The National has released its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, on 4AD / Remote Control. The project has already garnered rave reviews, with Rolling Stone saying, “Nine albums deep, the National find new energy by conjuring not just a great, suffocating fog but also the far light that guides the way out.” Also out today is a lyric video for the new album’s song ‘The Alcott,’ a pensive yet luminous duet between The National’s Matt Berninger and Taylor...
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New York based brother duo The Lemon Twigs release their fourth studio album Everything Harmony via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. It follows singles ‘Corner Of My Eye,’ ‘Any Time Of Day,’ ‘In My Head’ and ‘Every Day Is The Worst Day Of My Life,’ all of which earned critical praise from The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Stereogum and many more. Everything Harmony was written, recorded, produced and engineered entirely by the band...
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Iconic co-founder of arguably the most significant Australian band, The Saints (‘I’m Stranded’), and of the post-punk era-defining Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper launches an extensive catalogue campaign with the reissue of his long-out-of-print, seminal debut solo album Electrical Storm (1985) and Honey Steel’s Gold (1990) through Remote Control Records. Both will be available on vinyl on Friday, 9th June for the first time in 30 years. Digitally remastered and available on streaming services for the very first time today, Electrical Storm is a brooding statement of...
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The next in a line of stellar collaborations from HANDSOME comes ‘Delirium’, the result of a team up with confessional songwriter Hope D. It’s new territory for both artists, melding mellow production with electric guitar. HANDSOME says of the tracks evolution “It was such a pleasure to work with Hope. She really has a way of writing that no one else does in this country. I really wanted to write something that felt really wordy – and...
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Tama Gucci returns with ‘Only Smoke Trees,’ out now via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records. The track is his first new single of 2023, and first taste of his latest project. ‘Only Smoke Trees’ is a celebration of friendship and life, written during the height of the pandemic. The New York-based, Miami-raised musician, vocalist and electronic composer notes, “I was stuck in Miami and the only thing my friends and I could do was...
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A freer and wholly anew effort, Euphoric Recall finds Braids abandoning strategy, burning it down, and realizing their love. Love, all of it; the unbound bliss, the budding impulses, and the messy imperfections, a supernova swirled up in a suite of bold, melodic, symphonic pop songs surrendered to the present. Standell-Preston’s lyrics draw generously from her heart space, often writing on the spot, in just a few takes. Lines are vivid, exhilarating, and evocative, a...
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Ethan P. Flynn releases a brand new single ‘Used to It’, his first solo music of 2023. Out now via Young / Remote Control Records, ‘Used to It’ is a celebration of that feeling of finally belonging. The lyrics are buoyed by a production that seamlessly blends stripped-back acoustics with electronic experimentation, all underpinned by Flynn’s idiosyncratic voice. The new music follows Ethan P. Flynn’s acclaimed 2022 EP Universal Deluge and is the culmination of an intensely fruitful period of personal creativity. Having...
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Swiftly following up her acclaimed sophomore album, Gena presents brand new single ‘Lighting Up’. Thoughtful and powerful vocals are the centrepiece of this mesmerising track that sees the songwriter at her most vulnerable and intense. “For a long time I would just suppress how I was feeling and would give off the fake ‘I don’t care about anything’ vibe” says Gena. “But I came to a point where I was just numb. You stop the pain, you stop...
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bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton, have announced details of their new album Tracey Denim, which will be released on May 19th via Matador / Remote Control. The album will be available physically on September 8th. Tracey Denim was recorded and produced by bar italia with mixing from Marta Salogni. It features the single ‘Nurse!’ which was released in March to acclaim, and described as “a hypnotic post-punk ballad” (The Guardian) and “narcotically arresting” (Pitchfork). Pre-order / Pre-save Tracey...
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Interpol announced Interpolations, which sees songs from the band’s latest album, The Other Side Of Make-Believe, reworked by a group of artists encompassing Daniel Avery, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Jesu and Water From Your Eyes. The first instalment of the series is released, with Makaya McCraven’s interpolation of ‘Big Shot City’. From the Latin drum and bass rhythms applied to ‘Big Shot City’ by Makaya McCraven to the esoteric and propulsive soundscape created by Water From Your Eyes for ‘Something Changed’, Interpolations is an exotic journey that reframes our songs and joins them to the vision of...
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Following the release of their acclaimed fifth album, Jen Cloher reveals the clip for the title track ‘I Am The River, The River Is Me’. Supports have also been announced today for the national album tour which kicks off in Perth on the 6th of May and concludes June 1st at the Sydney Opera House as part of the VIVID Live program. The title is taken from a Māori proverb with Jen sharing further insight saying “It holds especially deep significance for Iwi (tribes) along the Whanganui...
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Blawan announces a brand new EP Dismantled into Juice out 17 May. To mark the announcement, he releases the opening track ‘Toast’, a playful preview into the spell-binding, otherworldly productions to come. Across the five tracks Blawan effortlessly flickers between instrumentals and vocal-led songs that flex a deep technical ability and see him transcend the “techno” box he has so often been put in. Bringing in distorted drum rhythms, piercing synths, unbelievable drums, and original vocal cuts, Dismantled Into Juice is Blawan’s most riveting...
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Beloved Naarm record label Milk! Records reveal the second instalment of their forthcoming remix album out Friday, 12th May. New Zealand’s Tiny Ruins get the re-work treatment from Naarm-based producer, DJ, Butter Sessions label-head and one-half of electronic duo Sleep D, Corey Kikos. Full of dark, grimy synths, the result is a hard hitting club adaptation of ‘Holograms’. Milk! Records Remixed Vol 1 is a celebration of the label’s 10 year anniversary and will be its first compilation filled with Milk!’s most beloved songs, crafted into something fresh by a collection...
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Archy Marshall announces Space Heavy, the fourth studio album under his King Krule alias, due out on Friday 9th June via XL / Remote Control Recordings. Coming ten years on from his debut album, Space Heavy presents King Krule at his most articulate; using his years of experience to create a dynamic body of work that reveals something new with every listen. The album’s first single ‘Seaforth’ arrives today with an endearing music video directed by visual artist and previous collaborator Jocelyn Anquetil. The dreamlike, stripped-back melody of ‘Seaforth’ soundtracks a video that...
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In 2023, Kurt Vile is making numbers count. We’d like to draw your attention to a significant KV digit: The 10th anniversary of his fifth full-length and first 2xLP, Wakin on a Pretty Daze (2013), out August 25th. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve brought the record back as a yellow vinyl. Where previous albums alternated between gorgeous fingerpicking and heavy guitar workouts, Wakin blended the two into dreamy and expansive songs that frequently stretched well out beyond the five-minute mark. Pre-order...
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The Lemon Twigs release the fourth single off their forthcoming album Everything Harmony that arrives May 5th via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. ‘Every Day Is The Worst Day Of My Life’ follows singles ‘Corner Of My Eye,’ which KCRW named Today’s Top Tune, ‘Any Time Of Day,’ a “70s easy-listening, psychedelic track” (Stereogum) and ‘In My Head,’ which FLOOD called “ocean-sprayed pop music at its finest.” The single is accompanied by a brooding video shot by Hilla Eden, that features performance footage of the band in New...
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