Three years on from the release of debut album caroline, London-based eight-piece caroline announce new album caroline 2, to be released on May 30th. The group spent 18 months working across various writing sessions in the UK, with recording primarily taking place at Big Jelly Studios in Ramsgate. The album was produced by the band’s own Jasper Llewellyn, Casper Hughes and Mike O’Malley, it was engineered by Syd Kemp, mixed by Jason Agel and mastered by Heba Kadry in NYC. Launch single, ‘Tell me...
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caroline return with their first new music in three years, ’Total euphoria’, accompanied by a video directed by Parker Corey, a musician and director from Phoenix, Arizona mostly known for his work as a member of Injury Reserve (now By Storm). The group’s new output sees them evolving with the influence of new technologies & avant-garde producers. ‘Total euphoria’ features Jasper Llewellyn and Magdalena McLean singing in unison above the...
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Much hyped London-based eight piece caroline share a live video for their song ‘IWR’, recorded at Trafo in Jena, Germany this April. Watch below! “After we finished playing at Trafo in Jena in April, they asked if we wanted to quickly record a live version of one of our songs before packing down our gear,” caroline explain of how the new video for ‘IWR’ came to be. “Trafco is an...
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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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London-based eight piece caroline have shared a new song and video – ‘Good morning (red)‘ follows earlier single ‘IWR‘, and both hail from their eponymous debut album which will be released on February 25th 2022 via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Guitarist/vocalist Mike O’Malley says of ‘Good morning (red)‘: “We wrote the basic electric guitar parts, drums and “Good morning, it’s that time again” vocal line in early 2017 and used to play it as a...
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London-based eight piece caroline are excited to announce that their eponymous debut album, mixed by John ‘Spud’ Murphy (black midi, Lankum), will be released on Feb 25th 2022 via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Hear ‘IWR’ – a new track taken from the forthcoming album – and check out its self-directed video below. Mike O’Malley explains the thinking behind new single ‘IWR’: “Jasper was sending a lot of home-recorded nylon guitar and singing ideas, and one just stuck because...
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Rough Trade Records’ newest signing, London-based band caroline are sharing a new track and self-directed video today, called ‘Skydiving onto the library roof’. The track will be released as a 12” single, their second for Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, on June 25th. caroline began in early 2017, evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Band members brought together their shared influences, including Midwestern emo, Appalachian folk, minimalist classical and various forms of electronic music,...
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New signings to Rough Trade Records, caroline, share their debut 12” single ‘Dark blue’ backed with ‘BRJ’. Both tracks are available to listen to across DSPs now and they will also be released as a 12” single on Friday 24 April. On the accompanying video for ‘Dark blue’, caroline say: “We see ‘caroline’ as being ‘systems-based’ music in the way that all the musical parts are mutually interdependent and none...
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caroline are pleased to share their debut live session and signing to Rough Trade Records – the track is called ‘Dark blue‘. The session was shot in January 2020, in a disused swimming pool in North London. The band hail from London. caroline began as a three-piece (Jasper Llewellyn, Mike O’Malley, Casper Hughes) in early 2017, initially evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Bringing together shared influences in, and experiences...
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