Nashville-based art-pop trio Flesh Eater have released a new track, ‘komfortzone’, which features Fiona Apple. According to a press release, the collaboration came about after the band’s Zwil AR sent the song to film composer Zelda Hallman, who listened to it with Apple. Hallman quickly set up a session at Stanley Recordings, where John Would recorded Apple and multi-instrumentalist Sebastian Steinburg’s contributions, including vocals, piano, vibraphone, guitarron, and curio percussion. Listen below.
“To me, ‘komfortzone’ represents confronting fear,” Zwil AR explained in a statement. “The fear of being seen, of moving toward sharing what’s inside, meeting that where it is, seeing it, and saying, ok, this will be with me indefinitely; I’ve got to move past it.”
“Fear is natural, even healthy at times, but it’s not me,” they added. “It feeds off of what makes it grow, and in my experience, a lot of times I’m most fearful of doing what will help me grow. Feeding that fear, doing what makes me afraid, is not so scary anymore.”
‘komfortzone’ was mixed by Angel Marcloid, who helms the experimental project Fire-Toolz. “Flesh Eater is one of the best bands I’ve ever mixed for, and komfortzone is easily one of the coolest songs I’ve ever mixed!” Marcloid commented. “It’s the exact brand of demented experimental singalong that makes me excited to be sticking my fingers in other people’s music.”
Peggy Gou has signed to XL Recordings, marking the announcement with the new single ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’. It follows ‘I Go’, which came out in 2021. Take a listen below.
“There’s a feeling we all know but is hard to describe, that feeling of love, warmth and excitement when you’re surrounded by friends and loved ones and the energy speaks for itself,” Gou said in a statement. “It’s difficult to put into words but to me it goes ‘nanana!’”
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, the collaborative project of Ana Roxanne and DJ Python, have shared the title track of their upcoming self-titled LP, which arrives July 14 via Mexican Summer. Check out its accompanying visual below.
“This was one of my favorite songs to work on,” Roxanne said in a statement. “Brian came in with the melodic sample, and in my head I was hearing a jungle beat over it. We experimented and it came together really quickly, in a day or two. The vocals you hear are also the first idea and the first take. This track coming to fruition kind of revitalized us during the writing process and felt like a central pillar to the entire album. So, we decided to title it eponymously because of this energy behind it.”
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept will include the previously unveiled single ‘Sword’.
Vagabon, the project of Lætitia Tamko, has announced the follow-up to her 2019 self-titled album. It’s called Sorry I Haven’t Called, and it’s out September 15 via Nonesuch Records. Tamko co-produced the record with Rostam. It features the previously released single ‘Carpenter’, as well as a new track, ‘Can I Talk My Shit?’, which comes with a music video directed by Zac Dov Wiesel. Check it out below, and scroll down for the album’s cover art, tracklist, and Vagabon’s upcoming tour dates.
“This whole record is how I talk to my friends and how to talk to my lovers,” Tamko explained. “I think honesty and conversational songwriting can become poetry. There’s beauty in plainly speaking without metaphors and without flowery imagery.”
Sorry I Haven’t Called was made while Tamko was grappling with the loss of her best friend in 2021. “The things that I thought I cared about, I no longer cared about,” she said. “I had a realization that I need to make sure to feel everything that comes my way. There’s no linear path to grief, and everyone handles it differently, but uprooting my life just felt like exactly what I had to do. I needed a place to think and go through my discomfort privately but to also explore the newness and urgency I was feeling in my life.”
“This record feels like what I’ve been working towards,” Tamko added. “When I think of this album, I think of playfulness. It’s completely euphoric. It’s because things were dark that this record is so full of life and energy. It’s a reaction to what I was experiencing at the time, not a document of it.”
Sorry I Haven’t Called Cover Artwork:
Sorry I Haven’t Called Tracklist:
1. Can I Talk My Shit?
2. Carpenter
3. You Know How
4. Lexicon
5. Passing Me By
6. Autobahn
7. Nothing To Lose
8. It’s a Crisis
9. Do Your Worst
10. Interlude
11. Made Out With Your Best Friend
12. Anti-Fuck
Vagabon 2023 Tour Dates:
Jul 12 – New York City – Hudson Yards
Jul 22 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
Oct 20 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Oct 21 – Detroit, MI – El Club
Oct 22 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
Oct 26 – Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre
Oct 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Oct 28 – Hamden, CT – Set Space Ballroom
Oct 29 – Washington, DC – The Atlantis
Oct 31 – Barcelona, ES – Sala Apolo ^
Oct 2 – Lyon, FR – Le Transbordeur ^
Nov 3 – Milan, IT – Alcatraz ^
Nov 4 – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks ^
Nov 6 – Berlin, DE – Astra Kulturhaus ^
Nov 7 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg – Grote Zaal ^
Nov 8 – Paris, FR – Pitchfork Music Festival
Nov 9 – Antwerp, BE – De Roma ^
Nov 11 – Glasgow, UK – Old Fruitmarket ^
Nov 12 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy ^
Nov 13 – London, UK – Pitchfork Music Festival
Nov 14 – Nottingham, UK – Rock City ^
Dec 6 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Dec 8 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s
Dec 9 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Dec 10 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Dec 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
Bombay Bicycle Club are back with news of their sixth album, My Big Day, which will be released on October 20. The follow-up to 2020’s Everything Else Has Gone Wrong features appearances from Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, and Holly Humberstone, with a fifth “special guest” to be revealed later this summer. Vocalist/guitarist Jack Steadman produced the record at the Church Studios in North London, with additional production from Paul Epworth and mixing by Dave Fridmann. The title track is out today, alongside a video directed by Jon Higgs of Everything Everything and Kit Monteith. Check it out and find the LP’s cover art and tracklist below.
