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Hinako Omori Announces New Album ‘stillness, softness…’, Unveils New Song ‘cyanotype memories’

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Hinako Omori Announces New Album ‘stillness, softness…’, Unveils New Song ‘cyanotype memories’

Hinako Omori has announced her new LP stillness, softness…, sharing the new single ‘cyanotype memories’ in tandem with the news. The follow-up to 2022’s a journey… is due for release October 27 through Houndstooth. Thomas Harrington Rawle and Cathal Mckeon directed the video for ‘cyanotpe memories’, which features contemporary dancer Chihiro Kawasaki. Check it out and find the album’s cover art (created by Emi Takahashi) and tracklist below.

‘cyanotype memories’ is “about reconnecting and returning to our inner stillness, and surrendering to the unknown,” according to Omori. “We ultimately don’t have control over how anything external might pan out, but when we trust our inner compass things seem to be revealed to us in the most beautiful and unexpected way.”

“I was also fascinated by the idea of cyanotype printing,” she continued. “The act of placing an object on paper, and exposing it to UV light – the longer the object is focused under the light, a stronger or more detailed image can form on the paper. I thought there was a similarity in focusing and redirecting our thoughts to create new neural pathways in our brains, with the repetition of these thoughts creating stronger paths.”

Of the accompanying visual, Harrington Rawle added: “I’ve worked with Hinako on her live visuals a few times and we wanted to further extend that world in collaboration with Chihiro Kawasaki. Hinako and I discussed the idea exploring silhouettes through dance and post processing FX, creating a void atmosphere that is revealed only through thin bolts of light – Chihiro improvised to the lights which were programmed live by Richard Brade.”

stillness, softness… includes the previously unveiled singles ‘foundation’ and ‘in full bloom’.

stillness, softness… Cover Artwork:

stillness, softness… Tracklist:

1. both directions ?
2. ember
3. stalactites
4. cyanotype memories
5. in limbo
6. epigraph…
7. foundation
8. in full bloom
9. a structure
10. astral
11. an ode to your heart
12. epilogue…
13. stillness, softness

Muncie Girls Break Up, Announce Farewell Tour

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Muncie Girls Break Up, Announce Farewell Tour

Muncie Girls have announced that they are calling it quits. The Exeter trio has also confirmed plans for a farewell tour, which includes shows in Brighton, London, Bristol, and Manchester. See the list of dates below.

“After nearly 13 years, a demo CD, a demo tape, three 12” EPs, three 7” singles, a 12” split record and two albums, we’re saying goodbye to our band Muncie Girls,” vocalist/guitarist Lande Hekt said in a statement, continuing:

We started this band when we were 17 and the biggest goal we could muster up was to release a 7” single. We ended up doing more things and going to more places than we could ever have imagined. We were lucky to be from a town with such a brilliant music scene and venue, the Cavern, and I remember how it felt to travel to so many cities and discover other scenes just like ours.

The community we found ourselves a part of was so special and really became our lives. If it weren’t for the kindness of total strangers putting on shows for us, feeding us and letting us stay at their houses, we would never have been able to do any of the things that we’ve done. We were even once temporarily adopted by a family in Texas when we went to play SXSW and they baked us cherry pie and drove us to our gigs. We were taken on a tour around Australia by complete strangers who became some of our best friends. We went to Japan after some strangers offered to book us a tour and we travelled around on trains and borrowed local bands’ gear, guitars, everything. We spent most of our time touring in mainland Europe where we made friends for life, playing in squats, venues, gardens, bunkers, wherever.”

I often heard stories of bands having to sleep in their vans or in parks or service stations. We always had somewhere to stay, no one ever let us sleep rough. I know we were incredibly lucky and we have our scene and our friends and fans to thank for that. We’ve relied so much on people’s kindness; I hope that we were always grateful enough.”

“We’ve decided to do a farewell tour and we hope that you’ll join us at a show. Muncie Girls will always be a massive part of our lives and we will each always play music, just in different projects now. Thank you everyone!

Muncie Girls’ debut album, From Caplan to Belsize, came out in 2016, and was followed in 2018 by Fixed Ideals. Hekt has since put out two solo records, 2021’s Going to Hell and last year’s House Without a View. Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Lande Hekt.

Muncie Girls 2023 Tour Dates:

Oct 30 – Brighton – Green Door Store
Nov 1 – Exeter Cavern
Nov 2 London Boston Music Room
Nov 7 – Bristol Exchange
Nov 8 – Manchester Gullivers

SebastiAn Teams Up With the xx’s Oliver Sim for New Song ‘Twin’

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SebastiAn Teams Up With the xx’s Oliver Sim for New Song ‘Twin’

SebastiAn has shared the new song ‘Twin’, a collaboration with the xx’s Oliver Sim. The song is featured on the soundtrack to Eduardo Salier’s new film Tropic, which is out in cinemas today. Listen below.

