Wednesday‘s MJ Lenderman has shared a new solo track titled ‘You Have Bought Yourself a Boat’. It’s the second offering from his upcoming album Boat Songs, which includes the previously released single and one of our Best New Songs, ‘Hangover Game’. Check it out below.
Boat Songs is slated for release on April 19 via Dear Life Records. It will follow Lenderman’s 2021 label debut, Ghost of Your Guitar Solo.
Melbourne power-pop group Romero have announced their debut album, Turn It On!, which lands on April 8 via Cool Death/Feel It Records. They’ve also unveiled the album’s title track, which follows the previously unveiled singles ‘Honey’, ‘Troublemaker’, and ‘Neapolitan’. Check out its Triana Hernandez-directed visual below, and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork and tracklist.
“I was watching a Debbie Harry [Blondie] documentary and one of the quotes was ‘she just gets on stage and she turns it on.’ As soon as I heard this I paused it and started writing,” singer Alanna Oliver explained in a statement. “The lyrics flowed effortlessly. It was such a simple idea to channel that inner power. When I sing this song I am now a woman who knows what she wants and how to get it.”
Of the video, Hernandez added: “[Turn It On] music video uses classic horror film techniques to create a visual world that’s both eye candy and visceral. It’s a playful representation of their live shows taking you into a fantasy world of shimmery disco and pop, whilst keeping the rock aspect alive on screen through the eyes of your classic uninterested pub punter at the gig. For me it was a pleasure to work with a band that has such minimal and elegant visual references, yet so rich and raw purely through its actual music and synergy on stage.”
Turn It On! Cover Artwork:
Turn It On! Tracklist:
1. Talk About It
2. Happy Hour
3. Honey
4. Crossing Lines
5. Turn It On!
6. Halfway Out The Door
7. Troublemaker
8. Petals
9. Neapolitan
10. White Dress
11. Things They Don’t Tell You
Death Cab For Cutie have shared their take on Yoko Ono’s ‘Waiting For The Sunrise’, which originally appeared on 1973’s Approximately Infinite Universe. The cover is taken from the upcoming tribute album Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono, which is imagined and curated by the band’s leader Ben Gibbard. Take a listen below.
Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono includes David Byrne and Yo La Tengo’s previously shared rendition of ‘Who Has Seen The Wind’ and Japanese Breakfast’s take on ‘Nobody Sees Me Like You Do’. Sharon Van Etten, Deerhoof, US Girls, Jay Som, Stephin Merritt (of Magnetic Fields), Thao, Sudan Archives, We Are KING, and Amber Coffman also feature on the LP, which arrives on February 18 via Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records.
Back in December 2020, Death Cab for Cutie shared The Georgia EP, featuring covers of songs by R.E.M., Neutral Milk Hotel, Cat Power, and more.
Ibibio Sound Machine have shared the latest single from their forthcoming album Electricity. Following ‘All That You Want’ and the title track, ‘Protection From Evil’ arrives with an accompanying video directed by Tiago Di Mauro. Check it out below.
“I’ve long been a huge fan of Ibibio Sound Machine, and their Afrofuturistic techno sound has resonated deeply in my native Brazil,” Di Mauro said in a statement. “When Max Grunhard from the band sent me the track and explained its commentary on the duality of conflict and discourse, it was important for me to communicate this within the video, especially considering the abstract lyrics. The look was inspired by Carmen Miranda’s ‘The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat’, but we wanted to put a contemporary spin on these mid–20th century soundstage performances and create an experience that conveys a similar sense of awe and scale but was as methodically chaotic as the track.”
Ibibio Sound Machine’s new LP, which was produced by Hot Chip, is scheduled for release on March 25 via Merge.
Hatchie has shared the title track from her upcoming sophomore LP Giving the World Away, which is set for release on April 22 via Secretly Canadian. The track follows previous entries ‘Quicksand’ and ‘This Enchanted’, both of which landed on our Best New Songs segment. Give it a listen below.
“Giving The World Away’ is about being gentle with yourself in the throes of depression,” Hatchie explained in a press release. “We made a simple lyric video with analogue effects to let the lyrics of the song speak for themselves.”
Beach House have today unveiled a new track from their upcoming album Once Twice Melody. The band has been rolling out the record in four individual installments, with the final one set to arrive along with the full LP on Friday (February 18) via Sub Pop. ‘Hurts to Love’ is one of five songs on the final chapter of Once Twice Melody, and you can listen to it below.
