Italian singer songwriter Marta Del Grandi returns with new album Selva set for release on 20th October on Fire Records. Following the recent release of new track, Marta follows with single ‘Marble Season’ out today.
The genre-defying Welsh group define their vision with a breath-taking new album, Islet’s ‘Soft Fascination’ is an ecstatic experience in music, an explosion of emotion subsumed in sound. The album is filled with high energy cadence and meditations on collective joy, a balancing act underpinned with glorious melodies and Emma Daman Thomas’ evocative vocals that swirl in the symphonic surf.
New single ‘Honey (I Hope, You Understand)’ is taken from her new EP ‘twotwentytwo’ out 3rd November on Fire Records. The bittersweet track is an emphatic note to a loved one whose overly guarded disposition has forced distance between them. It’s about letting go, emotional self-preservation and making the painful decision to shed responsibility for someone who doesn’t want to be saved. Released alongside a new music video, it bursts with colour and an innocence evoking bygone days.
Konner's song writing and musical craftsmanship incorporate tales of his Canadian heritage alongside elements of magic realism and heartfelt honesty, all delivered through a rich baritone voice that transforms the mundane into the extraordinary. Konner’s pen is precise and daring, uniting the earnestness of Willie Nelson and the comedic relief of Harry Nilsson with echoes of Tin Pan Alley and Lou Reed’s grit.
This expanded edition of ‘7171’ includes the sought after ‘Four Songs’ EP, a reimagining Fugazi’s early classics, songs that take on a life of their own, lost amongst the haze and sugar sweet psych. Ray Monde explains, "Long Division was one of my favorite tracks off 'Steady Diet of Nothing' the first Fugazi record I ever owned; more than ever, it also feels truly poignant in the times we live in.Version 2 is our interpretation of Version from ‘Red Medicine’, my favorite Fugazi Record.”
An unfurling cinematic piece of psychedelic avant-gardism with surreal imagery and infectious melodies - time flies in the ‘Lazy Garden’. “I’m half baked, a soft cake, and half blind, from the sun. And my brains, and it’s waves, full of holes like a sponge” It’s a vision of a retirement that will never happen, accompanied by village orchestra.
Upbeat synth pop track ‘No More Swamp’ unearths the messy egoist uncertainty and freedom of your old life versus modern life and responsibilities. The single’s new video sees the band taking to the swampy marshlands of London for an unearthly music video that has a B-movie feel and features costumes by Nat Sharp (aka Lone Taxidermist).
Clear Pond Road continues the juxtaposition of dark and light –dark sunshine, as Hersh puts it– that characterizes Hersh’s legendary work with Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave but goes even further inward as it explores the intimacy and complexity that sits alongside Hersh’s fierce independence
Italian singer songwriter Marta Del Grandi returns with new album Selva set for release on 20th October on Fire Records. Following the recent release of new track, Marta follows with single ‘Chameleon Eyes’ out today.
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