“The human encounter and the work with director Edouard Salier were one and the same for me,” SebastiAn said in a press release.” I felt a strong coherence between what drove him and what he did. We immediately agreed on cinematographic references and musical tastes, giving easy access to the intentions and musical direction we were going to give to the film. They were taken instinctively, as if they flowed from an inner logic.”

“The musical translation of what we could experience, from the subject to the general atmosphere all spoke to me,” he continued. “In this sense, the intersections between the synthetic elements (the coldness of technology, the dystopia, the severity of what life imposes on the characters), and the organic elements like strings (the human, the bonds and emotional twists to which the two brothers are subjected) crossed and formed a dialogue with the image that worked as well as the one we had with each other in life.”

Oliver Sim added: “My love for film has always felt closely linked to my love of music. Whenever I start a song I usually have a fictional movie playing in my head that I’m trying to soundtrack. So being asked to work on a song with Sebastian for a real film felt like an exciting challenge. Tropic is a beautiful film that speaks to so many of the things I love and feel connect to. Science Fiction, family, love, beautiful boys and a vulnerable monster. So writing for this pre existing story with its themes, characters, beautiful imagery and the incredible soundscape Sebastian had created. It both came easy and was a genuine pleasure.”

Last month, SebastiAn teamed up with London Grammar for the track ‘Dancing by Night’. Oliver Sim’s debut solo LP, Hideous Bastard, came out last year.

The Heong Gallery to Host a Solo Exhibition by Soheila Sokhanvari

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The Heong Gallery to Host a Solo Exhibition by Soheila Sokhanvari

The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge, will host a superb solo exhibition by Soheila Sokhanvari. The exhibition “We Could Be Heroes…” comes from the famous David Bowie song from 1977. The song resonates with Soheila Sokhanvari’s relationship with Iran, where she was separated from all she knew by the 1979 Islamic Revolution. As the lovers search for each other across a dangerous border, Sokhanvari resurrects icons and personal memories on the verge of being erased from Iran before 1979.

A multidisciplinary artist born in Iran, Soheila Sokhanvari weaves layers of political histories with bizarre, mysterious, and often humorous narratives that viewers are asked to complete. As a studio artist at Wysing Arts Centre (since 2013), Okhanvari has a BA in Art History and Fine Arts from Anglia Ruskin University, a postgraduate diploma in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design and an MFA from Goldsmiths College. In addition to receiving the Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship at the British School at Rome (October-December 2018), she has exhibited extensively throughout the Middle East and Europe.

The exhibition will run from the 5th of October, 2023, until the 4th of February, 2024, at The Heong Gallery in Cambridge.

Sarah Morrison Announces New Album ‘Attachment Figure’, Unveils New Single

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Sarah Morrison Announces New Album ‘Attachment Figure’, Unveils New Single

Tallahassee-based singer-songwriter Sarah Morrison has announced her debut studio LP, Attachment Figure, which is out October 13 on Ramp Local. The LP was co-produced with Ross Brand and Clayton Rychlik, who are longtime members of Locate S,1 and of Montreal’s backing bands. Lead single ‘Gray Apples’ comes with a video directed by Morrison and Chris Cameron, which you can check out below.

“I wrote this during a week I had off between jobs in October 2021,” Morrison said of ‘Gray Apples’ in a statement. “I spent a lot of that time walking and thinking about employment, purpose, inadequacy… and as my walks took me to cemeteries it finally sort of occurred to me I was having these very mortal thoughts while sometimes standing on someone’s grave. The song started as an effort to figure out what wisdom a person learns through the experience of death, but ends up reckoning with what’s probably true, that it’s a whole lot of confusion and rot above as well as below the veil of life and death.”

Attachment Figure Cover Artwork:

Attachment Figure Tracklist:

1. Via Negativa
2. This Sorry Day
3. To Kill a Buzzard
4. Mango
5. Attachment Figure
6. Gray Apples
7. Fear is the Mistake
8. Knowing Thyselves
9. La Pascualita
10. A Fortune

Drop Nineteens Announce First New Album in 30 Years, Release New Single

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Drop Nineteens Announce First New Album in 30 Years, Release New Single

Boston shoegaze legends Drop Nineteens have returned from a 30-year hiatus with a new single, ‘Scapa Flow’, which leads their upcoming album Hard Light. The band’s first LP since 1993’s National Coma features the original lineup of Greg Ackell, Steve Zimmerman, Paula Kelley, Motohiro Yasue, and Peter Koeplin. It’s due out November 3 via Wharf Cat Records. The band will also be touring this fall with support from Horse Jumper of Love, Greg Mendez, and Winter. Check out ‘Scapa Flow’ along with the album cover, tracklist, and the list of dates below.

