New Zealand/Aotearoa eight-piece The Black Seeds have released their exciting new single and video, ‘It’s So Real’, alongside the announcement of their upcoming new album Love & Fire – out Friday 17 June via Remote Control Records. A raw funk masterpiece destined for dancefloors worldwide, ‘It’s So Real’ is The Black Seeds at their party best. Driven by an infectious muted guitar riff and backed by a rock solid bass and drum groove, ‘It’s So Real’ weaves and tantalises. The groove constantly evolves, dropping in...
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Belle and Sebastian have released a new song and video piece ‘If They’re Shooting At You’ – out via Matador Records / Remote Control Records – in support of those affected by the situation in Ukraine. The visual collage is a collaboration with photographers covering the conflict in Ukraine highlighting the situation on the ground whilst offering a message of solidarity and hope. Belle and Sebastian will pledge all artist income from the song, from streaming...
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Pavement have shared a new video to B-side ‘Harness Your Hopes,’ directed by Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell) and starring Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets). The song is drawn from the Spit on a Stranger EP, which Matador Records / Remote Control Records will reissue as a 12” on April 8th alongside the release of Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal. ‘Harness Your Hopes’ was originally released in 1999 on the CD-edition of the Spit on a Stranger EP, which included the titular Terror Twilight single plus four previously unreleased tracks. Needless...
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Oliver Sim – best known for his work as songwriter, bassist and vocalist for The xx – makes his solo debut with first-ever single ‘Romance With A Memory‘ today, via Young / Remote Control Records. The track, produced by Jamie xx, debuts alongside a lyric video starring artists and drag performers Charity Kase, HoSo Terra Toma, Gena Marvin. Sim, born and raised in London, has been a member of The xx since its inception in 2005. After the success of their 2017...
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Aldous Harding has released ‘Fever’, the second single from her forthcoming new album Warm Chris. Accompanying the song’s swaggering piano-driven staccato is an official video created by Harding and Martin Sagadin showcasing the many faces of the New Zealander. For Warm Chris, the New Zealand musician reunited with producer John Parish, continuing a professional partnership that began in 2017 and has forged pivotal bodies of work (2017’s Party and the aforementioned Designer). All ten tracks were recorded at Rockfield Studios and...
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Norwegian musician and novelist Jenny Hval has unveiled her new album Classic Objects, via 4AD / Remote Control. Classic Objects is Hval’s version of a pop album. While there are interchangeable moments of complexity in each song, there’s a feeling of elevation and clarity in the songs’ choruses. This is evident with new single ‘Freedom’, which unfurls with a resonating melody as Hval’s honeyed voice presciently sings: “Out there is the world // where you’re threatening the lives...
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Chicago trio Horsegirl announce their debut record, Versions of Modern Performance, out June 3rd on Matador / Remote Control, and present charged lead single/video, ‘Anti-glory’. Following last year’s one-off ‘Billy’, lead single ‘Anti-glory’ is elastic and propulsive, entrancing listeners with a central call: “Dance / Dance / Dance / Dance / With me”. The accompanying video, directed by Erin Vassilopoulous, exudes confidence, putting Horsegirl front and center, their uncanny ability to layer sound on full display. “We wrote Anti-glory almost by accident, while messing around...
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Gruff Rhys is pleased to announce a new two track single called People are Pissed via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. The tracks are available digitally now and also for pre-order in special Limited Edition cassette format, designed by regular collaborator Mark James. Gruff says: “The lyrics were basically inspired by the widespread anger I – and many other people felt towards the incompetence and arrogance of the Johnson regime during the lockdowns – not that...
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Widowspeak share their sixth studio album via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. In addition to the album release, the band has shared a short documentary, called “The Band is Called Widowspeak,” shot on film, directed by Michael Stasiak, about the making of the record, their influences, and rediscovering the heart of New York. Widowspeak on The Jacket: “To us, The Jacket feels like the most natural expression of all the ideas and sounds and influences we’ve been exploring since...
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TATYANA has announced her debut album, Treat Me Right, alongside an irresistible track and video, ‘Kiss Me Right Now’ out everywhere now. Due out April 22 via Sinderlyn / Remote Control, the forthcoming ten-track, highly-anticipated LP is also now available for pre-order & pre-save. TATYANA’s latest sugar-coated pop banger sees the musician gush over her latest crush. In the infectious chorus, over auto-tuned vocals, she sings, “You could kiss me right now / I’ve been dreaming ’bout it /...
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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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