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7ebra Release Normal Song

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It hasn’t been too long since 7ebra released their Bird Hour LP, followed by several great sets in America during SXSW in 2023. Today, they return with the A-side to their new Normal Song/Daybreak 7″ for PNK SLM. You enter this track via a synthetic wash working beneath a dangling guitar note; then handclaps sound and that groove gets replaced by a bob-and-weave bass line and Inez’s vocals. But, it’s not just the bass working to give you a rhythmic pulse, as they employ a sampled beat that elevates the song giving it instant pop sensibility that eventually unfurls into this buzz that gives the song this rapturous joy that you won’t be able to escape. New 7″ drops on July 5th.

Cats of Transnistria Share Big Sleep

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Our friends at Soliti Music in Finland have been bringing us music from Cats of Transnistria for years now, and I’m grateful, as the band seem to create those listens that are fully immersive, tugging at your brain as they take you on their ethereal journeys. Today, there’s a brand new single, and it’s definitely no different, creating this cavernous depth by utilizing a heavy thumping drum; it felt for a moment like I was being marched off to my doom. That makes sense too, as the band have mentioned that their new work culls from the grooves created by the rhythm section. Still, don’t just get settled into one spot here, as you’ll be ripped from your roots when the 3:15 minute mark hits, crashing against you with thunderous beauty. Looking forward to hearing where they go as we move on!

Bibi Club Share Sholsho Video

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I’ve been completely obsessed with the new music coming from Montreal’s Bibi Club; it’s clearly rooted in electronics, but there’s something in it that sort of rides above the mundane trappings of working with beats and such. There’s this natural pulse to their work, something that feels animalistic in its essence, yet they manage to kind of take the pain of that existence and lift it into something charming and pleasurable. Something in this new tune hints at the landscape left by the absence of Broadcast, particularly when you hear those snapping snares and distorted guitar lines that get buried low in the mix. Their album Feu de Garde drops this Friday!

Cola Share Albatross Single

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I haven’t quite jumped on the Cola train, in terms of coverage for their latest album, but I’m always listening to Tim Darcy’s work. I love the way the new single is mixing both imagery and sound to capture the band’s approach; the black and white images that seem to be fluttering line up perfectly with the delivery of each riff…and even Darcy’s vocals at certain moments. The vocals work in their spoken fashion, and then carry just a bit of curved melody when you arrive at the chorus, just teasing you with bits of pop sensibility. Their new album The Gloss is out June 14th via Fire Talk.

Quivers Return with Apparition + Announce Oyster Cuts

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Really excited for our friends in Quivers who release a new single today, courtesy of their new home Merge Records. The last time we heard from the outfit, they were brandishing striking pop rock via their album Golden Doubt, but it seems like they’ve aimed to top themselves this go round, pumping out bigger riffs and even bigger melodies. They employ group harmonies on the vocals, often overlapping, which vaguely reminds me of the New Pornographers at their most joyous moments; it’s an infectious feel that bleeds right through the speakers with a huge stomp that catches you up in its charms. Little bit of swagger and a whole lot of fun; looking for more good stuff from the band as the year continues; they release their new album Oyster Cuts on August 9th!

Kelley Stoltz Shares About Time

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Something about this new single from Kelley Stoltz has me in my feelings today. You can hear something in the general feel of the guitars that almost feels like an old Mazzy Star tune; it has that cliche blanketing warmth to it, begging you to just spin your own chrysalis. Stoltz voice, as always, has that familiarity, yet keeps this sort of shadowy sensation as it lurks within the innards of the track, mesmerizing the listener as it pulls you in close. La Fleur is shaping up quite nicely; it drops on June 7th via Dandy Boy Records.

Ichiwawa Share Short Stories

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Somewhere between the land of Elvis Depressedly and Elf Power lives the work of Ichiwawa; it’s pop music for the warped, the weird and the weary. Clearly written from a pop perspective, it’s the aesthetic approach that leaves the work left-of-center; it almost feels warped as it makes its way through your speakers, like you’ve got an unbalanced turntable. That’s party of the majesty here, however, since you can still feel that emotional connection in the vocals and the melody, despite the existence of that other-worldly warp-zone. So, if you’re game for welcoming a little weird into your pop tradition, give his new single a spin now.

Pink Chameleons Return with Some Sunny Feeling

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We knew there was something bubbling up from Finland’s Pink Chameleons this year when the band offered up some new singles back in January. Now, they’re back with another melted banana of psychedelia, spilling out their textural wonderworld on the floor before you. This is the sort of pensive psychedelia that we don’t encounter as often these days, pulling from these sort of mysterious Eastern influences like a slow burning stick of incense, flickering in the winds of the saxophone as it blows through the core of the track. If you wish to immerse yourself in the heavier state of the genre, then give this one a solid try; thanks to Soliti for getting it out there!

Ghost Fan Club Announces New EP

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When you put on this new Ghost Fan Club single, perhaps like me, you’ll hear a bit of the ghost of Modest Mouse in their earliest stages. The guitars bend and twang in a similar fashion, though admittedly, they’re a little bit more toned down, energy-wise, in this presentation. That pacing allows the vocals to also relax, grab on to darker tones and mellower notes that ride just beneath the current of the tune. Thrown together, it all makes for a solemn listen, but one that begins to pull you within it as the track unwinds before you. They’ll release their new Ghost Fan Club EP on July 5th via Knifepunch Records.

Rowan Newby Shares This Way to Tinseltown

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When you press play on this new single from Rowan Newby, you’re going to notice that it bares some striking similarities to a number of acts from the Athens, Georgia scene; you can feel that sort of baroque pop spirits in the burrowing beneath Newby’s voice. That, my friends, is just one of the various ways that Rowan has begun to build his own country-songwriting legend; he’s not quite cosmic, nor purely traditional, so we get to look at him as an independent spirit, the way country music should be. There’s some nice backing arrangements in the track’s latter half that really show his willingness to kind of take on a ghostly spiritualism that stretched my expectations of where the song was heading. Keep an eye out for Rowan’s new LP, Some Hippie You Turned Out to Be.

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