinyl version is a six-song blast, short and sweet, the complete studio recordings. The CD adds six previously-unreleased live tracks, and never-before-seen video footage of the band in performance. The studio tracks are mastered from the original tapes, recently discovered in a basement in Louisville’s South End. The package also includes previously unpublished photos that convey the seedy chaos that was the band’s métier, along with extensive liner notes and Steve Rigot’s lyrics. Sing along!

SELLING POINTS

• This release comprises the first appearance on vinyl of the complete studio recordings of The Endtables, all in one place.

• The Endtables were a legend among first-wave Louisville punk bands circa 1979 — peers of Circle X and the Babylon Dance Band.

• Liner notes by Wink O’Bannon, David Grubbs, Tara Key, and Paul Belker.

• Press coverage for The Entables is a no-brainer. And when it happens, you gotta have this in your punk section!

Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia

Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts with Pete Johnston & Friends

DC942 LP/CD

Street Date: April 25, 2025

NO EXPORT TO UK/EU/AUST./ NEW ZEALAND, PLEASE EXILE COPIES TO ALL OTHER MARKETS AND TERRITORIES!

As many Scots from both Highlands and Lowlands have done before them, musicians Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts made the long journey over the ocean to Canada in June 2023. However, theirs was not a perilous sea voyage, nor a permanent relocation; rather it was for a transatlantic collaboration instigated by Nova Scotian bass player and musical arranger Pete Johnston. The trip resulted in a new album, Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia, Màiri and Alasdair’s long-overdue second album together following 2012’s critically acclaimed Urstan. The album’s title is an allusion to John Lorne Campbell’s book Songs Remembered in Exile, a collection of songs of Scottish Gaelic origin found in Cape Breton and Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.

Also available from Màiri

Morrison & Alasdair

Roberts:

Urstan

Track List:

Màiri nighean Dòmhnaill

The Bonny House of Airlie

Sir Neil and Glengyle

Hind Horn

Druimfhionn donn

Katharine Jaffray

Peggy Gordon

Uilleam Glen

Hi horò 's na hòro h-eile

The Soldier’s Adieu

Featuring ten traditional Canadian songs with Scottish roots, Remembered in Exile draws heavily on the pioneering work of Nova Scotian folklorist Helen Creighton, who collected a vast amount of traditional song material on Canada’s eastern seaboard. The album’s songs are drawn from Creighton’s published works including Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia and Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia. They are musical artifacts of the westward journey undertaken by Scottish fishers, crofters, merchants and their families as they migrated — willingly or otherwise — to Canada from the 1600s to the mid-1800s.

A native of the Isle of Lewis, Màiri takes the lead on a handful of Gaelic language songs, mostly collected in Cape Breton, while Alasdair leads on some Canadian variants of the types of Scots ballads for which he has become well known. There are also a couple of ‘macaronic’ songs in both English and Gaelic. Anchored around Pete’s steadfast bass playing and sensitive arrangements, as well as Alasdair ’s guitar work, the songs are further enlivened by the skills of a fine group of players: Sarah Frank on fiddle, Jake Oelrichs on drums, Mike Smith on banjo and Andrew Killawee on harmonium. Produced by Pete Johnston and Mike Smith at Fang Recording in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Remembered in Exile is by turns genial and playful, sombre and brooding. It constitutes a fine and fitting follow-up to Màiri and Alasdair ’s first album together, charting new waters and reforging the longstanding bond between old Scotland and Nova Scotia.

DC498 LP/CD

Kassian - Channels

With their debut album Channels on !K7 Records, Kassian (Joe Danvers-McCabe and Warren Cummings) have come full circle, focusing on the warmer, sample-based, and house-inspired sonics that brought them together. Kassian periodically revisited these initial pieces throughout the last five years until they felt able to journey deeper, using theirrapidlydevelopingcraftandrefinedproduction techniquestobuild a debut album that momentarily steps away from some of their more club-focused excursions.“Aswewerewriting,werealizedthatall the tracks had the unique potential to tell a story,” reflectsCummings,with Channels leadingthelistener through a series of different atmospheres and emotionalterrains.

Essential to Channels is Kassian’s focus on time’s abilitytoreorienthumanperspective.Kassianworked on the album over an extended period, with instrumentation,fieldrecordings,andpercussionfirst constructed and then subsequently stripped away andrefined.

Channels contains their early love of tube warm, sample based sounds and live instrumentation as the foundation for this album. The working process for these rippling pieces used both sequenced workflow and improvisational arrangement, live instrumentation inspired by an array of deeper emotional content. Both members of Kassian experiencedgreatpersonallossduringtheperiodof making this album, and a tenderness is felt throughouttherecord.

This record is an earthy thing, its naturalistic track names evoking recognisable and cyclically familiar moments, Kassian have provided a map for the listener at the forefronts of their minds. Channels features Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones on keys, and Timothy Kraemer on cello distilling this body of workintoa deep stream between the organic and improvised, and the sequenced andplanned.

TRACKLISTING

A1/01Mockingbirds

A2/02AeolianHarp

A3/03Invision

A4/04Metro

A5/05Channels

B1/06Spring

B2/07Sun

B3/08JossBay

B4/09SunsetPark

B5/10PeechBlue

B6/11Limoncello

Release Date: 25th April 2025

Artist: Kassian

Title: Channels

Cat/Barcode: K7447LP / 4062548103137

Format: LP, pressed using PET vinyl

For more information please contact Adam Calman adam@k7.com

NAZAR ~ DEMILITARIZE ~

Catalogue Numbers : LP–HDB-070 // CD-HDB-070

Street Date : 04.25.2025

Formats : LP // CD

UPCs : 5056321682017 [LP] // 5056321682024 [CD]

Box Lots : 20 [LP] // 30 [CD]

Demilitarizefollows Nazar’s remarkable 2020 debut Guerrilla , which reprocessed Angolan kuduro music with rough textures, field recordings and media clips, telling a personal story of the civil war that exiled his family to Europe, while his father, a rebel General, fought a losing battle in the jungle back home. After Guerrilla , and an extended period of serious illness, now Demilitarizeis motivated by a reckoning with mortality and the flowering of new love, turning the ‘rough kuduro’ of Guerrillainside out.

This is a deep sound world, genuinely dreamy, the arc of the album describing shedding the armour of trauma and surrendering to this new situation. A constant and unexpected aspect of Demilitarizeis Nazar's gentle, submerged vocal. Insistent and mantra-like, it’s like a cross between Elisabeth Frazer, Arthur Russell and Frank Ocean, and the music is fragile and opaque in response. The rhythms of kuduro are still here, but move around his voice like fish around a swimmer, while precise sound design illuminates from different angles. Chords spiral, ripple and shoot through the beats giving tracks the loosest of settings; songs disassemble; vocals float off-centre.

The Beloved Returns

Label: Salinas Records

Format: Vinyl LP

Catalog Number: SAL-124

Release Date: April 25th, 2024

Box Lot: 48 LPs

Contact Information: salinasrecords@gmail.com

Justin Sullivan has been living something of an artistic double life for the last 8 years. He’s been playing drums in Los Angeles’ Flat Worms and getting back together with his NYC bandmates in The Babies, but he’s also been crafting his own songs under the name Night Shop. Under this moniker, Sullivan has released two LPs and two 12” EPs and toured supporting, Widowspeak, Shannon Lay and Waxahatchee.

Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield once described Sullivan as “a well-read modern day Buddy Holly” and on his new record, The Beloved Returns, he raises the bar of both the literary allusions and the rock’n’roll. The record’s title track was inspired by Thomas Manns’s 1939 fictionalized biography of Goethe titled Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns and themes of desire, obsession and the places they send you are all over the record. On the sonic end, the record is louder and faster than any Night Shop record before, a result of Sullivan’s collaboration with the Summer Cannibals’ Jessica Bourdeaux who produced the record, with songs like the opener “Ode To Joy II” coming fast out of the gate quickly followed by “Let Me Be the Lamb.”

Track List:

1. Ode To Joy II

2. Let Me Be The Lamb

3. The Beloved Returns

4. Thought in the Dark

5. I Loved You From The Moment I Saw You

6. Too Late, Too Late

7. Sidelined

8. Once Bitten, Twice Bored

9. Capitol Gardens

10. Good Intentions

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HAUSU MOUNTAIN

Artist: DustinWong

Album: Gloria

Label: HausuMountain

CDEdition Inagatefolddigipak

Formats: CompactDisc Cassette Tape

LA-basedcomposer/producer/guitarist DustinWong returnstoHausuMountainwith Gloria, histhirdalbumonthelabelsince2018.Wonghasestablishedamultifacetedcareeroverthe lasttwodecadesthatencompasseshissoloworkcenteredaroundguitarperformanceand livelooping,rolesasaguitaristinBaltimore-basedbands Ponytail and EcstaticSunshine, andawidecatalogofcollaborationswithartistsincluding TakakoMinekawa and Good Willsmith.Incomposinghissolomusic,Wonghasalwaystransmutedhisownlifeexperiences intothethematicsourcematerialforemotionallyresonantworksripplingwithfine-grain detailsandintricateloopingarchitectures.With Gloria,thecomposerchannelsspecific memoriesandpiecesofhisfamilyhistoryintoadeeplypersonalnarrativearcfocusedonhis grandmotherGloriaVioletLeeWong,whopassedawayinJanuary2024,justshyofher 96thbirthday.UsingaroadtriptheytooktogetherdownthewestcoastofAmericain2023 asthedirectinspirationfortheindividualscenesandflashesofimagerythatformthealbum’s continuouslyunfoldingstructure,Wongpresents Gloria asamemorialtoherstoriedlifeand acelebrationofthewarmthandkindnessthatcharacterizedtheircloserelationship.A moment-to-momenttraveloguethatzoomsoutinitsfullscopetoevokeamulti-generational memoirthatspansdecadesandcontinents, Gloria givesWongspacetoopenhisheartand uncoverhisroots—allwhileexperimentingwithnewtechniquesinliveperformanceand sounddesignthatleadhismusicintoterritoriesthathehasneverbeforeexplored.

