Bridie Monds-Watson, aka SOAK shares ‘purgatory’, the second single from their third album If I Never Know You Like This Again. Listen to ‘purgatory’ and watch the accompanying video shot by Ellius Grace below! Bridie explains “’purgatory’ is about the weight of time and the perpetual fear of reaching the end of your life, unsatisfied with how you’d spent it. The song came out of a slump phase, I wasn’t really a fan of myself and honestly just felt...
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...
Bridie Monds-Watson, aka SOAK, has announced their third album If I Never Know You Like This Again. To be released by Rough Trade Records on May 20th, 2022, the announcement arrives alongside the the release of new track ‘last july’ – the accompanying video was shot by Ellius Grace, and stars Bridie and their partner. If I Never… is the follow up to 2019’s Grim Town and SOAK’s Mercury-nominated 2015 debut album Before We Forgot How to Dream. SOAK’s Bridie Monds-Watson (they/them) has incessantly documented their life in...
Today, New Jersey-based group Pinegrove share their new album 11:11, alongside a new video for the mini-epic lead track ‘Habitat.’ A robust, textural masterpiece, ‘Habitat‘ was inspired by long drives around upstate New York with dilapidated houses covered in plantlife spotting the landscape along the way. Of the song, singer/guitarist Evan Stephens Hall stated, “‘Habitat’ collages imagery from across the 2020’s – monuments to the past torn down, vandalised, and thrown to the waves, making much needed room for...
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...
New Jersey-based group Pinegrove have shared their new single titled ‘Respirate‘. A crushing ballad, the track is the latest song to release from their forthcoming new album 11:11 (out January 28th on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records) and urges us to look out for and love each other. “With ‘Respirate,’ I was thinking about the opportunity we had in the chaos Covid brought to redesign society so that it works well for more people, but that...
Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records present the 15th anniversary edition of The Long Blondes‘ Someone To Drive You Home, which was originally released in November 2006 and was produced by Pulp member Steve Mackey – out now as a limited edition, double gatefold LP. Pressed on to red and yellow vinyl to mirror the album’s artwork – a picture of actress Faye Dunaway also painted by Jackson – the edition will feature the original record, plus 11...
London-based duo Jockstrap (Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye) have announced their signing to Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records and shared the first single on their new label home ‘50/50’. Fresh from a sold-out headline tour of the UK, and a summer of rightfully hyped festival slots (alongside the likes of Pa Salieu, Kode 9, Jamie XX, Floating Points) and one-off appearances supporting Caroline Polachek & Jarvis Cocker, Jockstrap have returned with a pulsating new track, more influenced by the club...
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...
Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records have released the deluxe edition of Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes’ groundbreaking GRAMMY-winning 2015 album. The repackaged set – available in digital, CD and limited 2-disc vinyl formats – features seven bonus tracks pulled from unreleased studio material, B-sides and live recordings, plus reimagined artwork by GRAMMY-winning art director Frank Harkins and new photos. Originally released in April 2015, Sound & Color debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album also went Top...
Sleaford Mods have released a brand new Orbital remix of their fan favourite track ‘I Don’t Rate You’, via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. The song, taken from the duo’s angry yet heartfelt sixth studio album Spare Ribs, has been infused with twitchy energy and sharp beats by the electronic pioneers. It is accompanied by a new mix of the same song from Mods’ own Andrew Fearn under his independent production guise of Extnddntwrk. With Orbital cutting their teeth on...
Blue Mountains NSW artist Lewis Goldmark reveals ‘Psycho City‘ (premiered by Backseat Mafia and Waste The Alphabet), the first single from his forthcoming debut album due early in 2022 via Broken Stone Records / Remote Control Records. As Lewis Goldmark, Liam Judson takes on a new outlook and direction musically that still pays homage to the core influences that has informed his music over the years such as Velvet Underground, Beach Boys and David Bowie. Now, however it all comes...
Pinegrove have released their new song, ‘Orange‘ via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, decrying government inaction in the face of imminent climate collapse. Last week, Pinegrove released an acoustic performance of the song via their YouTube channel, viewable here. Inspired by images depicting skies ablaze in the northwest, the band’s Evan Stephens Hall translated his frustration and anger into song. Describing the track, he explains, “‘Orange’, a waltz about the climate crisis, was written...
Parquet Courts have announced their new album, Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd on Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records, and share the first single/video, ‘Walking at a Downtown Pace.’ On Sympathy For Life, Parquet Courts’ thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. The album finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity. In the video for...
black midi’s Cavalcade, released in May via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records, is “an avant-rock labyrinth of maddening intricacy” (Pitchfork). Landing on multiple “Best Albums of 2021 (So Far)” lists, it remains one of the year’s most praised releases by critics and fans alike. Today, they present a new single, ‘Cruising,’ previously only available as a bonus track on the Japanese Cavalcade CD release. Taken from the same sessions...
Premiering on Japanese radio station FM Karuizawa during Dr. Rob’s show, new single ‘Plant Life‘ is Parquet Courts‘ first new original material since 2018’s Wide Awake!, and will be available to fans via the newly-announced limited-edition, physical-only ‘Plant Life’ 12-inch, out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records – available only via the band’s website. “’Plant Life’ the song is my story of rediscovering my passion for music through New York City dance...
