Coming off of a promising epnoymous EP release in 2012, Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture have thrown us the first single, “Pendulum” off of their upcoming debut full-length, “Moon Tides”.
This is definitely the most pronounced track we’ve heard from them, combining a striking, thick synth melody with their trademark mollifying tone.
The album is out on August 20th on Partisan Records and is now available for preorder. Listen to enchanting “Pendulums” here.
Colorado-based psychedelic pop outfit Candy Claws are set to release their fourth album, “Ceres & Calypso in The Deep Time”, on June 26 via twosyllable records. Going a bit quiet after their 2010 release “Hidden Lands”, the group has released their first single off of the album, “Transitional Bird (Clever Girl).”
Candy Claws have made their name by writing uniquely-terrestrial dream pop with often geographical subject matter. If this track is any indication, the group are continuing this trend, but with a circus-like spin into the magnificent.
Listen to the new single here.
Paris-based singer/multi-instrumentalist Melody’s Echo Chamber (Melody Prochet of My Bee’s Garden) has released the video for her new single, “Some TIme Alone, Alone” via Pitchfork.tv. The single comes off of her criminally-overlooked eponymous debut, produced by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker.
The video does visual justice to the libidinous guitar rhythm and vocal delivery as Prochet wanders about a nighttime carnival. Watch the video here and treat yourself to a sultry piece of dream-pop that will certainly prepare you for the coming summer heat.
New York-based folker Sam Amidon‘s new long player, “Bright Sunny South”, is now up for advanced listening on Pitchfork Advance. The perenially-overlooked Amidon’s upcoming release takes some off of the rough edges of his previous work, but this doesn’t come at the expense of his identity; this is still the same off-beat artist we’ve come to know.
There are several unforeseen turns throughout, but Amidon has found a buildup that makes for a deliciously pertinent release.
“Bright Sunny South” is available May 14 on Nonesuch Records.
Head to Pitchfork Advance to hear the album, or take a listen to “My Old Friend” from the record below.
Austin’s SPEAK are coming off of a solid debut record, but with the release of their new track, “Peaks“, we find the synth-pop outfit’s hooks in a belated rendezvous with their influences.
The clandestine harp echoes in the beginning make way to a layered track that combs through new wave guitar, early nineties R&B rhythms, and tight vocal harmonies. Both haunting and enrapturing, the second half of the song transforms these elements into what I can only describe as one of the most infatuating tracks around this year.
To call this impressive is an understatement. Stop what you’re doing.