“Fromhisearlyworkastheguitaristinart-rockgroup PonytailtohiscollaborationswithartistslikeTakako Minekawaandhisownsoloendeavors,DustinWonghas alwaysbeenaneagerexperimenter.Hisworkbeginsatthe marginsofpop,electronic,androckmusic,andthenpushes outward,findingundiscoveredworldsthatbecometechnicolor wonderlandsinhishands.”- FloodMagazine

“Usinghisguitar,voice,andanarrayofelectronics,Dustin Wongcreatessoundworldsthatteemwithlivingtexture. Listeningto[DustinWong]islikewatchingstop-motion footageofarainforestfloor:notesskitteringaroundlike industriousinsectsinthedirtwhileothersoperateonan entirelydifferenttimescale,growingandbloomingwiththe patienceofplants.Likethatrainforest,themusic’ssurface chaosbeliesdeepandelegantinterconnectivity—takeaway oneelementandthewholethingmightcollapse.” - Pitchfork TapeEdition

“DustinWongispraisedforhisinnovativeguitarlooping techniques,butthat'sonlyapartofwhatmakeshisworkso unique.”- AllMusic

Starting15yearsagowithatrilogyof ThrillJockey albums, DustinWong’ssolopractice beganasaseriesofpainstakinglycomposedandpreciselyperformedtakeswithhisfather’s FenderTelecasterguitarrunthroughanarsenalofeffectspedalsandloopers.Thismodeof creationfoundhimstackinglayerafterlayerofliveinputintovibrantspreadsofsoundthat swelledtodramaticpeaks,withdozensofafterimagesofhisownguitarswirlingtogetheras theypourbackthroughhisloopingsystems.Hislivesetupcametoincorporatesampling keyboards,drummachines,andhisvoice,andbythetimehisalbumsonHausuMountain emerged— FluidWorldBuilding101withShamanBambu (2018)and PerpetualMorphosis (2023)—hehadharnessedthepotentialofdigitalaudioproduction,movingfromstrictly liveperformancesintotherealmofhigh-fidelitysounddesignandsyntheticinstrumentation. Hiscompositionson Gloria splitthedifferencebetweenthesetwodistinctmodesofcreation fromdifferenterasofhiswork:herewefindlivetakescenteredaroundloopingindividual instrumentsintobedsofharmonyandrhythm,butthesetakeshighlightdensevolleysof pitchedpercussionandjitteringkeyboardtonesgeneratedbyhands-oninputonasampling keyboard.Thiscolorfulmulti-instrumentalpaletteweavestogetherwiththespiralingoutput ofWong’sguitar,whichreachesusinbothcrystallineguitartonesandalienvoicesthatmany wouldimaginetobesynthesizers.InkeepingwiththetrajectoryofhispreviousHausMo albums,Wong’svoiceoccupiesacentralrolein Gloria.Hispredominantlywordlessvocals, oftenpitch-adjustedandprocessedthrougheffectmanipulation,seepnaturallyintohis compositionsasbothtexturalelementsandleadmelodiesandlendthemusicashadeof dreamlikepopcomposition,albeitrefractedthroughhisbusynetworksofcybernetic instrumentation.Whetherhesingsintheregisterofadigitalmurmurorovertlyinterprets Christianhymnalsashedoesonthealbum’sclosingtracks,Wong’sangelicvocallinescall backtohisgrandmother’slong-standingroleinherreligiouscommunitiesasanintercessor prayerhealerandachoirsinger.

Whiletheproductionon Gloria bearsallthemeticulouseditinganddeliberatespatialization ofpored-overdigitalcreations,allofthetracksaresong-lengthpassagesextractedfrom Wong’smeticulouslong-formimprovisedsessions.Toachievetheclarityofamulti-tracked albumfromhislayeredsessions,Wongseparatedindividualstemsfromhislivetakesand arrangedthemintomulti-layeredpiecesinwhichhehascontroloverthepresentationof everyvoicethathitsthemix.Theresultisathrillingamalgamthatcombinestheimmediacyof hisliveperformanceswithalevelofintricacyandproductionqualitythatatteststohiseverincreasingmasteryofdigitalarrangement.WhileWong’spreviousworkprimarilyfocusedon theslowaccumulationofloopsoveracentralgrid-likerhythmicfoundation, Gloria makesuse ofmultiplesimultaneousloopersuntetheredintime—resultingincompletelyunpredictable ecosystemsthatdrawpowerfromchance-basedinteractionsbetweensystemsrecurringin andoutofstep.Withthesebeautifullychaoticrhythmsasfoundations,Wonggiveshimself theopportunitytoimproviseasaleadperformerandatthesametimemanagedensefields ofsoundwithlevelsofcontrolanddetailthatprovidevirtuallylimitlesspossibilitiesforhimto explore.

Gloria’scapacitytocapturevestigesofthephysicaldetailsoftheirjourneytogetherandto giveauditoryformtotherevelationsaboutWong’sfamilythatheexperiencedontheroad withhisgrandmotherspeaktohisacumenasanemotionalstoryteller.Hiscompositionsspeak totheeffectthatmemoryhasonart-making,guidingacreator’smindandhandstocapture somesimulacrumofthepast’srealitywhileattestingtotheeffectthatmusichasinoutlining theineffablequalitiesoflifeexperiencesthatwecouldn’totherwisedistill.Throughyearsof developinghisartisticpracticetohigherlevelsofglisteningdetailandfast-pacedinternal motion,Wonghasequippedhimselfwiththetoolsnecessarytogivelifetohismemoriesand feelingswithmorevarietyandspecificitythaneverbefore.Intalkingaboutmaking Gloria, hehighlightstheroleoftheloopasacentralfeatureofhisworkthatdovetailsbothsonically andthematically.Thelooprepresentsthecyclesweallexperienceinourlives,bothwithinour owndaytodayroutinesandinthebroaderstrokesofourfamilyhistoryinwhichweretread similarpathsacrossgenerations.IntalkingtoGloriaherself,Wongremembersfeeling surprisedbyhowoftenherlifetrajectoryandhisownsofrequentlyloopedbackaround alongthesamelinesasiftheywereintuitivelydrawnbacktothesameplaces.Herecounts visitinghiscollegecafeteriawithherandbeingamazedwhenshestated,withher characteristictendernessandsharpawareness,thatthebuildingtheystoodinusedtobea women’shospital,andthatthehospitalwaswhereshegavebirthtoWong’sfather–thevery sameplaceDustinhadbeeneatinghismealseveryday.Weallfollowloops,often subconsciously,astheyexerttheirforceonusinwaysthatwecan’tpretendtocontrolor understand.With Gloria,Wongdoesn’tseektoharnesssoundtosealofftheloopscontained inhisfamilyhistoryortoarriveatanyneatconclusions,butrathertoallowthemtokeep spinningforever,toremainunclosedjustashisownhistorycontinuestounfold.

Swedish band MAD INVASION (featuring Mikkey Dee, Scorpions) combine classic 70’s/80’s hard rock with a contemporary sound – delivering a distinct and different listening experience that makes them stand out. The long background of the band members as musicians, songwriters and performing artists, adds a final layer of shine to the musical landscape.

MAD INVASION released their debut album in 2021, entitled ’Edge Of The World’, an album that offered a wide range of heavy songs with bone-crushing guitars, airy keyboards, and a dynamic rythm section. The new album ’Crack In The Sky’, provides an even heavier and tighter display of thunderous arrangement and melodies –building further on the already distinctive MAD INVASION sound.

Join the MAD INVASION journey and rediscover the golden age of rock – in a new suit of armour.

The Band:

Pete Sandberg Vocals

Björn Dahlberg Guitar

Hal Marabel Guitar / Keyboards

Mats Jeppsson Bass

Mikkey Dee Drums

For more information: madInvasion.com linktr.ee/madInvasion youtube.com/c/madinvasion facebook.com/madinvasion contact@madinvasion.com

Debut Album (2021) Edge Of The World

New Album (2024) Crack In The Sky

Hal Marabel Mikkey Dee Pete Sandberg

Björn Dahlberg Mats Jeppsson

Karisma Records

Nygårdsgaten 2

5015 Bergen Norway www.karismarecords.no post@karismarecords.no

Band: Bjørn Riis

Title: ”Fimbulvinter”

Label: Karisma Records

Catalogue no: KAR294CD / KAR294CDD / KAR294LP / KAR294LPC

Barcodes: CD - 7073317002725

CDD - 7073317002855

LP -7073317002732

LPC - 7073317002749

Format: Jewelcase CD, Ltd Digisleeve CD RegularLP(Black), Ltd. LP (Coloured)

Tracklist: 01. Illhug 02. Gone 03. Panic Attack 04. She 05. Fimbulvinter 06. Fear of Abandonment

"Fimbulvinter" by Bjørn Riis: A JourneyThrough Darkness and Light

Named after thelegendary longwinter that heralds Ragnarok,a time of both destruction andrebirth. BjørnRiis’new album Fimbulvinter is aprofoundand deeply personalwork.Drawingfromhis own experiences with anxiety, Bjørnexplores themes of hopelessness,paranoia, and despair,ultimately finding a spark of hope and gratitude in thedarkness. “This isn’tanautobiographicalalbum,” Bjørn explains,“but I wanted toshareparts of my own journey and address a subjectthat I feel is both deeply important and stillsomewhat taboo.”