My Big Day Cover Artwork:
My Big Day Tracklist:
1. Just A Little More Time
2. I Want To Be Your Only Pet
3. Sleepless [feat. Jay Som]
4. My Big Day
5. Turn The World On
6. Meditate [feat. Nilüfer Yanya]
7. Rural Radio Predicts The Rapture
8. Heaven [feat. Damon Albarn]
9. Tekken 2
10. Diving [feat. Holly Humberstone]
11. Onward
twst is back with a new single called ‘Off-World’. Following April’s ‘Most Viewed’, the track comes paired with a music video co-directed with Sam Kinsella. Watch and listen below.
Speaking about the track and its accompanying visual, twst said:
Off-World resonates with a universal desire to give oneself completely, forging connections that transcend societal norms. The music video serves as a visual representation of the song’s themes, depicting a cyborg girl who descends upon Earth, yearning to break free from the confines of this world and find solace in another realm.
In this transcendent journey, “Off World” encapsulates the concept of liberation. The cyborg girl symbolises the struggle for personal freedom and self-expression, embodying twst’s own quest for authenticity. The lyrics vividly portray longing and transformation, urging listeners to break free from predetermined moulds and embrace the unknown. The chorus becomes an empowering anthem for those seeking to transcend their current state and embrace a new existence beyond societal boundaries.
Ahead of the release of their new album In Times New Roman… on Friday (June 16), Queens of the Stone Age have shared one more single from it. ‘Paper Machete’ follows previous offerings ‘Emotion Sickness’ and ‘Carnavoyeur’. Check it out below.
In an interview with Revolver published earlier this week, the band’s frontman Josh Homme revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. “I never say it can’t get any worse,” he said. “I never say that, and I wouldn’t advise it. But I do say it can get better. Cancer is just the cherry on top of an interesting time period, you know? I’m extremely thankful that I’ll get through this, and I’ll look back at this as something that’s fucked up — but will have made me better. I’m cool with that. There’s a lot of stuff I want to do. And there’s a lot of people I want to do that with.”
Spencer Zahn has announced a new album titledStatues I, which will be out on August 11 via Cascine. It’s the first chapter of a double LP, with the second half set for release in the fall. Along with the announcement, the Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist has shared the new single ‘Two Cranes’, which you can check out below.
Last year, Spencer Zahn collaborated with Dawn Richard for the album Pigments. More recently, he covered Harry Styles’ Harry’s House in full with Dave Harrington and Jeremy Gustin.
Slaughter Beach, Dog, the Philadelphia group led by Jake Ewald, have released a new song called ‘Strange Weather’. Featuring vocals from Erin Rae, the track arrives alongside the announcement of a run of fall US tour dates. Check it out below.
‘Strange Weather’ is about “doing your very best to disappear from yourself,” according to Ewald. “Hiromi Kawakami and Jason Molina live in here. I think Jia Tolentino, too. Trying to hold light in your hand. Certainly as a bad prank that unfolds across decades. Sometimes all I get is sha-la-la. Thanks to Erin Rae for lending us her amazing voice here – I remember listening to Putting On Airs in the van after a show some years ago and the whole tour melted away for a minute. An honor to finally share the mic with you, ER. If I saw the light, would I know?”
Last year, Slaughter Beach, Dog collaborated with Trace Mountains and Anika Pyle for the track ‘Just Like Me’.
Slaughter Beach, Dog 2023 Tour Dates:
Jul 27 – The Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT
Jul 28 – Newport Folk Fest – Newport, RI
Sep 27 – Manchester Academy 2 – Manchester, UK
Sep 28 – Leeds Irish Centre – Leeds, UK
Sep 29 – Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK
Sep 30 – Electric Brixton – London, UK
Oct 1 – SWX – Bristol, UK
Nov 5 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Nov 15 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
Nov 16 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Nov 17 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Nov 18 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
Knocked Loose have dropped two new songs, ‘Deep in the Willow’ and ‘Everything Is Quiet Now’. Following the band’s 2021 EP A Tear in the Fabric of Life, the Upon Loss singles are accompanied by a music video directed by Eric Richter and vocalist Bryan Garris. Watch and listen below.
“‘Deep in the Willow’ and ‘Everything is Quiet Now’ are a reminder that we are heavy, intense, and extreme,” Garris explained in a statement. “Some elements come and go, but those will never change. After ‘A Tear in the Fabric of Life’ we were inspired to see how much art we could incorporate moving forward – which led us to a style of video we’ve never attempted or approached. Taking myself specifically far outside of my comfort zone and pushing the boundaries on how I’ve been seen in the past was a creative experience I will never forget. This video wouldn’t be what it is without the collaboration with Eric Richter, someone we’ve admired for a while. And the songs wouldn’t be what they are without [producer] Drew Fulk, a new friend and creative ear in the entire process.”
