London-based Ethan P. Flynn has released Universal Deluge; a purposefully curated seven-track EP, out via Young / Remote Control Records. Alongside the release of the EP, Flynn shares a visualiser for third single ‘Distraught‘. ‘Distraught’ sees the young songwriter, beatmaker and multi-instrumentalist utilise the sound of waves to crash through an infectious alt-pop melody made up of electronics, fluttering rhythms with stripped-back acoustics, all underpinned by Flynn’s idiosyncratic voice. Universal Deluge marks a significant shift for Ethan P....
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Montreal singer-songwriter, and official SXSW 2022 artist, Gus Englehorn is set to release his sophomore album Dungeon Master on April 29 via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. It’s undoubtedly the cutest, heaviest, strangest rock’n’roll record you will hear this year — perhaps best demonstrated by new chapped and pleading single & video, ‘Exercise Your Demons.’ Beginning with Englehorn begging, “Hit me, I want you to hit me,” from there it explodes into a headbanging path to salvation anchored by Englehorn and partner Estée Preda’s gnashing guitar...
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After marking their return with the release of their syrupy bop ‘Sugar’ last year, Melbourne’s cult pop-mystiques Dorsal Fins have announce tdheir long-awaited third album Star of the Show – out Friday 13 May via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control. Alongside the announcement comes their triumphant second single & video ‘Sister’. A bona-fidé anthem™, ‘Sister’ roars with quiet intensity, building from a lush bedrock bass groove to a soaring message of connection from co-lead singer Ella Thompson. Star of the Show is the group’s first record in six years, peeling...
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BRIT Award-winning 7-piece Belle and Sebastian have announced their 10th album and first studio full-length in 7 years, A Bit Of Previous, released May 6th on Matador / Remote Control. First single, ‘Unnecessary Drama’, rips through a cacophony of overdriven riffs and a droning harmonica that borders on the unhinged and is one of the band’s heaviest outings. A Bit Of Previous was recorded in Belle and Sebastian’s hometown of Glasgow when plans to fly to Los Angeles in spring...
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Bartees Strange has joined the 4AD / Remote Control family and releases his label debut, the single ‘Heavy Heart’, which sees Bartees let go of the guilt he has felt for years; guilt for his father’s sacrifices to build a better future for his family; guilt for the recent passing of his grandfather; guilt for the time he spends on tour and away from his partner; guilt for experiencing success while everyone else in his life...
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Following the release of their highly-celebrated psychedelic jazz album Talk Memory – out now via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records – Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD share the video for ‘Open Channels‘. Previously only available on physical copies of Talk Memory, ‘Open Channels’ arrives to streaming services and with a black and white short film directed by Sylvain Chaussée. Talk Memory, the band’s first album with XL Recordings / Remote Control Records in partnership with Innovative Leisure, features 9 new songs and includes musical...
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Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records are pleased to announce the signing of Brattleboro trio THUS LOVE with the release of their first single, ‘Inamorato.’ Self-recorded at their home in Vermont, the song serves as a timely and triumphant introduction to the post-punk band: a tale of refusing to give into dark thoughts even when facing the grimmest of circumstances. It’s a feeling the band not only relates to but has lived in full: all...
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New York-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist JOHN TSUNG has announced his new album Empire Postcards, alongside the release of his new single ‘Taking of a Nation‘ – out now via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. Serving as the centrepiece of the record, ‘Taking of a Nation’ is a 7-minute indie rock epic written before the 2020 election, at a moment of national unease. The words are from TSUNG’s conversations with patriotic Asian...
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Part Time Records and Remote Control have released EWAH & The Vision of Paradise’s second album The Warning Birds. Recorded towards the end of 2018 at Head Gap Studio in Melbourne with Finn Keane, who co-produced the album with bandleader and vocalist, Emma Waters (EWAH), The Warning Birds is an exploration of the meaning of paradise that. Across its twelve tracks, the new album manages to feel both grim and uplifting in equal measure; something of a treatise on a world...
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Known for making anthemic electronic pop songs, today, Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist HANDSOME returns with a new single & video ‘Youth Disaster‘, via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records – the first single from her forthcoming second EP dropping this year. HANDSOME is as much a movement as it is a name. Relishing the freedom of gender fluidity and embracing the beauty in androgyny, you come for the dance floor bangers and stay for the big feels. ‘Youth Disaster’...
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Mdou Moctar has released the deluxe edition of Afrique Victime, via Matador Records / Remote Control Records, expanding the album with nine previously unreleased songs, including the studio outtake, ‘Nakanegh Dich.’ “These are a mix of demos from Niger and some live tracks from touring around the world, when we were still working out the songs together as a band,” says bassist and producer Mikey Coltun. “These are fun and different early versions of the...
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Helado Negro has released the official music video for his new single ‘Hometown Dream‘, taken from his acclaimed recent album Far In. The ‘Hometown Dream’ video incorporates footage from Roberto Carlos Lange‘s first family trip to their native Ecuador in 1988 and reveals the source of his Far In album cover art. “‘Hometown Dream ‘is about me leaving New York after living there for so long,” Roberto shares. “New York showed me my...
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London-based eight piece caroline have released the album version of their track ‘Dark blue’, alongside their debut self-titled album – out via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. An earlier version of the song introduced the world to the band when it was released in March 2020, and it was subsequently reworked for the album. ‘Dark blue’ follows earlier singles ‘Good morning (red)’ and ‘IWR’. With a blend of slow-build guitar music, folk drones and...
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Montreal’s Basia Bulat shares her rousing new single ‘In The Name Of (The Garden Version)’, which features orchestration by Owen Pallett that matches the passionate conviction in her vocal delivery. “When I first wrote it, ‘In the Name Of’ was the song I was most nervous about sharing with anyone, and it’s since become the song I most want to shout from the rooftops,” says Bulat. “It’s a song about living for your own truth, in your own heart,...
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Widowspeak have shared a new music video for ‘The Jacket‘, the title track off their forthcoming sixth studio album – to be released March 11 via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. In signature Widowspeak style, ‘The Jacket’ builds on repetition and live room energy as the same chords start to change shape and hypnotise over time. Molly Hamilton croons “no no no, you could never let it go”, speaking to both a physical jacket and its embodiment of an...
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Following the success of their 2020 album As Long As You Are and one-off single ‘Peach‘, Baltimore quartet Future Islands share ‘King of Sweden’, debuting the new single live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. ‘King of Sweden’ is out now via 4AD / Remote Control Records. Stream / Download Future Islands – ‘King of Sweden’
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