Musically, Fimbulvinter reflects Bjørn’s diverse influences, blending the atmospheric and introspective tones of progressiverock with the energy andswagger of thehardrock bands he grew up with inthe early ’80s.Fans of Kiss,Black Sabbath, andclassic progressive acts willfind much to love inthe album’s richsoundscapes. Fromthe driving, anthemic energy of “Gone” -a track made for blasting on the open road -to moments of introspection and monumental heaviness,Fimbulvinteris a dynamic journey through darkness and light.

Bjørntakes centrestage on the album, performing all instruments and vocals, whilealso enlisting contributions from talented collaborators, including Henrik Bergan Fossum (Airbag),Arild Brøter (Pymlico) and Kai Christoffersen on drums. Longtime partner andco-producer Vegard Kleftås Sleipnes alsoreturns,ensuring the album’s production is as impeccable as its compositions.

With Fimbulvinter, BjørnRiis onceagain demonstrates why he is a cornerstone of the progressive rock scene, delivering music thatis as emotionally resonant as it is sonically captivating.

SELLING POINTS

 For fans of: Pink Floyd, Airbag, Steven Wilson, Kiss, Porcupine Tree+ + +

 LimitedLPversionon 180g Black/White marble vinyl(800x)

 Poster included in the first vinyl pressing

 Digitalsingles & lyric videos: Gone (13.Feb), She(04. March),Fimbulvinter (27. March)

Bandwebsite:www.bjornriis.com, Label website: www.karismarecords.no, For interviews, info & promomaterial,contact Karisma Records andMartin Kvam: e-mail: post@karismarecords.no / tel: +47 95 749219

Selma French No Sign of Rotten Leaves

Tracklist:

01. Cold Coffee On The Shelf

02. I Think I Knew

03. Pine Tree

04. Little Sisters And Friends

05. Shadows Of Evil

06. Hunt

07. Swim In December

08. Still Do Anything

09. Joanna

10. Goodnight Seeds Of Hope

Genre: Indie Folk

Produced by Bård Ingebrigtsen & Selma French and the band. Mixed by Bård Ingebrigtsen

Mastered by Helge Sten

Cover: Selma French and Egil Kalman

Single 1: “I Think I Knew” 12/06/2024

Single 2: “Little Sisters And Friends“ 02/04/2025

Single 3: “Pine Tree” 02/04/2025

Album: 04/25/2025

CAT# HCM002

UPC: 634457202368

Label: Hype City Music

Distribution: Border / Redeye

Territories: Worldwide

«No sign of Rotten Leaves» is Selma French’s second album and draws inspiration from life’s paradoxes.

Selma French is a songwriter and musician renowned and revered within the Norwegian folk scene. She grew up with traditional music and has played and created music all her life. Her musical inspirations include Linda Perhacs, Nick Drake, Judee Sill, Frøkedal, Sundfør and Sandy Denny

Her debut album Changes Like the Weather in the Mountain was released in 2022 to critical acclaim and was ranked among the top Norwegian albums of 2022 by notable Norwegian newspapers such as Dagsavisen and Aftenposten. In the fall of 2024, she did a lot of touring in the UK together with Euros Childs (Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci / Teenage Fanclub).

Selma has also toured extensively throughout Scandinavia and is a member of the bands such as Masåva, Frøkedal & Familien - (with whom she toured in the UK as special guests of Teenage Fanclub), Sondre Lerche and Norwegian Grammy award winners Morgonrode Her music is widely recognized in her native country and has recently featured as the theme song in the hit T.V series Furia.

Her music reflects an admiration for Norwegian and English folk music and is infused with an airy, enigmatic energy. Her rich landscape of guitars, wurlitzer, fiddles and high pitched choir voices manages to convey a roar of frustration, obscure portraits of the present and a gathering force of hope.

«I walked down the street I live in and looked at the ground. There was not a single trace of what season we were in. It is a paradox to fight for nature, while feeling further from it than ever.

-Selma

The album was recorded and mixed by Bård Ingebrigtsen in Amper Tone. The music is produced by Selma French, Bård and the band. Music and lyrics were written by Selma French at Rena, in Oslo and at Hemnes in Norway during 2023.

Press photos: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/01g5fmoo6qnk88x9fv48m/AIftYsDJJOCbXHMeMmzG5pM?rlkey=8m3270rzbbogerfsvmyqalz2u&st=i7lp6jx8&dl=0

Album stream: https://soundcloud.com/hype-city-music/sets/0bfa37b6-8ac2-498b-ae72-5963c8dfda68/s-xwIXOZILtaN?si=d0afa4e3cbe241f1a5002bfe51443b20&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Don Van Vliet / Captain Beefheart -

Son Of Dust Sucker (The Roger Eagle Tapes)

Repress back in the new year. Don Van Vliet is Captain Beefheart. 1000 only, numbered 180 gram vinyl LPs, gatefold sleeve & purple vinyl. Sleeve design by legendary Led Zeppelin designer Steve Hardstaff (Jacuzzi). When Don Van Vliet sent these reels of tape to North West promoter Roger Eagle in the 1970s to make sure they got released in the UK they became stuff of legend.

Tracks : Side 1 : 1 Floppy Boot Stomp 2 Owed T’ Alex 3 Harry Irene 4 Flavor Bud Living 5 Human Totem Pole 6 Bat Chain Puller. Side 2 : 1 Brickbats 2 Apes Ma 3 A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond 4 81 Poop Hatch 5 Seam Crooked Sam 6 Odd Jobs

Ozit Dandelion

HospitalII

Tough Love

HOSPITAL II is the product of one evening and several years of friendship. Kevin Linn (Sad Eyed Beatniks, Present Electric) who runs Paisley Shirt Records, a mostly tape label in San Francisco, was releasing Present Electric S/T. He needed a bonus cassette to go with it, since he always sends one out with an official release. He asked his friends Mike Ramos (Tony Jay, Flowertown) and Karina Gill (Cindy, Flowertown) to come over and see what they could make together in the space of an evening. In a semi-soundproofed room in Kevin's basement, every surface is occupied with an instrument, a pile of tapes, collage materials, or a tape playing or recording device. Karina brought her yard sale Casio to contribute. The collection that came out of this evening is all impromptu Kevin, Mike and Karina picking up different instruments and making up songs that often riff on shared experiences, like Mike's tendency to keep counting during a sound check or the plight of Kevin's pet snail or Karina's tendency to get cold during basement practices. So, the collection here was a lighthearted night of improvisation growing out of years of making music together and separately including the apocryphal HOSPITAL I. Tough Love are now releasing that collection of songs on vinyl, alongside an additional 7" which contains four previously unheard recordings from that same fruitful night. HOSPITAL II is released on 7th March as a 12" & 7" set in an edition of 250

The Gentle SpringLooking Back At The World

Skep Wax Records

LP SKEPWAX026LP 2025-04-25

CD SKEPWAX026CD 2025-04-25

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5055869550741

The Gentle Spring are a new group, formed by Michael Hiscock, Emilie Guillaumot and Jérémie Orsel. Michael has an illustrious pop history, having been a founder member of The Field Mice, possibly the most beloved band on Sarah Records in the 1990s. And with The Gentle Spring, it seems that history is repeating itself… When Michael and his friend Bobby Wratten formed The Field Mice, the two of them very quickly created a set of songs whose emotional honesty, raw guitars and perfect pop melodies pierced the hearts of a generation of indiepop fans, kids who were unmoved by the posturing of mainstream indie, and who didn’t want to spend time in fields dancing at 24-hour raves. The Field Mice were the band who defined the meaning and the spirit of Sarah Records. Defiantly in love with pop, defiantly un-macho, defiantly… sensitive. And now, remarkably, Michael has done it again. With his new musical partner Emilie, The Gentle Spring have created a fresh new iteration of indiepop music. Once again, the songs are unafraid of raw emotions, brutally honest and is still in love with big pop melodies. They are still…. sensitive. But life is seen through a different lens now. There is wisdom, there is experience, and there is the ability to look back at the world with a mixture of regret and joy. These are very adult songs, and the arrangements reflect this. Rich acoustic guitars and Emilie’s haunting keyboard have replaced hectic drum machines and urgent distortion. And there is a third element to this music. Jérémie Orsel’s sophisticated guitar adds textures and melodies that give these songs a real depth, while maintaining an enigmatic distance, never quite overwhelming the vocal line. So things are clearer now. But feelings are just as strong. The pain of unrequited love that made Field Mice songs so poignant hasn’t gone away

Band of Holy Joy -

Scorched Jerusalem

Tiny Global Productions

LP PICI0066LP 2025-04-25 798234006195

CD PICI0066CD 2025-04-25 798234006201

Scorched Jerusalem confronts the historic-political issues of the last several years head-on, and if you haven’t noticed we're in a mess. The album’s first side is beyond grim, mixing an almost Adrian Sherwood / Mark Stewart-style production to some of singer Johny Brown's starkest urgent lyrics in over forty years of recording. Although it feels as if the band has picked startling moments from the last decade-and-a-half or so (one song references Anders Behring Breivik's mass murder outside Oslo in 2011), there are moments - generally found on the second half - where the band's instinctive grace & beauty power past the pain and brutality - French Riots sounds almost joyful, Palace Commune scales the top tier of BOHJ's tower of majestic beauty, while When The Tulips Bloom The War Will End, with the sound of a Weimar-era waltz, as if to remind us of what lies behind us also lies ahead. We can't overstate the importance and brilliance of this album, and especially its relevance to the utter crap the world's going through at the moment. Johny and the band offer no solutions beyond "simple faith in people" (in the closing track), and only a liar would have you believe there's much more to count on than that . . . if we've even got that.