“The intent on Delaware was to reflect that time in our lives, which I think it did accurately,” Ackell said in a press release. “Having considered Delaware before embarking on Hard Light, we wanted to make an honest, reflective album representing who we are now, which is, well, older.”

He continued: “I’ve been struggling to find an answer to the question ‘why now?’ What was the catalyst for getting back together after so long? The best answer I can come up with is this was the first moment in my life since stopping making music that I got curious to hear what Drop Nineteens might sound like now. And there was only one way to find out!”

Hard Light Cover Artwork:

Hard Light Tracklist:

1. Hard Light
2. Scapa Flow
3. Gal
4. Tarantula
5. The Price Was High
6. Rose With Smoke
7. A Hitch
8. Lookout
9. Another One Another
10. Policeman Getting Lost
11. T

Drop Nineteens 2023 Tour Dates:

Oct 10 – The Atlantis (Washington DC) with Greg Mendez
Octr 11 – Union Transfer (Philadelphia PA) with Horse Jumper Of Love
Oct 12 – The Paradise (Boston MA) with Greg Mendez
Oct 13 – Warsaw (Brooklyn NY) with Greg Mendez
Oct 19 – The Belasco (Los Angeles CA) with Winter
Oct 22 – The New Parish (Oakland CA) with Winter

SPELLLING Unveils New Single ‘Hard to Please (Reprise)’

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SPELLLING Unveils New Single ‘Hard to Please (Reprise)’

SPELLLING, the project of Chrystia Cabral, has unveiled a new single called ‘Hard to Please (Reprise)’. It’s lifted from her forthcoming album SPELLLING & the Mystery School, which features re-imaginations of songs from the artist’s discography, including the previously released ‘Cherry’ and ‘Under the Sun’. ‘Hard to Please’ originally appeared on SPELLING’s 2019 record Mazy Fly. Check out the new version below.

Mary Lattimore Announces New Album ‘Goodbye, Hotel Arkada’, Shares New Song

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Mary Lattimore Announces New Album ‘Goodbye, Hotel Arkada’, Shares New Song

Mary Lattimore has announced a new album, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, which is set to arrive October 6 via Ghostly. To accompany the news, the American harpist and composer has shared a video for the lead single ‘And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me’, which features Meg Baird and Walt McClements. Check it out and find the LP’s cover artwork and tracklist below.

The new album takes its name from a hotel on the island of Hvar in Croatia. “There’s a big old hotel there called the Hotel Arkada, and you could tell it had been hosting holiday-goers for decades in a great way,” Lattimore explained in a press release. “I walked around the lobby and the empty ballrooms and it looked like a well-worn, well-loved place. My friend Stacey who lives there told me to ‘say goodbye to Hotel Arkada, it might not be here when you get back’ and I heard soon after that it was actually going to be renovated in a very crisp, modern way.”

Goodbye, Hotel Arkada also features contributions from Lol Tolhurst of the Cure, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, Roy Montgomery, and Samara Lubelski. Lattimore added, “When I think of these songs, I think about fading flowers in vases, melted candles, getting older, being on tour and having things change while you’re away, not realizing how ephemeral experiences are until they don’t happen anymore, fear for a planet we’re losing because of greed, an ode to art and music that’s really shaped your life that can transport you back in time, longing to maintain sensitivity and to not sink into hollow despondency.”

Last year, Lattimore released West Kensington, a collaborative LP with Paul Sukeena.

Goodbye, Hotel Arkada Cover Artwork:

Goodbye, Hotel Arkada Tracklist:

1. And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me [feat. Meg Baird and Walt McClements]
2. Arrivederci [feat. Lol Tolhurst]
3. Blender in a Blender [feat. Roy Montgomery]
4. Music for Applying Shimmering Eye Shadow
5. Horses, Glossy on the Hill
6. Yesterday’s Parties [feat. Rachel Goswell and Samara Lubelski]

Armand Hammer Announce New Album, Enlist Pink Siifu for New Song

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Armand Hammer Announce New Album, Enlist Pink Siifu for New Song

Armand Hammer – the duo of NYC rappers billy woods and Elucid – have announced their new album, We Buy Diabetic Test Strips. It arrives September 29 via Fat Possum. Today’s announcement comes with the release of lead single ‘Trauma Mic’, which features Pink Siifu and was produced by DJ Haram. Check out a video for it, directed by Tim Blake Nelson and his son Henry Nelson, below, and scroll down for the album tracklist and Armand Hammer’s upcoming tour dates.

