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Love Burns Announces Pavement Drawings

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I’ll happily hang my hat on being the tiniest footnote in the story of Phil Sutton and Love, Burns. Phil’s songwriting first came to my attention as a member of Pale Lights, and I was able to look beyond his poor taste in football clubs to help put out It Should Have Been Tomorrow on cassette. Well, he’s just announce a new LB album, and shared a bright bit of jangling pop that kicks off the new records. You can hear Sutton channeling a bit of late era Grant McLennan in the songwriting, or at least that’s what I’m hearing, with a nice dose of backing vocals from Jo Roman playing their part to thicken the texture of the track itself. Pavement Drawings will be out on May 29th via Spinout Nuggets and Jigsaw Records, so grab a copy early so you can catch Phil and company play down at the Athens Underground Pop Fest.

New Jams from Wild Billy Childish and CTMF

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Billy Childish shouldn’t be a surprise name popping up on our end, especially as his project Wild Billy Childish and CTMF has jumped into the fray of modern pop with a brand new 7″ for Spinout Nuggets. The A side has this stomping drum beat that feels primal and thunderous, while the vocal performance harkens to a sort of old British explosiveness…big sound with a twist of discord rocking out. Turn it over and you get a rock-a-billy take on the Batman theme, grooving and weaving through a mostly instrumental jam. Always great to see what Childish is up to, but you better hurry, as there are only a handful of 7″ left!

Circling Back to Love Burns Latest 7″

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Sometimes life can run full-circle, as is the case for Phil Sutton and his project Love Burns. He was part of the original Comet Gain lineup, then moved on to work in various projects like Pale Lights, but now serendipity strikes as his latest 7″ features Rachel Evans, who plays part in the current Comet Gain lineup. All that history aside, these are some of the best songs Sutton has written (even considering the ATH Records supported It Should Have Been Tomorrow). “Dear Carol” is a wonderful duet with Rachel, but that soaring chorus just crushes you under its power; I would live and breathe for that moment alone. Flip it over and you get another swooning pop tune, with Phil embracing dulcet tones atop an encircling jangle, before Evans adds a nice little backing vocal to layer an extra blanket of melody into the track. Both glorious tunes are available from Spinout Nuggets.

Jetstream Pony Share The Relativity of Wrong

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When news first came our way of a new Jetstream Pony LP, the band promised a varied bit of exploration, all within the confines of the band’s sound. Through the first two singles, they’ve kept those cards close to their chest, but as you’ll see below, they’re now letting us all in. For me, this song is about the presentation; the bass lines growl at you, almost stomping on your soul, all of this being matched by a matter of fact vocal delivery. That dark indifference is pretty rad, and sets up the tune into this kind of industrial pop, but then the chorus hits and you’re completely spun around, as they pull on some nostalgic 90s alternative moves and create this dynamism that’s supremely rewarding. All this to say that Bowerbirds and Blue Things is indeed shaping up as promised…an exploration of pop from the confines of the Jetstream Pony sound. You can grab your copy from Shelflife/Spinout Nuggets on March 28th.

Jetstream Pony Announce Bowerbirds and Blue Things

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I slacked off a little on Friday, but one of the jams that I absolutely had to cover to make up for it was the album announcement of Jetstream Pony. They announced Bowerbirds and Blue Things last Friday, and from the first single, it has absolutely everything you’d expect or want: the guitars have a distorted ring to them, on the cusp of jangling but with more bite; the vocals are sweet and melodic, with accented backing vocals building depth in all the right spots; there’s a breakdown to give you the slightest mid-tune left turn. Dropping a tune like this sets a statement that the entirety of the LP is going to be nothing short of pure pop bliss. You can get the new LP from Shelflife/Spinout Nuggets on March 28th.

Soft Science Share Kerosene Video

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When I first started listening to the new stuff from Soft Science‘s new LP, I really thought they sounded like our ATH gaze-pop act Blushing. Similarly, the group draws from a heavy wash of feedback and pummeling drum work, but then you’ve got to sort of peel that away to find the sweet candy center your ears and heart adore. That being said, Soft Science employ more of an indiepop vocal; it’s got that soft crispness that made us fall in love with acts like Heavenly or Luxembourg Signal. They’ve also got some great guitar work in the middle that really opens the song up a bit, almost nodding to more of a 90s alternative feel. So, while they’ve definitely got similarities to things I adore, I appreciate they’ve really stepped out to make the sound entirely their own. They’ll be releasing Lines via Shelflife/Fastcut/Spinout Nuggets on September 8th.

 

The Hannah Barberas Prepare Fantastic Tales of the Sea; Share Latest Single

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It is the first day of the month, which means we’re in line for a bunch of new records in the glorious month of May, like Fantastic Tales of the Sea, the latest from The Hannah Barberas. Their latest single takes their brand of jangling pop styles and elevates it to this almost theatric nature, making it leap right through your speakers. As the band trade vocal lines back and forth, I couldn’t help but feel as if I was listening to a well-recorded musical; there’s this live spirit in the way the voices get recorded that just jumped out at me, begging me to stand in the aisle and boogie down. Get your pop fix right here, right now; the new LP comes out on May 26th via Spinout Nuggets/Doo Lang/Subjangle, Gazer Tapes.

Treasures of Mexico Share New Tunes

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All you old Dentists fans still kicking about will surely already have this new Treasures of Mexico tunes on your radar, but in case not, well, here we are! Over the weekend, the band dropped Always the Shadows 7″, which came out via Spinout Nuggets, and had this charming A side. Personally, I love the way there’s this almost progressive jangle, like the band are harnessing bits of psychedelia while still trying to hold onto their power pop tendencies; it also doesn’t hurt that you get backing vocals that build in the melodic nature of the chorus. Honestly, this is just a pure classic pop sound, and its super hard to envision anyone having anything negative to say. Slight edge, good melody, just weird enough to be cool. There you have it.

The Shop Window Shares Out of Reach

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Just over here keeping it real on the indiepop front today, so why not keep that boat a-rocking by sharing the latest tune from The Shop Window. While the vocals have that melodic softness you’d associate with the genre, the guitar work has this heavier feel, almost pulling you towards the crossover of dream pop. That combination crafts something that hurls you through this nostalgic warp where your favorite hits had you bouncing and dancing and singing and smiling; the chorus definitely feels fresh whilst looking back on club hits of the late 80s. You’ll find this tune featured on the band’s latest 7″ for Spinout Nuggets, dropping on January 29th.

The Luxembourg Signal Share The Morning After

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Perhaps I’m too easy to please, but there are definitely some easy indiepop tricks that sucker me into a good tune, not that The Luxembourg Signal need employ such tactics to win me over. Nonetheless, one such little nuance pulled me deep into this tune, and it happens right at the 58 second mark. Up until then, we’ve got a casually meandering guitar line over some structured rhythm with softened vocals. But, and its slight, another guitar crashes the party, allowing the drums to join in with a heavier hand, pushing the song into the dream pop perfection. It’s like indiepop slight of hand, and that’s not the only ace up the sleeve in this track…you’ll have to listen with a close early to catch some other nuanced moments, so go on and peel this pop banana back. The Long Now will be out on October 23 via Shelflife and Spinout Nuggets.

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