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Friday Album Streams: Lightheaded, Blue Ocean, Mope City and More

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There’s only a few more sleeps until all the music folks decided to hibernate for the year, so better be sure to listen to as much new music as possible, right? Well, on this Friday, we’ve got a couple of really delicious records for you to devour, if that’s your thing. No need to wax poetic here, just links so you can fall in love and spend some quality time with your new favorite LP.

Lightheaded – Good Good Great (Slumberland Records)

Mope City – Population 4 – (Tenth Court)

Blue Ocean – Fertile State (Slumberland Records)

A Beacon School – yoyo (Grind Select)

Half Dream – Will I Still Bloom (Self-Released)

Upchuck – Bite the Hand That Feeds (Famous Class)

Blue Ocean Share Ode Video

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There’s never a bad day to run a track from Blue Ocean, especially as the noise in my head could use some noisy accompaniment to clear it all out. On the latest single you get this disorienting wash of feedback and atmospheric warbling, seeping atop a quiet and steady little beat in the background. Murky vocals texture the song with faint melodies from the upside down, buried deep within the confines of the atmosphere. All of it gets the glorious video accompaniment, taking viewers on a fantastic ride that doubles-down on the stretched emotions presented in song. You’ll get this song on the group’s new LP, Fertile State, out October 13th via Slumberland.

Slumberland Records Sign Blue Ocean

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I got turned onto Blue Ocean a few years ago when the group put a few of their EPs together for Paisley Shirt/Dandy Boy…and today they get a further stamp of ATH approavl with the announcement that the band have signed on with Slumberland for their first LP. It’s incredibly difficult to pigeonhole the project; they create these layered textures, all working in unison, yet seemingly fighting against one another. At times my ears get drawn towards the crashing wave of screaming distortion; the rhythm section seems to work against that angst, coming in more playfully, almost bouncing; it all swirls together like this Captain Planet of DIY indie rock! All of that’s accomplished before we get swept up in the indifferent cool of the vocals. Absolutely in love here. Fertile State will be out on October 13th.