Sound on Sound, a new festival from the organizers of Governors Ball, has announced its inaugural lineup. Taking place September 24 – 25 on the bank of the Long Island Sound at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the festival will feature Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, the Lumineers, Stevie Nicks, Brandi Carlile, and the National, with Father John Misty, Ziggy Marley, Gary Clark Jr., Black Pumas, The Head and the Heart, Band of Horses, Spin Doctors, Jenny Lewis, Geese, and more also set to perform across two stages. Tickets go on sale on February 18 at 12:00 pm EST here. Check out the full lineup below.
Sound on Sound Festival 2022 Lineup:
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
The Lumineers
Stevie Nicks
Brandi Carlile
The National
Father John Misty
Black Pumas
Ziggy Marley
Gary Clark Jr.
The Head and the Heart
Caamp
Zach Bryan
Band of Horses
Jenny Lewis
Spin Doctors
Noah Kahan
Trampled by Turtles
Jade Bird
The Main Squeeze
Geese
Trousdale
The Cameroons
Drew Angus
TV Priest have released a new single called ‘One Easy Thing’. It arrives with a video directed by collaborator Joe Wheatley, who also helmed the band’s videos for ‘Decoration’ and ‘Press Gang’. Check it out below.
Talking about the new song, singer Charlie Drinkwater explained in a statement: “Writing ‘One Easy Thing’ was key to unlocking a more direct and personal approach to our songwriting. It’s about dealing with the small things of everyday life; the anxiety, pressures, and battles inside your own headspace – and not being afraid to show this in our songs.”
‘One Easy Thing’ will appear on TV Priest’s forthcoming LP, which is due on Sub Pop later this year and will follow their 2021 debut Uppers. Back in September, the band shared the single ‘Lifesize’, their contribution to Vol. 6 of the Sub Pop Singles Club.
West London 5-piece Chubby and the Gang have released a new EP, Labour of Love, which they describe as their Valentine’s Day record. It features three new songs, including lead single ‘Who Loves Ya (Coup d’état)’, which arrives with a video filmed and edited by the band’s tour manager, Ted Foster. Check it out and stream the EP below.
“We had the idea to do a Valentine’s Day single and I sort of wanted to show all the angles of love. Warts and all,” frontman Charlie Manning Walker said of ‘Who Loves Ya (Coup d’état)’ in a press release. “Quite often it’s not such a smooth experience. Can often feel scary and insane. So I wanted to write a bubblegum song about it but also show the duality of the emotion.”
Chubby and the Gang’s sophomore album, The Mutt’s Nuts, came out last year via Partisan.
Phoebe Bridgers has responded to the defamation filed against her by recording studio owner Chris Nelson. In a new filing, the singer-songwriter said that she stands by the statements she made in an October 2020 Instagram post. “I believe that the statements I made in my Instagram story are true,” Bridgers wrote in a sworn declaration filed Monday in Los Angeles. “My statements were made based on my personal knowledge, including statements I personally heard Mr. Nelson make, as well as my own observations. I continue to believe the statements that I made were true.”
Bridgers’ legal team filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike Nelson’s complaint, claiming that the lawsuit is “seeking to chill” her allegations of abusive conduct in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech.
In her original Instagram post, Bridgers voiced support for Emily Bannon, who used to date Nelson, writing: “I witnessed and can personally verify much of the abuse (grooming, stealing, violence) perpetuated by Chris Nelson, owner of a studio called Sound Space. For anyone who knows [Nelson], is considering working with him, or wants to know more, there is an articulate and mind-blowing account on @emilybannon’s page as a highlight. TRIGGER WARNING for basically everything triggering.”
Nelson sued Bridgers for defamation in September 2021, claiming Bridgers “intentionally used her high-profile public platform on Instagram to publish false and defamatory statements regarding [Nelson] in order to destroy his reputation.” He seeks $3.8 million in damages.
Last month, Los Angeles County Judge Gregory W. Alarcon dismissed another suit of Nelson’s against singer-songwriter Noël Wells. Nelson claimed Wells had made “false, defamatory, and misleading” comments when she allegedly warned Big Thief against working with him in July 2020, describing his behaviour as “incredibly predatory” in a private e-mail. Judge Alarcon ruled that Wells’ comments, made “in the advancement or assistance of the creation of music,” were protected by the First Amendment.
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