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Charli XCX to Release New Documentary About the Making of Her Quarantine Album

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Charli XCX to Release New Documentary About the Making of Her Quarantine Album

Charli XCX has announced a new documentary about the making of her quarantine album, how i’m feeling now. It’s called 6ft Apart and was directed by Bradley&Pablo, known for directing music videos for Harry Styles, Rosalía, Frank Ocean, and more. No release date has yet been revealed.

“It felt only natural to document myself making this album,” Charli told Variety. “I don’t think I’ve ever made music in such a unique situation: being so logistically far apart from my collaborators, but going through exactly the same thing, writing songs about my relationship with my boyfriend sitting in the next room, and being so connected to my fans in such an intense and creative way, it felt quite overwhelming and heartwarming all at the same time.

She added: “So I wanted to film it all. Why not add to the pressure of making an extremely personal album within a five-week timeline by putting a load of cameras in my face and zooming in on my personality and insecurities too??! You know???”

The official announcement also describes the documentary as depicting “how this project would become a cathartic lifeline for both Charli and her fans, called the ‘Angels’, and a welcome distraction for the wider music world” as well as “the profound power of music to inspire hope, bringing people together in a time where we are forced to be apart.”

how i’m feeling now, which landed on our Best Albums of 2020 (So Far) list, was released back in May. The album follows last year’s Charli.

Angel Olsen and Hand Habits Cover Tom Petty’s ‘Walls’: Watch

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Angel Olsen and Hand Habits Cover Tom Petty’s ‘Walls’: Watch

Angel Olsen and Hand Habits have shared a beautiful rendition of Tom Petty’s ‘Walls’ as part of Tuesday’s (July 14) Cosmic Stream 2 livestream event. Produced by Swing Left and Minneapolis’ First Avenue club, the ticketed event was broadcast from the Masonic Temple in Asheville, North Carolina on Tuesday (July 14). Check it out it below.

Back in March, Olsen shared a cover of Roxy Music’s ‘More Than This’, taken from their 1982 album Avalon. Her last album, All Mirrors, which landed on our Best Albums of 2019 list, was released in October. Earlier this year, she shared a remix of the title track by Chromatics’ Johnny Jewe.

Last year, Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy released two projects: their sophomore album placeholder and an EP called wildfire covers, which featured Olsen and four other artists covering their song ‘wildfire’.

Whitney Announce New Album Featuring Covers of David Byrne, Brian Eno, John Denver, and More

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Whitney Announce New Album Featuring Covers of David Byrne, Brian Eno, John Denver, and More

Whitney have announced a new covers album called Candid, due out August 14 via Secretly Canadian. The 10-track LP will feature covers of David Byrne and Brian Eno, John Denver, Kelela, Damien Jurado, and more. The indie rock band also shared their take on The Roches’ ‘Hammond Song’, which you can check out below.

Speaking of the album, drummer and singer Julian Ehrlich said in a statement: “This could’ve been as simple as saying we really love these songs and we love our bandmates and making a covers record just felt right but it truly became an exploration into how we can evolve as a band going forward.”

Candid also includes previously released covers of John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ featuring Waxahatchee, as well as SWV’s ‘Rain’.

According to Ehrlich, the band discovered The Roches’ 1979 tune through producer Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio), who “sent it to us years ago as a reference for recording when we were making the last Smith Westerns record.”

“It became a song that was always around for us and then we showed it to the rest of the band,” he continued. “This cover is the longest Whitney recording ever and pretty much everything you hear on it is totally live, save for the horns and the slide solo. For a five minute song, if you mess up one part you have to do the whole thing live all over again.”

Whitney’s last album, Forever Turned Around, was released in 2019.

Troye Sivan Announces Forthcoming EP, Shares New Single ‘Easy’

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Troye Sivan Announces Forthcoming EP, Shares New Single ‘Easy’

Troye Sivan has announced a new EP called In a Dream, set for release on August 21 via Capitol. Following 2018’s Bloom, the EP will include the newly released single ‘Easy’. Check it out below, along with the tracklist and cover art.

“A story that’s still unfolding, this small collection of songs explores an emotional rollercoaster period in my life when the feelings and thoughts were most shockingly fresh,” Sivan explained in a statement. “Revisiting these songs and moments is tough, but I’m proud of this music and excited to have it out in the world.”

A music video for ‘Easy’ will premiere on Sivan’s YouTube channel at midnight AEST on July 17 (3pm BST on July 16). The track was co-produced by Oscar Görres aka OzGo, who worked with Sivan on his previous single, ‘Take Yourself Home’, along with Leland, Tayla Parx.

In a Dream Cover Artwork:

In a Dream Tracklist: 

1. Take Yourself Home
2. Easy
3. could cry just thinkin about you
4. STUD
5. ranger teenager!
6. IN A DREAM

Nicolás Jaar Previews New Album ‘Telas’ in its “Liquid State”

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Nicolás Jaar Previews New Album ‘Telas’ in its “Liquid State”

Tomorrow, Nicolas Jaar is set to drop his third new album of 2020, Telas. Ahead of its release, the artist is previewing the album in its “liquid state”, as a press release puts it, through the interactive website Telas.Parts. Developed by Abeera Kamran and visual artist Somnath Bhatt, the site allows users to listen to different elements of the album as they navigate through hieroglyphic-like illustrations. Jaar also shared a preview of the website (best accessed through Chrome) in an Instagram post, which you can check out below.

