Bis - DAMEFRISØR - Daddy Long Legs - Bed Signs - Suzi Moon
Bis release single Shopping For Tattoos on Friday 17th February, following recent album Systems Music For Home Defence. Much like the rest of the LP, Shopping For Tattoos is characteristically infectious, described as "declamatory electro pop punk" by The Scotsman.
The album was released in November 2022 and the band define it as "born out of a wistful, slightly corrupted nostalgia for a simpler era that may or may not have existed at all". It is available on vinyl, CD and digital from Last Night From Glasgow.
Since their formation bis have continuously developed their sound, from their initial punk synth-pop roots to tracks crafted for sweaty nightclubs. Sci-Fi Steven, John Disco and Manda Rin first entered the scene in 1994 and were soon the first unsigned band to ever appear on Top of the Pops, playing their unmistakable Kandy Pop in 1996.
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DAMEFRISØR - The Grip.
Bristol-based ones to watch DAMEFRISØR have released new single "The Grip" the latest tase of the band's upcoming debut EP 'Island of Light - out 24th February via Permanent Creeps Records.
New EP 'Island of Light' was produced by Alex Greaves (Working Men's Club, bdrmm, Lice) and recorded at The Nave Studios in Leeds. The EP arrives ahead of upcoming dates with Lynks and VLURE, as well as a headline tour of their own in March with stops in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Portsmouth, Bristol and London.
Latest single "The Grip," perfectly encapsulates the essence of what DAMEFRISØR went out to achieve with their debut project; large industrial soundscapes – staying true to their roots in shoegaze, whilst elevating the arrangements with upbeat, dance and club-influenced elements. “We tried to give space to let the bass and percussion drive the song alongside the giant cavernous grinding lead line starting in the first chorus,” the band notes. “After that it was a case of finding guitar and synth phrases to contrast and compliment the driving forces without making things too muddy."
The band's drummer and "The Grip" lyricist Nyle Dowd added more insight into the track's meaning: “It’s a short story essentially about running away from things, that feeling of being trapped by your decisions or the decisions of others and being swallowed up by guilt. The paranoia that comes from something being fucked up in your life, it can be overwhelming…”.
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DADDY LONG LEGS, New York City's most diabolical Rhythm & Blues street gang, have shared their new track “Silver Satin” from their upcoming and eagerly anticipated new album Street Sermons, to be released on March 17th via Yep Roc Records. The group describes the track as an experience where “we take the listener on a trip through New York City’s underground rail system with a bottle in hand concealed by a brown paper bag. Lose yourself in a song dripping with tremolo and electric piano, but whatever you do, don’t fall asleep on the subway.”
The group previously released the track “Street Sermon” which sees the group beseeching their troubled congregation to “Work with one another/Not against each other” as the Brooklyn band evolve into a chain gang that sounds like they’re emanating through the cracks of a hot and sticky subway station.
The band's fourth studio album represents a wellspring of bottled-up feelings and emotions that need to be taken to the streets. Produced by Oakley Munson of the Black Lips at Old Soul Studios in Catskill, NY the band expands upon a sound that’s all their own and features guest appearances from Punk Rock legend Wreckless Eric providing backing vocals on "Nightmare" and "Silver Satin" and The Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian on "Ding-Ding Man," In dark times DADDY LONG LEGS continue to shine their light everywhere they go, leaving a piece of themselves on stage every night because it’s in them and it’s got to come out.
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Bed Signs - Tongue Shred.
The Charlotte, NC indie duo bed signs are back with “Tongue Shred,” the second single to be released from their upcoming album Silver Lining Breakdown.
“‘Tongue Shred’ came together so easily and naturally that we felt like we really had something once it was finished,” explains bed signs’ co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Chris Lonon. “‘Tongue Shred’ is the first song that we wrote in what I consider a ‘backward’ style. I had never written a song where the music did not come first and the melodies and lyrics last. This song is the total opposite. I wrote and arranged all the music around Casey’s melodies and lyrics that she sent to me in an iPhone voice memo. The emotional rawness of that original iPhone recording is so cool that it made it onto the final track, juxtaposed against the studio recording.”
“The video for ‘Tongue Shred’ was our first attempt at making a ‘live-action’ video,” adds Casey Livingston, the vocalist, and lyricist of bed signs. “The idea runs somewhat ancillary to the song. It’s based more on impressions of what the song means than what it actually means. ‘Tongue Shred’ is about a person on the verge of leaving their relationship at home and walking out that very night. What that really entails – leaving everything you know; your home, your spouse, maybe kids, your past, your identity; becoming a ghost in your own story. The idea was also that this is not necessarily a ‘bad’ or a ‘good’ thing – it just is – and every action has consequences and rewards. We shot it in just a few days and although it obviously doesn’t look like we spent millions on it, I’m proud of what we were able to accomplish.”
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Suzi Moon has just released a new video for the song "Any Other Way" which comes from her critically-acclaimed debut LP "Dumb & In Luv." The video was shot at one of Moon's recent shows in Pittsburgh and was directed by Dan Brenkert and edited by Moon herself.
Moon has drawn the attention of fans, journalists, and bands around the world. Upon its release, Goldmine Magazine hailed it as "one of the best albums this year" and John Gentile at Punk News called it his favorite album of the year.
Suzi has recently announced tours supporting The Queers and Agent Orange which will take her all across the United States through the entire spring and beginning of summer before she heads to Europe for festival appearances and other shows. With this endless touring, along with the massive success of her debut LP and 2 EPs, she is available for podcasts, features, and other press! Suzi has loads of availability for phone, email, and Zoom interviews before she heads out for months and months of touring.
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