Mirrored Daughters -

Mirrored Daughters

Fika Recordings

LP FIKA106LP 2025-04-25 5057998867240

Mirrored Daughters - an album of lo-fi folk-pop and explorative woodland meditations from members of Firestations, The Leaf Library & Marlody. Bright-eyed, melodic music inspired by travels in Epping Forest as much as it was by spontaneous collaboration, these 11 tracks deliver an intriguing journey through (and beyond) the forest - crystal clear melancholy interspersed with benign drone rituals. The music on their self-titled debut takes a step away from the widescreen production of the artists’ other groups and instead revels in the instinctive, warm tones of acoustic instruments; guitars, cellos, clarinet, a harmonium and bells providing the earthy sonic environment for these spacious songs. Starting out as quickly-recorded acoustic guitar and bass pieces by Lewis Young (Leaf Library drummer) they were then taken up by Mike Cranny (guitarist and singer in fellow Walthamstow travellers Firestations), cellist Hannah Reeves and additional Leaf Library member Matt Ashton. Each added parts remotely, engineered in their home studios, before singer Marlody brought her crystalline voice to the music; layered harmonies and twisting, looping phrases that tie the story together. Alongside these sketches were Lewis’s trips to the forest with a train of bells and a battered old violin, all dragged through mud, fallen leaves and brambles to create otherworldly yet natural sounds - music that sounds like it’s sprung from the forest floor. Lewis likens this ritual to “uncovering music that’s always been… a summoning of spirit folk, used to appearing in autumn, taking a pilgrimage through forests with joy and frivolity. A Miyazaki-meets-Chaucer kinda vibe.”

ANTOINE CORRIVEAU OISEAU DE NUIT

The genesis of Oiseau de Nuit includes a host of imagined lives. By drawing from them, and from each era of the lives of these characters, Antoine Corriveau makes them collide, multiply and merge into each other, until they become one. How do you write about what’s growing deep inside you, which you chose not to express until now? It’s there, in the middle of the knot, that several invisible forms of violence stick out, burrowed into the flesh, which can lead to a need for dissociation, a powerful desire to become another, a double, a new being, to get past the imprint of the dark. Traps and distractions abound; affectless sexuality, camouflage, compensation, journeys into the void, multiple small deaths, escape throughout time and space, resurrection. During the creative process, recollection mingles with projection, and the lines between parallel lives and memories blur.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS / SELLING POINTS

• Album produced by Antoine Corriveau and Stéphane Bergeron (Karkwa, Peter Peter) with collaborations by Simon Angell (Patrick Watson, Amon Tobin) and VioleTT Pi

• Mixing and mastering by Ghyslain Luc Lavigne (Roch Voisine, Isabelle Boulay, Michel Rivard) and Marc Thériault (2Frères, Céline Dion, Klô Pelgag).

• A short film directed by Francis Leclerc, with an appearance by rising star Rau_ze, which will premiere at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in Montreal in 2025.

• SOCAN Songwriting Prize; nominations in 4 categories at the Gala de l’ADISQ, including Songwriter of the Year and Album of the Year – Critics’ Choice in 2021; winner of the Folk EP of the Year award at GAMIQ 2019, inclusion in the Long List of the Polaris Music Prize; among the finalists for the Prix Félix Leclerc

• Performances on the stages of such prestigious festivals as the Francos de Montréal, the Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ), the Festival de la chanson de Tadoussac, POP Montreal, and Osheaga, celebrating Francophone indie music.

• A critically-acclaimed artist with his last album PISSENLIT: Journal de Montréal (★★★★¹⁄2), La Presse (★★★★), Le Canal Auditif (8.5/10), Télérama (fff), Le Soir (★★★), and more.

Album: Oiseau de Nuit

Release Date: April 25, 2025

Genre: French pop / Alternative Label: Secret City Records

Distro: Redeye Distribution

Tracklisting:

1. Suzo

2. Un jardin

3. Imprudences

4. Moscow Mule

5. Pastorale

6. En plein cœur de la nuit

7. Ambulance

8. Argentine

9. Interruption

10. Pur Sentiment

11. Parc Avenue

12. Balcon

Artist: Antoine Corriveau

CAR SEAT HEADREST

The Scholars

The first studio album from Car Seat Headrest in five years, ‘The Scholars.’

From Shakespeare to Mozart to classical opera, Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo pulled from the classics when devising the lyrics and story arc of ‘The Scholars,’ while the music draws, carefully, from classic rock story song cycles such as The Who’s ‘Tommy’ and David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust.’ “One thing that can be a struggle with rock operas is that the individual songs kind of get sacrificed for the flow of the plot,” Toledo notes. “I didn’t want to sacrifice that to make a very fluid narrative. And so this is sort of a middle ground where each song can be a character and it’s like each one is coming out on center stage and they have their song and dance.”

While Car Seat Headrest started as Toledo’s solo project, the four-piece is now fully a band. “What we’ve been doing more of in recent years is just taking the pulses of each other.” says Toledo. “It didn’t really feel to me like things got in sync in an inner feeling way until this record, with that internal communal energy. And it’s become that band feeling for me in a much more realized way. That’s been a big journey.”

It is a journey that listeners will want to embark on again and again as they absorb and discover the rich depths and clanging resonances of ‘The Scholars.’

• GATEFOLD DOUBLE LP FEATURES A FULL COLOR 28-PAGE ILLUSTRATED LYRIC BOOK, ORNATE PACKAGING IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF THE 1970s ROCK OPERA

• THE 1st STUDIO ALBUM IN 5 YEARS

• U.S. TOURING PLANNED THRU 2025

• MASSIVE NATIONAL PRESS LOOKS CONFIRMED AROUND RELEASE

• 800k EQUIVALENT ALBUMS SOLD ACROSS THE FULL CATALOG

• 1.4m SPOTIFY MONTHLY LISTENERS

“One Of Indie Rock’s Greatest Bands” Stereogum

“Perfect, instantly familiar pop songs that echo in the background of your dreams.”

The New Yorker

“[Making a Door Less Open] is the sound of an underground band not so much refining itself for mainstream consumption as embracing the pop capabilities it’s always possessed.”

The New York Times

TRACKLIST

1. CCF (I’M GONNA STAY WITH YOU)

2. DEVEREAUX

3. LADY GAY APPROXIMATELY

4. THE CATASTROPHE (GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, MAN)

5. EQUALS

6. GETHSEMANE

7. REALITY

8. PLANET DESPERATION

9. TRUE/FALSE LOVER

JENNY HVAL

Iris Silver Mist

Iris Silver Mist is the new album by Norwegian musician, writer and artist Jenny Hval. Named after the fragrance by Serge Lutens with the same name, the album too moves like a perfume—between flower and smoke, ghostly yet alive.

The album didn’t start with music, but with its absence. When live music disappeared during the pandemic, Jenny Hval was left with a void that was hard to pinpoint until she found herself drawn to perfume. Smelling and collecting, reading and writing: she put away the music, and surrounded herself with the notes and accords of fragrances instead. It was only later that she understood why: she was searching for another way to sense presence, to fill the emptiness music had left behind. When she eventually returned to making music, each song was infused with smells.

Many of the songs on Iris Silver Mist were created as a mixtape, as one continuous flow of ideas. Before the songs were recorded, they were performed like this, as long, shapeshifting pieces, as part of the interdisciplinary piece I want to be a Machine. The album has kept this feeling of one song seeping into the next. “It is about moving,” Jenny says about the album, but she means it in a more symbiotic way. Moving into the sound, as one song turns into the next, as she turns into the music, and her perfume does so, too.

Iris Silver Mist is a record about the stage, the music and how it can change us. About the things that touch us, change us, and settle on or under our skin.

Northern Light Pearl Vinyl

4AD-0814-LPE

4AD-0814-LP

Tracklist

Lay Down To Be A Rose I Want To Start At The Beginning All Night Long Heiner Muller You Died

Press

Spirit Mist

I Don’t Know What Free Is The Artist Is Absent Huffing My Arm

The Gift A Ballad

I Want The End To Sound Like This

“Her most unified mind-body work to date, melody-filled art-pop that deals with the nature of self and the freedom of the unconscious.” - Pitchfork - 8.0

“Some of the most unabashed beauty Hval has ever allowed into her writing.” - Stereogum (Album of the Week)

“No musician has yet to dissect the feminine body’s currency and pliancy under capitalism quite like Jenny Hval” - NPR

“[Classic Objects contains] intricate and immaculately arranged songs, both [Hval’s] prettiest and her most accessible […] These songs are easy to get lost in, to get hypnotized by” - Treble, Album of the Week

“This is untethered, uncluttered music, made with real heart by an artist at her peak.“ - The Skinny “What on previous records had created something ethereal and untouchable here generates something altogether more physical and tactile” - DIY

Available from: May 2nd 2025

Key Selling Points

• The Travelin’ McCourys just wrapped a great year collaborating with Lukas Nelson on some recordings and shows, including Farm Aid, and are poised for an even bigger 2025. This album is going to be released right in the middle of their Spring 2025 tour.