The upcoming hour-long album, which was announced back in May, will be divided into four parts called Telahora, Telencima, Telahumo, and Telallás. Rather than just an album, a press release describes it as “a panspermic terrain where no matter — whether existing in thought, physical form or other — has a solid or unmovable origin.” It features contributions from cellist Milena Punzi, vocalist Susanna Gonzo, and instrument makers Anna Ippolito and Marzio Zorio, with mastering done by Heba Kadry. Telas will be released digitally via Jaar’s own Other People label, with physical copies handled by Mana Records.

The new album follows March’s Cenizas; back in February, Jaar shared his second LP as Against All Odds called 2017-2019.

The Manatees Release ‘Have It All’

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The Manatees Release ‘Have It All’

The Manatees, a highly-promising band out of Southampton, have released their newest energy-filled, ear-pleasing song Have It All. The song comes after band’s releases of Guilty Pleasure and Tongue Tied — both which were released earlier this year. It also marks a new, more direct path to songwriting while still maintaining the mood and sound which has been planted in their previous songs throughout their discography.

Writing about the song the band stated: “Have It All is about being so infatuated with someone that they could control your every move if they wanted too. We’ve been locked away writing the past couple of months, and this track represents a new direction for us”.

With the current gloomy climate surrounding all of us, there is only one prescription we can support and recommend, and that is Have It All by The Manatees.

Argonaut & Wasp Present New Single ‘Chops’

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Argonaut & Wasp Present New Single ‘Chops’

Argonaut & Wasp, an exciting project known for songs such as Composure and The Sneeze, have released their latest euphonious, full of terrific energy song Chops. The song follows up on the previous two singles which came out this year (We’re) Alive and TVS, both which share more mellow energy in comparison to Chops. With this song released, we are eager to see what is next for the impressive Argonaut & Wasp .

Writing about the song the band stated: “When we wrote this song we were listening to: David Bowie, Parcels, & Video Age. Its instrumentation focuses on a rhythmic guitar which holds the groove, opening up into a pulsating bass chorus with synth stabs. Lyrically we were exploring the ways in which desires change with time. To make sense of the world depends on your ability to make sense of yourself. This song is a meditation on desire, revealing how fickle some ideals can be as they are exposed to changes in perspective.”

You can stream Chops via Spotify.

Watch Hinds’ New Video for ‘Burn’

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Watch Hinds’ New Video for ‘Burn’

Spanish indie rock group Hinds have shared a new video for single ‘Burn’, taken from their latest studio album, The Prettiest Curse. Directed by Mariano Schoendorff, the visual was filmed remotely as the Spanish capital was slowly starting to ease out of lockdown. Check it out below.

“‘Burn’ is about inner strength, overcoming what’s ugly, making it yours and owning it,” the band said of the track in a statement. “This song is the rage you feel after you fall or when you fight against something that feels out of your hands. this song is about cleaning yourself of old habits, of vice and trauma before you stand up and keep fighting again. This song is about making your skin thicker so it doesn’t break that much. Cause as musicians, we work with our feelings. and that’s why it hurts so much to have to learn how to feel without a heart.”

The Prettiest Curse, the band’s third studio album, was released back in June. Read our four-star review here.

 

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Return with New Song ‘Honey’

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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Return with New Song ‘Honey’

Australian psych rockers King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are back with a new song called ‘Honey’, accompanied by a music video directed, edited, and photographed by John Angus Stewart. Recorded and mixed by frontman Stu Mackenzie and mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Joe Carra, the new track marks the first new material from the band in 2020. Check it out below.

“Shot at sunset during the apocalypse with a reeeeeeal long lens. I wrote this song a couple of years ago,” Mackenzie wrote on Twitter. “It’s nice to have it out in the world.”

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s last album was 2019’s metal-inspired Infest the Rats’ Nest, the second of two releases that year. Earlier this year, the band released three benefit live albums for Australian bushfire relief. Last month, they put out the documentary film RATTY, documenting the making of Infest The Rats’ Nest.

beabadoobee Details Debut Album ‘Fake It Flowers’, Shares New Track

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beabadoobee Details Debut Album ‘Fake It Flowers’, Shares New Track

Filipino-British artist beabadoobee has announced her debut album, Fake it Flowers, due later this year via Dirty Hit, home to artists such as Rina Sawayama, 404 Guild, the 1975, and more . The 20-year-old singer-songwrtier – real name Bea Kristi – has also shared the first taste from the new project, a driving indie pop tune titled ‘Care’. Below, check out the music video for the song, as well as the single’s artwork.

“This song has end-of-a-’90s movie vibes, like you’re driving down a highway,” Kristi said in a press release. “It is pretty much me being angry at society, or people around me who I just don’t think know me and don’t care. I don’t want you to feel fucking sorry for me. I just want you to understand what I’ve been through. I never expected to be making the first video from my album during a pandemic! I was so lucky to be locked down with the bedroom guys, it feels like it turned out as one of the most personal, real videos I’ve made. I’m so excited to share it!”

The new album follows last year’s Space Cadet EP, which contained the song ‘I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus’, a tribute to the titular Pavement frontman.

‘Care’ Artwork: 

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