“It’s one of those joints where everything really fell into place to create this visceral song that just snowballs, except instead of snow it’s a neodymium magnet cascading down a mountain of discarded pig iron,” Armand Hammer said of ‘Trauma Mic’ in a statement.

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, which follows 2021’s the Alchemist-produced Haram, features production from JPEGMAFIA, EL-P, Kenny Segal, DJ Haram, Black Noi$e, Preservation, August Fanon, Steel Tipped Dove, Child Actor, and Sebb Bash, as well as guest appearances from Pink Siifu, Moor Mother, Curly Castro, Junglepussy, Soul Glo’s Moneynicca, and Cavalier.

Commenting on the process behind the album, Eludic said: “This sort of reverse engineering of talented players who met for the first time in the studio jamming to pre-recorded beats before splintering off into new directions. Being in the room quietly watching 4 people fumble around each other’s sonic worlds before finally locking into a solid groove was a clear and obvious magical moment for me.”

Earlier this year, billy woods teamed up with Kenny Segal for the collaborative LP Maps.

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Tracklist:

1. Landlines
2. Woke Up and Asked Siri How I’m Gonna Die
3. The Flexible Unreliability of Time And Memory
4. When It Doesn’t Start With a Kiss
5. I Keep A Mirror in My Pocket [feat. Cavalier]
6. Trauma Mic [feat. Pink Siifu]
7. Niggardly (Blocked Call)
8. The God’s Must Be Crazy
9. Y’all Can’t Stand Right Here [ft. Junglepussy & Moneynicca (Soul Glo’s Pierce Jordan)]
10. Total Recall
11. Empire Blvd [feat. Junglepussy & Curly Castro]
12. Don’t Lose Your Job [feat. Pink Siifu & Moor Mother]
13. Supermooned
14. Switchboard
15. The Key Is Under the Mat

Armand Hammer 2023 Tour Dates:

Aug 5 Brooklyn, NY – Public Records Nursery Pop Up
Oct 1 Kingston, NY – Tubby’s
Oct 6 Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
Oct 8 Seattle, WA – Neumos
Oct 9 Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
Oct11 Oakland, CA – The New Parish
Oct12 Los Angeles, CA – The Echoplex
Oct13 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Oct 29 Austin, TX – Levitation Festival
Nov 2 Manchester, England – Canvas
Nov 4 London, England – Earth Hall
Nov 5 Berlin, Germany – Pitchfork Festival
Nov 7 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace
Nov 9 Paris, France – Point Ephemere
Nov 10 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique Rotonde
Nov 11 Utrecht, Netherlands – Le Guess Who? Holland Festival
Nov 14 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paridiso Noord
Nov 16 New York City, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Nov 17 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Nov 18 Washington, D.C. – Union Stage
Nov 30 Somerville, MA – Crystal Ballroom
Dec 1 Easthampton, MA – Daily Operation
Jan 20 Montreal, Québec – Bar Le Ritz PDB
Jan 22 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
Jan 24 Ferndale, MI – The Magic Bag
Jan 25 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Jan 27 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Feb 24 Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5
Feb 26 Orlando, FL – The Social

CHAI Share Video for New Song ‘Neo Kawaii, K?’

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CHAI Share Video for New Song ‘Neo Kawaii, K?’

CHAI have shared a new single from their upcoming self-titled album, ‘Neo Kawaii, K?’. The track arrives with an accompanying video directed by Chiharu Shimura. Check it out below.

CHAI’s Mana said in a statement about the song: “Everyone is NEO KAWAII! This is CHAI’s answer, this is a fact in this world! We can finally say what it really means to us♡ Everyone’s a bit weird. Everyone’s different. Everyone’s awkward, almost to a point that it’s hard to relate. But that’s what’s interesting! That’s what makes it beautiful. To everyone who’s pushed around by these notions, we want to tell you this! We, and all of our lives, are NEO KAWAII! NEO KAWAII is not just plain KAWAII (cute)- it’s cool, it’s strong, it’s kind, it’s warm! Don’t get it mixed up♡ Hey! NEO KAWAII people! NEO KAWAII needs no preparation. We just want to say that you’re NEO KAWAII too, K? ♡?”

CHAI, the follow-up to the group’s 2021 LP WINK, is due for release September 22 via Sub Pop. They’ve already previewed it with the tracks ‘Para Para’ and ‘We the Female!’.

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