• Runaway Train has spent multiple weeks at the top of the Bluegrass radio charts, and new single Daydreamer will surely do the same before release date.

• First full album release since their 2018 Grammy winning debut album.

• The band already has a solid slate of festivals lined up where they will be playing in front of thousands of fans at a time including Telluride Bluegrass Festival, DelFest, FloydFest, Father’s Day Bluegrass Fest, 3 Sisters Festival and Baygrass.

Side A Runaway Train

The Whole of the Moon

Passin’ Thru White Wheel Limousine

Side B Daydreamer Blue Letters

Why Do I Feel Like Running Lonely Night

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

I Like Beer

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Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound of Harare‘ Townships 1975-1980

Analog Africa

4260126061903

4260126061910

4260126061927

Afro Rock/ Afro Soul / Afro Pop AALP101

AACD101 LP:10/CD:17

2xLP/Gatefold LP with 20-pages booklet

Analog Africa No. 41

Roots Rocking Zimbabwe The Modern Sound of Harare‘ Townships 1975-1980

Street Date

05/02/2025

Gatefold Double LP pressed on 140g virgin vinyl comes with a full color 20-pages booklet

CD comes with 44-pages booklet

Download for LP from Bandcamp also includes unlimited streaming of *Roots Rocking ZimbabweThe Modern Sound of Harare‘ Townships 1975-1980* via the free Bandcamp app along with high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more

The 25 songs presented in „Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound of Harare‘ Townships 1975-1980“ showcase the birth of the modern music industry in Zimbabwe and the explosion of creativity bands of the 1970s and 80s endlessly delivered. It was a time of wild experimentation before established genres had crystallised. Rock, rumba, soul and traditional grooves all collide beautifully in this collection, which also includes never-before-released tracks by Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi and many other Zimbabwean artists!

Tracklisting

A1. Chiiko Chinotinetsa - Thomas Mapfumo & The Acid Band 03:25

A2. Amai A Kwatu - New Tutenkhamen 02:50

A3. Soweto Mujibha - Gypsy Caravan 02:40

A4. Soul Scene - Echoes Limited 02:55

A5. Anoshereketa - Oliver & The Black Spirits 02:55

A6. Nyaya Dzinonetsa - The Storm 03:15

B1. Hangaiwa - Blacks Unlimited 03:05

B2. The Towering Inferno - The Green Arrows 02:15

B3. Joburg Bound - New Tutenkhamen 03:00

B4. Nyamutamba Naziwere - Mawonera Superstars 03:55

B5. Engelina - Echoes Ltd 03:15

B6. Funky Reggae - Witch 04:00

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Redeye

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Distribution Contact: Nick Stamey / Redeye nick@redeyeworldwide.com

C1. Introduction - Baked Beans 03:10

C2. Yarira - Blacks Unlimited 02:55

C3. Baby Please - The Phaze 02:35

C4. Chistiuiti - Gypsy Caravan 02:45

C5. Kwakaenda Imbwa - Melody & Bybit 03:10

C6. No Delay - The Green Arrows 02:50

C7. Kumalila Ngwenya - New Tutenkhamen 02:55

D1. Shanga Yangu - Harare Mambos 02:15

D2. Give It - Shaft Form 02:40

D3. Musikana - Sweg Unity 03:15

D4. Taj Mahal - Double Shuffle 02:50

D5. Viva Zimbabwe - Dagger Rock Band 04:00

D6. Porter - I.T.C. Blues Limited 03:50

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Soul Jazz Records Presents

SECRET SUPERSTAR

SOUNDS

Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80

Punk * Powerpop * New Wave * DIY

2nd May 2025

Soul Jazz Records’ new Secret Superstar Sounds brings together a wealth of incredibly catchy tunes from late-70s/early-80s British groups that you have probably never heard of! Powerpop mixed together a love of lyrical and melodically beautiful 60s pop and garage sounds, together with the energy and attitude of 70s punk. Almost completely out of kilter with the fashions of the day (punk, new wave and post-punk) these bands managed to fall between the musical cracks at almost every step of the way – leaving them practically unknown to all but a few.

Inspired by the D-I-Y messaging of bands like The Desperate Bicycles, Sniffing Glue fanzine and early UK punk labels like Stiff, Chiswick and Rough Trade, these bands chose mainly to go into a studio and make their own private press/D-I-Y records themselves – then try to work out everything else (promotion, marketing, etc) afterwards. As mainly outsiders to the mainstream music industry, and usually unable to make any inroads into it, save for sending their own record to John Peel, most of these bands fell at the first hurdle.

These records remain both beautifully crafted 3-minute musical gems, and long-lost microhistories of an essentially hidden genre.

Featured bands here include The Squares, The Meanies, The Monitors, Plummet Airline, Tours, Gobblinz, Krypton Tunes and more. Most of these records were self-published D-I-Y releases made in very limited-editions and were often the only tracks ever released by these groups.

1. Gobblinz – London (2:27)

2. Plummet Airlines – It’s Hard (3:05)

3. Xdreamysts – Right Way Home (3:23)

4. Tours – Language School (2:11)

5. The Squares – No Fear (3:36)

6. The Monitors – Compulsory Fun (2:23)

7. The Meanies – It’s True (2:25)

8. Jeff Hill Band – Something’s Wrong With My Baby (2:36)

9. The Squad – 24 Hours (3:31)

10. Krypton Tunes – Limited Vision (3:27)

11. The Zeros – Hungry (2:19)

12. The Wardens – Do So Well (2:44)

13. The Letters – Nobody Loves Me (2:12)

14. The Tunnelrunners – Forever Crying At Love Songs (2:47)

15. Comic Romance – Cry Myself To Sleep (2:57)

Street date: 2nd May 2025

Artist: Soul Jazz Records presents

Title: SECRET SUPERSTAR SOUNDS – Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80: Punk * Powerpop * New Wave * DIY

Label: Soul Jazz Records

Format 1: LP

UPC: 5026328005713

Cat. No. LP-SOJR-571

Format 2: CD

UPC: 5026328105710

Cat. No. CD-SOJR-571

Nick Stamey, 877-733-3931 x277

nick@redeyeworldwide.com

No shipments outside of USA & Canada

Soho, London, UK | souljazzrecords.co.uk

IG / FB / Twitter: @souljazzrecords

AARON NEVILLE

LOVE LETTERS: THE ALLEN TOUSSAINT SESSIONS

LEGENDARY NEW ORLEANS SINGER —THE MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION EVER!

FEATURING PRODUCTION AND SONGWRITING BY ALLEN TOUSSAINT

ATPRODUCED STUDIOSSEASAINT IN NEW ORLEANS

1. HERCULES

2. STRUTTIN’ ON SUNDAY

3. YOU CAN GIVE BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE

4. GREATEST LOVE

5. WHERE IS MY BABY?

6. TELL IT LIKE IT IT (TOUSSAINT VERSION)

7. ONE FINE DAY (ROYAL WEDDING REMIX)

8. BABY, I’M A WANT YOU 9. SPEAK TO ME

10. PERFORMANCE

11. ALL THESE THINGS

12. YOU DON’T LOVE ME ANYMORE 13. FOR THE GOOD TIMES 14. MOJO HANNAH 15. SHE’S ON MY MIND

BEEN SO WRONG

LOVE LETTERS 18. MAKE ME STRONG 19. CRY ME A RIVER 20. MY GREATEST GIFT 21. WILD FLOWER (LOS ANGELES SESSION)

GOING HOME

Aaron Neville is the third oldest of the four Neville Brothers. The brothers were catapulted to international stardom when they started recording together in 1977, although by this point Aaron had spent the last 17 years building up a substantial catalogue of quality soul and funk. Much of this had been recorded under Allen Toussaint’s guidance for Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn’s Sansu Enterprises. The 22 tracks on this disc represent the best recordings he made for Sansu between 1969 and the formation of The Neville Brothers in 1977. The bonus tracks include tracks that recorded around the same period and 3 newer versions of Neville classics. n 22 TRACKS - THE MOST COMPLETE PACKAGE OF THE TOUSSAINT ERA n

MASTERS

Release Date: MAY 2, 2025

Artist: AARON NEVILLE

Title: LOVE LETTERS: THE ALLEN TOUSSAINT SESSIONS

Catalog #: CD-SBR-7074

CD Configuration: ECO-DIGI PAK

UPC: 7 08535 70742 4

Box Lot: 45 Units Per Box

Genre: R&B/Soul

“Church

Fowley

Only releasing a few singles in

ARTIST: CLINGER SISTERS, THE TITLE: HAVIN’ A GOOD TIME BOX LOT QUANTITY: 30 LP / 60 CD FILE UNDER: POP/ROCK

LP-SUND-5684 UPC: 090771568410

CD-SUND-5684 UPC: 090771568427

their short-lived career, this double album compiles the Clinger Sisters’ singles and previously unreleased material – from early doo-wop to rock ‘n’ roll!

In the mid ‘60s, rock ‘n’ roll was almost exclusively a man’s world. The Clingers, four Mormon sisters, dared to challenge the pre-conceived notion that rock music was a dark and dangerous place that had little space for women. The Clingers' angelic beauty, shining harmonies, uncompromising virtue and ferocious ambition were a light in the often-tumultuous Los Angeles music industry. They attracted top music producers excited about the possibility of something new and unheard. It also attracted those who sought to exploit their talent and take advantage of their naivete.

By 1966, the Clingers, as they were now billed, had ironed their hair and dawned mod out ts looking every bit of an all-girl band. They were introduced to Curt Boettcher, who cared nothing for their family values and highly guarded virtue. He was simply interested in the Clingers’ talent and musical drive. Through Boettcher, they were introduced to the Ballroom, Jim Bell of The Millennium and Sandy Salisbury. Beyond the musical connection, the Clingers hung out at Boettcher’s party house and had their rst real eyeful of a rock ’n’ roll counterculture lifestyle. Their eyes were opened to a whole di erent world of hippies, freaks, creatives and druggies.

The Clinger home became a revolving door for men and boys, charmed by the allure of music from one of the rst all-girl bands most had ever heard of. The group began to seek out new inspiration, which came along in the guise of young producer Michael Lloyd and his enigmatic hype man, Kim Fowley. Perhaps out of everyone that the Clingers ever worked with, it was Lloyd who understood and respected them the most. He admired the family closeness and revered the Clingers’ ability for musical diversity, from their precious fragile harmonies to screaming rock ‘n’ roll energy.

The Clingers were four daring sisters who had the courage and conviction to break stereotypes. They were church girls with guitars who never understood exactly why the devil should own rock ‘n’ roll.

• A 2LP compilation of the Clingers’ singles & unreleased material!

• Includes liner notes by Glynis Ward (Host of Crayons To Perfume on WFMU)

• The CD includes two bonus tracks!

Compare to the active ingredients in: The Monkees, The Debutantes, The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints

Ice (LafayetteAfroRockBand)

AfroAgban

Strut proudly presents a long-coveted gem from the discographyofthelegendaryIce,AKALafayetteAfro-Rock Band,nowavailableonvinylLP.

Afro Agban is the closest album in Ice’s catalogue to capturing the signature sound of the Lafayette Afro Rock Band. It showcases the band’s hallmark intricate rhythms and masterful soloing, delivering a collection of solid compositions that defined their first four records. Likely recordedduringtheSoulMakossaandMaliksessions,Afro Agban (The Afro-Instrumental LP) is arguably their finest work, pushing further into jazz-rock territory with extended, dynamicarrangements.

Aconsistenttreasuretroveforsamplehunters,AfroAgban continuestoresonatewithjazz-rockenthusiastsworldwide.

Thealbum’sstandouttrack,OzanKouklé,haslongbeena vinyl collector’s dream, finally receiving the reissue treatment. Strut is thrilled to present this full album as an authentic replica reissue, featuring an extensive remaster byTheCarvery.

Blending funk, jazz, and African rhythms across seven mostlyinstrumentaltracks,andonceagainproducedbythe prolific Pierre Jaubert—one of 1970s France’s most influentialproducers—AfroAgbanisanessentialadditionto theTopomic/Parisoundcatalogue.

TRACKLIST

A1.ODAMIMIAN

A2.OZANKOUKLÉ

A3.AFON

B1.ALOWATON

B2.AFRO-LOVE

B3.SIKILIZA

B4.RACUBAH

RELEASE DATE: May 2nd

ARTIST: Ice (Lafayette Afro-Rock Band)

TITLE: Afro Agban

CAT NO.: STRUT345LP

FORMAT: Vinyl LP

BARCODE LP: 4062548103571

TERRITORY: WW

KEYPOINTS

First-ever official vinyl reissue of ‘Afro Agban’ from theIce(LafayetteAfro-RockBand)sessions.

Features highly sought after track ‘Ozan Kouklé’ on VinylLPforthefirsttime.

Produced by French master Pierre Jaubert and reemasteredbyTheCarvery.

For more information, contact: EU / ROW: Karsten@k7.com USA: Adam@k7.com

RELEASE DATE 05/02/2025

LABEL SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

CAT SPM014

FORMAT Digital + 2xLP 180g vinyl gatefold with obi and original artwork by Nep Sidhu, & painting by Kahil El’Zabar, plus booklet w/ texts by Neneh Cherry, Dr Adam Zanolini & more

GENRES Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Deep listening, Avant-Garde, Meditative, Ambient, Electronic, Modern Classical, Experimental, Improvised Jazz, Chicago Jazz, London Jazz

FOR FANS OF Don Cherry, Sun Ra, David Ornette Cherry, Angel Bat Dawid, Archie Shepp, Moondog, The Pyramids, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jaimie Branch, Matana Roberts, Exotic Sin TRACKS

1. Neptune Desert Sounds 03:13

2. Nabta Calling 01:56

3. Bishmillah 2:00

4. Procession of the Equinox 10:36

5. Exorcism: Clearing the Electromagnetic Field 20:40

6. Heru: The Oasis 08:18

7. Black Stones of Sirius 06:22

8. Prayer 05:30

9. Burial: String Quartet in E minor by David Ornette Cherry 06:57

10. Chariots of Expansion (People Could Fly) 08:22

JOURNEY TO NABTA PLAYA ANGEL BAT DAWID & NAIMA NEFERTARI

RD: 02 MAY 2025

"Journey to Nabta Playa is a spiritual and sonic journey into a lesser-told piece of historY."

Design & Art Direction by Nep Sidhu

Journey to Nabta Playa is a remarkable collaboration between composer and vocalist Angel Bat Dawid and interdisciplinary artist Naima Nefertari (aka Karlsson).

The album is a journey in sound and sisterhood rooted in the artists’ historical exploration of an ancient stone circle in Nabta Playa, a deeply sacred astronomical site in the remote deserts of ancient Nubia. Their historical research of the site acts as a point of departure for the story this album tells and embodies more than just a musical testament; it is a spiritual and sonic journey into a lesser-told piece of history. This 180g 2xLP gatefold album with art by Nep Sidhu and a painting by Kahil El’Zabar, also comes with a beautiful zine incl. texts by Neneh Cherry, Imani Mason Jordan, Tej Adeleye and Dr Adam Zanolini

SELLING POINTS & HIGHLIGHTS

• Remarkable collaboration between composer & vocalist Angel Bat Dawid & interdisciplinary artist Naima Nefertari (aka Naima Karlsson)

• Inspired by the artists’ historical research of the ancient Nabta Playa sacred stone circle in the Nubian deserts of Southern Egypt

• Recorded at Don Cherry’s family home in Sweden and at Elastic Arts, CoLabyrinth & Soundmine in Chicago

• Feat. a rare composition by legendary Don Cherry & an unreleased composition by David Ornette Cherry

• Instruments and sounds incl. flute, clarinet, mouth harp, clay pot, gong, Winds of Neptune, korg, Rings of Saturn, vibraphone and kalimba

• Exclusive world premiere of ‘Procession Of The Equinox’ on Gilles Peterson’s BBC6 Radio 6, on Neneh Cherry and Naima Nefertari live interview.

• Grammy-nominated Angel Bat Dawid was recently in Pitchfork’s “25 Next”, the next generation of artists influencing the music landscape

• Naima Nefertari is an accomplished pianist, curator & archivist for the Estate of Don & Moki Cherry

• Both artists run successful shows on NTS radio

• Prior press from Pitchfork, Bandcamp, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, NY Times, BBC6 Music, BBC3

• Global PR + radio campaigns in US/ UK/ EU

• Artist & label marketing & social strategy

“WANT” ESTHER ROSE

Esther Rose was on a long solo drive when she started writing the opening title track of Want, her stunning fifth album. At first, the words seemed almost like a joke, something to keep herself amused as the miles passed. “I want a puppy, but I don’t want a mess. I want to know where I’m going without GPS,” she sang from behind the wheel. Soon, the idea snowballed into a list of desires that spanned existential, spiritual, and mundane; romantic to platonic to familial; at once wildly ambitious yet piercingly relatable; all set to a catchy melody that blends her pop instincts with country storytelling and the raw immediacy of a basement punk show. In other words, she was on her way to another classic Esther Rose song.

This precise blend has made the Santa Fe-based artist one of her generation’s most beloved songwriters: someone whose live shows are known to conclude in mass tears and group hugs. Still, something was different this time. “For me, these songs felt like revelations,” she explains, comparing the 11-song record to a memoir, alive with kinetic storytelling and personal insight. In its newly direct and stirringly nuanced writing, you’ll hear about rock bottom encounters, shifting relationships with substances, evolving perspectives on adult partnership, and, as evidenced by those early lines in “Want,” a few jokes along the way. Vivid and bracing, Want places you in the passenger seat while each of these feelings arrive.

STREET DATE: MAY 5, 2025

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A 1. Want 2. tailspin (ft. Video Age) 3. Had To 4. Ketamine 5. Rescue You

CD

Sel. #: NW6595CD

Config: Digipak, marketing sticker

UPC: 607396659524

Box Lot: 30 Count

SIDE B 1. Scars (ft. Dean Johnson) 2. Messenger 3. New Bad 4. The Clown 5. Color Wheel

6. Want Pt. 2

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Americana

INDIE ONLY CD

Sel. #: NW6595SCD

Config: Digipak, marketing sticker, AUTOGRAPHED, Limited to 250 Copies

UPC: 607396659500

Box Lot: 30 Count

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Americana

VINYL

Sel. #: NW5908LP

Config: 1xLP, Jacket, Full Color Sleeve, Black Vinyl

UPC: 607396590810

Box Lot: 20 Count

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Americana

INDIE ONLY VINYL

Sel. #: NW5912LP

Config: 1xLP, Jacket, Full Color Sleeve, Frosted Glass Color

Vinyl, AUTOGRAPHED, Limited to 1000 Copies

UPC: 607396591213

Box Lot: 20 Count

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Americana

ALL VARIANTS - CD, Signed CD, LP, Indie LP, Webstore LP, Rough Trade Variant w/ Flexi

A Trick of the Light is the new album by Chicago-based guitarist / composer / bandleader Eli Winter Winter’s 2022 self-titled album, also for Three Lobed, found the bandleader often ceding control of his improvisation-inclusive songs to his committed collaborators. On A Trick of the Light, he has further refined this approach, resulting in an elegantly crafted and vibrant collection that finds Winter, as both composer and bandleader, at the height of his powers.

The album opens with an arrangement of “Arabian Nightingale” from Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell’s seminal reunion album, El Corazón Winter previously recorded the tune as a blues-y and almost nakedly vulnerable solo piece for Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions series. The full band version heard on A Trick of the Light, which is nearly 14 minutes longer, audaciously sets an extremely high bar for the remainder of the record, trading the pianistic minimalism of the Cherry-Blackwell original for a suite of dazzling intensity. At one point following saxophonist Gerrit Hatcher’s lively and exuberant solo, the group whips up a sonic storm; this dramatic moment, however, is more devilish fakeout than denouement. Just when you think the song has reached its climax, the band locates the eye of the storm, setting the scene for an exhilarating middle section that conjures Ry Cooder sitting in with Natural Information Society before concluding with a coda that then returns to the irresistible Ornette-like motif.

The plaintive and sumptuous “For a Fallen Rocket” foregrounds Sam Wagster’s wooing pedal steel swaying like a kite over a lush bed of piano, acoustic guitar, harmonium, percussion, and galloping bass. More than any other piece on the record, “For a Fallen Rocket” reminds us that Winter is, at heart, a melodist. In recent years, Winter has increasingly seemed to favor the electric guitar, but his sole appearance on acoustic here is a good reminder of why he is frequently evoked in conversations alongside peers like Daniel Bachman and Nathan Salsburg: Winter’s playing is as melodic and winsome as the former and as speckless and crisp as the latter.

“Cracking the Jaw” reprises somewhat the muscle of the album’s epic opening track. Here, the prodigally talented self-taught guitarist who typically eschews minor keys rather uncharacteristically allows room for some creeping pathos. Throughout, the distinctions between Winter and his supporting musicians continue to remain in flux, the elastic contributions of the sympathetic group resembling that of a single organism.

Carla Bley’s luminous “Ida Lupino”—one of the 20th century’s greatest songs follows, and is given an abstract and concentrated reading that mischievously only hints at harmonic resolution, leaving space for the adroit ensemble to extract from the song a previously undetectable kind of drama. In a sense, Winter de-romanticizes the tune; his interpretation trades some of the original’s autumnal prettiness for a breezy, almost elemental simplicity that stresses timbre and rhythm. Andrew Scott Young’s pirouetting jabbing bass provides a tonal home base for Wagster, whose pedal steel carries the song’s melody with the same reliable subtlety and charm he exhibits throughout the record.

The album’s title track, featuring the spectral violin of Luke Sutherland alongside heavily processed contributions by guitarist David Grubbs and “lead bassist” Mike Watt, is a churning rubato that provides a welcome and natural contrast to much of the cheerful, plangent buoyancy of the album’s first half, a credit to Winter’s instincts as an arranger as well as his omnivorous musical tastes; this is, after all, a guitarist who cites both Pauline Oliveros and Judee Sill as influences. Drummer Tyler Damon emerges as the MVP here, his percolating rolls and accents making the case yet again that he may secretly be the American underground’s most creative and musically intelligent drummer working today.

The evocatively titled “Black Iris on a Burning Quilt” doubles down on the previous song’s epic tension with a cinematic and dreamlike conclusion that evokes of all things the yearning greyscale dread of post-hardcore. This unexpected pivot is cleverly subverted by Kiran Leonard’s cittern, Wagster’s pedal steel which alternates throughout the piece between the noisy and the pastoral and Alex McKenzie’s tastefully minimalist bass clarinet.

The phrase “a trick of the light” references an optical illusion that can appear to produce uncanny, transitory mirages. On balance, it’s a remarkably apt title for this album. Such phenomena can only occur, of course, under the most fragile and fleeting of conditions: when imagination collides with natural magic. Winter’s compositions and performances, alongside those of his fellow performers over these six songs, creates an audio equivalent a situation where what you are hearing has somehow, perhaps alchemically, created something even greater and more extraordinary.

James Toth, November 2024

ELI WINTER A Trick of the Light

Street Date: May 2, 2025

LP-TLR-162

Format: 160g Black Vinyl LP UPC: 634457201491

LP-TLR-162IE

Format: 160g “Optical Illusion” Red Vinyl LP UPC: 634457201507

1. Arabian Nightingale (16:41) 2. For A Fallen Rocket (4:22) 3. Cracking The Jaw (3:02) 4. Ida Lupino (4:44) 5. A Trick of the Light (3:58) 6. Black Iris on a Burning Quilt (7:39)

SALES POINTS

- Fourth widespread Eli Winter “solo” release and second with Three Lobed (prior releases on American Dreams and Worried Songs), this self-titled album demonstrates Winter pacing a tight band (including members of the Circuit des Yeux touring outfit) through expertly arranged and performed ensemble tracks.

- Guest appearances from Mike Watt, David Grubbs, Luke Sutherland and more.

- 160g black or “Optical Illusion” transparent red vinyl LP housed within a full color jacket bearing photography from Steven Perlin with insert.

-PRAISE FOR WINTER’S SELF-TITLED THREE LOBED LP-

- “From the outset… Winter makes clear that his latest release is a marvel of collaborative beauty. Not only a marvel of acoustic finger work, Winter proves an adept leader of an ensemble that pushes Cosmic American music to new bounds.” Tyler Wilcox, Aquarium Drunkard

- “…compositions that are as evocative as they are refined… [which] transport the listener to a cerebral landscape as dynamic and storied as American topography.” Linnie Greene, Pitchfork

- “In these songs you can hear history and personality and possibility – but there’s no need to fixate on Winter’s potential when he’s giving us such beautiful music right now.” Chris DeVille, Stereogum

- “…Winter knows how to balance exploratory solos with a sense of purpose and structure….” Steven Hyden, Uproxx

- “The cumulative effect is warm and multi-dimensional: the work of an artist who understands there’s as much virtuosity in listening as there is in playing.” Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork

- RIYL: Steve Gunn, William Tyler, kosmisch Americana.

Three Lobed Recordings PO Box 2345 Jamestown, NC 27282 www.threelobed.com media queries to Nathan Walker (nathan@riotactmedia.com)

JAMES KRIVCHENIA

PERFORMING BELIEF

LABEL: PLANET MU RECORDS STREET DATE: 2nd MAY 2025

Side A

1 Undesigned

2 Judge The Seeds (w/Sam Wilkes & Joshua Abrams)

A Happiness For No Reason

B Bright Sadness

3 Probably Wizards (w/Sam Wilkes)

4 Sympathetic Magic (w/Sam Wilkes & Joshua Abrams)

Side B

BLUE VINYL LP: ZIQ474X

UPC: 5056321682840

5 Bracelets For Unicorns (w/Sam Wilkes & Joshua Abrams)

A The Spiritiual Body

B The Articulate Body

6 Filling In The Swamp (w/Sam Wilkes & Joshua Abrams)

7 The Wounded Place (w/Sam Wilkes)

A Subliminal

B Anonymous

8 Metaphoric Leakage (w/Sam Wilkes)

5056321682840

“Performing Belief” is the fourth solo album of producer, drummer, and vibrant polymath James Krivchenia, and his first with Planet Mu. Following the hyperactive “Blood Karaoke” (2022, Reading Group), “Performing Belief” builds rhythmic thickets from gathered sounds interwoven with synths, drum machines and other samples. Having built these rhythmic nests, Krivchenia then called on two contemporary mages of the low end: electric bassist and fellow Angeleno Sam Wilkes (Wilkes/Gendel) and double bassist/multiinstrumentalist from Krivchenia’s native Chicago, Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society). Wilkes and Abrams bring the presence of a grounding human witness to the rhythmic undergrowth, providing a centering and even at times melodic voice to the gathering. This alchemy carries a profoundly fresh sense of time, blurring the edges of the quantized grid and the generic boundaries of electronic music.

The core of the album is a lush, opulent matrix of percussion ranging from the familiar—hand claps and drum machines—to the mysteriously verdant, sampled largely from Krivchenia’s own performed field recorded collection. For years, he would record any and all of his musical encounters with natural objects: performing on a particularly resonant log on a hike, throwing rocks into a pristine pond, tap dancing in the mud. This archive of “natural” sounds became the fertile soil out of which the tracks on “Performing Belief” grew. What is gained in the process is not just a novel set of sounds, but a new rhythmic language. The particular give, the anticipatory rustle, the extra breath of a hollow log when functioning as a kickdrum provides a greenness that overtakes the rhythmic grid, giving this music a peculiar kind of stickiness. This rhythmic language, set in Krivchenia’s long-fermenting electronic musical palate, feels like a revelation, even while it calls back not only to his wonderfully elastic timekeeping behind the kit with his beloved band Big Thief, but also to his prior work in computer music as well as his deep study and love of the vast human archive of drumming.

“Performing Belief” is in good company in the rank and file of the legendary Planet Mu label. From the foundational early releases of the likes of Jega and Venetian Snares, to the contemporary envelope-warping work of Jlin and hundreds of brilliant releases in between, Planet Mu has been a beacon of forward-thinking rhythmic music for decades, informing Krivchenia’s own sense of the weird metaphysics of musical time since he was a kid.

Krivchenia’s contribution to this history calls to mind the principle of organic danceability that subtends Mu’s whole catalogue, while bending our sense of rhythm in new and gracious dimensions. Krivchenia brings out the loamy complexity of natural rhythms, a clearing as generous as it is inviting. Let the drummer give you some.

: Logic1000

Even by the standards of an internationally renowned DJ and producer, 2024 was a busy year for Samantha Poulter aka Logic1000. She released Mother, her long awaited debut album, to widespread acclaim which included gracing the cover of NME, being named DJ Mag's 'Album of the Month', delivering a sensational Crack Mix, Boiler Room session and more. Poulter also remixed the likes of Dua Lipa, Shygirl and more, toured across three continents, and made her Glastonbury debut. All this while remaining a staunch activist and a fiercely dedicated mother to her still new daughter. It’s no wonder then that when she was asked to contribute to !K7’s iconic DJ-Kicks series, she was seeking a sense of calm, and a sense of home.

“This DJ-Kicks truly represents my listening habits of the past three or so years”, says the Melbourne-born, Berlin-based artist of the music she’s spent the most time with since the start of her music career proper and, coincidentally, the birth of her daughter. “I’ve really slowed down and found myself going deeper with the music I find and love.”

The result is remarkably transportive. A calmer side to Poulter than we’ve yet seen but still woven together with the deft hand that makes her DJ sets so enthralling. There’s a magic to those first hours of the day at home. A sense of suspended serenity, a bubbled isolation that, rather than feeling lonely, glows with possibility and purpose. This feeling isn’t one that can always be found – especially if you have a three-year-old – but Poulter bottles it perfectly in the opening moments of her DJ-Kicks.

For an artist who so far has made music that’s known for lighting up sweaty late-night dancefloors, this mix comes as a slight left turn. For those who know Poulter though, it feels very much like her. This side of Poulter has always been present in her music.

“My biggest hope for this mix is for its listeners to become reflective, at peace and maybe also inspired to start their day with a calm, considered and beautiful energy”.

KEY POINTS

2 new exclusive tracks by Logic1000

Exclusives by Qendresa, DJ Plead & Big Ever

Includes limited DJ-Kicks playing card

100% GVR vinyl made from bioplastics derived from renewable resources

Release Date: 2nd May 2025

Artist: Logic1000

Title: DJ-Kicks: Logic1000

Cat/Barcode:

K7426LP / 4062548106244

K7426CD / 4062548106251

Packaging:

LP (GVR vinyl) / CD

CD TRACKLIST

01 Oklou & Casey MQ - Lurk

02 Logic1000 - under the sun, beneath the rainfall

03 downstairs J - Three Times

04 Dettinger - Intershop (7) (Remastered 2024)

05 DJ Plead - Shush

06 Saya Gray - DIPAD33 _ W.I.D.F.U

07 Big Ever - Dab Heretic

08 a.s.o. - Somebody

09 Astrid Sonne - Staying Here

10 Moon Holiday - Definitely

11 Bruce - Before You Sleep

12 Logic1000 - fused

13 Purelink - 4k Murmurs feat. J

14 james K x hoodie - Scorpio

15 Wamdue Kids - Intro

16 Jam City - Do It

17 Blood Orange, Yves Tumor - Smoke (feat. Ian Isiah) (Remix)

18 Qendresa - LMK

19 Smerz - Dangerous

LP TRACKLIST

A1 Logic1000 - under the sun, beneath the rainfall

A2 a.s.o. - Somebody

A3 Astrid Sonne - Staying Here

A4 Jam City - Do It

A5 Qendresa - LMK

B1 Oklou & Casey MQ - Lurk

B2 Saya Gray - DIPAD33 _ W.I.D.F.U

B3 Logic1000 - fused

B4 DJ Plead - Shush

B5 downstairs J - Three Times

May 2,

Topshelf Records

TSR284

Home market: Montreal, Quebec

Thanya Iyer TIDE/TIED

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• Download Code Yes

• LP UPC 634457203570

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On her third full-length TIDE/TIED, Montreal artist Thanya Iyer expands on the future-folk designs of sophomore album KIND with washes of jazz-in�ected pop and ensemble ambience. While Iyer explored a more personal journey of self-love on KIND, she, her band, and cohort of guest musicians embark on a new way of moving on TIDE/TIED, prizing collective care and communal healing as antidotes to the dissonances of living in a colonial, capitalistic world.

Over twelve tracks, Iyer alternates song, synth layer, strings, and loop substance, inter�xing with percussionist Daniel Gélinas’s meditative drumming and multi-instrumentalist Pompey’s adventurous arrangements. Through a deeply collaborative process, Gélinas and Pompey — themselves experienced producers — created the powerful and intricate worldscapes of TIDE/TIED, guided by Iyer’s incisive musical vision, all the while maintaining a cohesive, collective approach to the creative process.

For Fans of:

Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Feist, Florist, Moses Sumney, Told Slant, Julia Holter, Land of Talk, Kara Jackson, Katie Von Schleicher, Bjork, Big Thief, Juana Molina, Sudan Archives, Nick Hakim, Sufjan Stevens, and other Topshelf artists: Alfred.,Alexia Avina,Flung, H A U N T E R, Mal Devisa, Mid-Air Thief, Pema, Really Big Pinecone,Really From, Zenizen

Selling Points:

• "In The Water" LP includes blue and white galaxy vinyl, obi strip, two download codes, printed dust sleeve, insert, and marketing sticker.

• CD includes digipak, insert, and obi strip.

• Cassette includes standard J-card, norelco case, obi strip, and download codes.

• Previous press support in Pitchfork, NPR Music, KEXP, Paste, and more.

• Previously supported Land of Talk, Jeff Parker, and Julia Holter.

• Follow-up album to critically acclaimed sophomore LP KIND

• 2024 SXSW performing artist.

• 2021 Polaris Longlist.

• PHI North artist resident.

• FACTOR Canada recipient.

• US college radio campaign through Pirate Promotions.

• Press campaign handled by Tyler Andere.

The Montreal-based singer-songwriter and violinist’s music feels like an invitation to re�ect. Each song recounts not just stumbling and uncertainty, but a sense of motivation.

-Pitchfork on KIND

...a lovely set of expansive, exploratory, earthy pop that's characterized by spacious jazz and ethereal folk tendencies as well as a subtle experimental and improvisatory streak.

-KEXP on KIND

Black Baroque; Symphonic Soul; Roberta Flack meets Freak Folk; Post-Genre Ponti�cations. "I Woke Up (In The Water)" is deeply my shit.

-Moses Sumney for GoldFlakePaint on KIND

[B]oth meticulously devised and skillfully improvised. It’s one of the most astonishing albums you’ll hear this year, fusing indie-folk with jazz, experimental pop and classical music to stunning effect.

-Paste on KIND

Iyer writes songs that �ow seamlessly across textures and styles, never staying in one place too long.

-NPR

BACK IN PRINT; ORIGINALLY RELEASED MARCH 10, 2023

Originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana but “naturalized by the Natural State” as a teenager, Dylan Earl (or “Dearl” as he’s come to be known) has been active in the Arkansas underground country scene for over a decade, first as a founding member of the alt-country band Swampbird and then as a solo performer and songwriter. Alongside his friends and contemporaries Willi Carlisle and Nick Shoulders, Dylan has been heavily involved in carving out space for socially conscious Country Music in the Mid-south region and beyond.

On I Saw the Arkansas, Dearl guides us through the many wacky stories, close encounters with the law, dizzying romances, and endless highways from this chapter of his life. Juxtaposed, but perhaps not entirely in opposition, he describes the calm yet wild beauty of the Natural State and the inspiration and contemplation he draws from his home. Longtime fans of Dylan’s work will recognize the trademark blend of honkytonk, southern rock, and traditional country which has defined his sound for years: rowdy rambling tunes like “Buddy” and up-beat two-steps like “Fever,” full of energy and swagger. On this latest recorded effort, Dearl blazes new sonic trails, like the borderline psychedelic romp of “White Painted Trees” and the meditative and somber title track, a dreamy waltz which paints a picture of the spirits of the narrator, the Arkansas Traveller, and beloved Southern poet Frank Stanford, watching their bodies float by from atop a levee on the Arkansas river. Across the record’s nine tracks, Earl’s baritone vocal stylings are, in moments, reminiscent of iconic country forebears Randy Travis, Waylon Jennings and Conway Twitty. He uses it to tell his story earnestly, and not without laughing at himself a little bit along the way. Timeless in its unique combination of elements, forging "I Saw The Arkansas" into a tender, rambunctious, and ultimately classic listening experience.

1. I Saw the Arkansas

2. White Painted Trees

3. Learning (What Leaving Means)

4. Blessing in Disguise

5. Buddy

6. Fever

7. One More Time

8. I Know I'm Not the One

9. Johnny Alabama

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