We recently featured a couple of songs from the new 'People Are Idiots' album by Paul Mosley and the Red Meat Orchestra and now we have a video for another track from this very good collection entitled 'The 1970's.' === Angus Munro impresses in a big way with the acoustic Piano Version of 'Equaliza' where his vocals are simply stunning. === CHICKN made their first appearance here around three months ago and return with a video for 'She'll Be Apples' where the Athens five piece band share a gorgeous psych rocker. ===The Hanging Stars have released a video for '(I've Seen) The Summer in Her Eyes'. The song is described as "two and a half minutes of garage pastoralism", which pretty much nails it!
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Paul Mosley and the Red Meat Orchestra - The 1970's.
A new video by Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra for The 1970's has just been unveiled..
The track features Rough Trade Records artist and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Josienne Clarke on backing vocals.
It comes from Mosley’s new album ‘You’re Going To Die!’ (out now) which is an album about grief yet filtered through a kaleidoscopic beautiful theatrical pop writing lens.
Shot by Alec Bowman, the video re-enacts the family drives Paul used to go on as a child in the 1970’s. The track reminds me slightly of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds with a Martyn P. Casey-esque bass motif and wistful spooky synths driving things forward.
“Equaliza" - The stunning third single release by Angus Munro, out on Counsellor Records 8th November 2019. “This is therapy rock!” Wrote Gavin Docherty in the Scottish Daily Express. He was reviewing the track “Equaliza” on Angus Munro’s debut EP “Mirror Man”, now the third single release by the Scottish based chamber pop-stair. Gavin adds “but a haunting new ballad about Citalopram - one of the most prescribed uppers in the United States with more than 26 million prescriptions - has got to be a first. The singer-songwriter is Angus Munro, 31, a breaking indie balladeer …!”.
Like many other young people dealing with mental health issues Angus spoke of his experience - When I was diagnosed with severe depression by my therapist, I was given a list of tasks and roles to tackle in order to overcome it. Exercises, repetitive writing analysis and meditation alongside many others were a chore to undertake. I would get more frustrated with the lack of results I seemed to not be generating. Around this time, I was also going through a rough break up of a relationship.
It was only when I was prescribed antidepressants that I felt myself balance out and see things more clearly. This was a revelation to me and a real turning point on the road to good mental health. However, taking a pill for a toxic relationship was something that remained a fantasy. Likening my dependency for medication to that of being with the person I felt I needed the most led to Equaliza being formed. A tragic love-song lamenting the necessity of antidepressants to that of the need to be with the person I loved.
Equaliza, to me is one of my most personal songs and despite the difficult time-period in which it was written, it remains a time-capsule of the man I once was, and a reminder of how far you have come. Upcoming gig: 15th November 2019: Tooth & Claw, Inverness.
CHICKN have made a video for "She'll Be Apples", from their recently released new album, Bel Esprit. Shot in Athens and it was directed by Alex Brack. "She'll Be Apples" is a psychedelic tinged pop tune that surfaces with shoeagaze attentions, while disguised by the waters of love and ambiguities that ooze from the depths.
Athens-based five-piece CHICKN follows up to last year's WOWSERS sees the Greek outfit exploring a variety of different styles. From art-rock to synth-pop and beyond, Bel Esprit will generously provide you with all the touchy – feeliness you'll ever need. Formed back in 2012, the band started gigging extensively without any discography, media coverage or particular reason building a strong word of mouth among the city's live audience.
Consisting of Angelos Krallis, Pantelis Karasevdas, Chris Bkrs, Axios Zafeirakos, and Don Stavrinos, their music is made up of improvisation, and as well as their tendency to embrace the unexpected. They have developed a large body of artists that they work with and as a result their liquid line-up gets temporarily solidified by their current expressive needs.
There is so much to digest in this album. It's lush, chaotic and colourful. Bel Esprit is a nine track album which contains an equal amount of gender-bender acid pop nuggets. Weird accessible yet complex and challenging. Get ready to dive into the wonderfully absurdist world of CHICKN!
The Hanging Stars - (I've Seen) The Summer in Her Eyes.
The Hanging Stars are delighted to announce their new album A New Kind Of Sky, due out on 21 February 2020. The first single, “(I’ve Seen) The Summer in Her Eyes” was released yesterday. The song is about lost love and self doubt channeled through two and a half minutes of garage pastoralism. The track is summed up by one of the last lines; “here grew a flower out of a ground made out of stone. Its petals were scattered. Out on the breeze they die.” The song was written by the band’s bass player Sam Ferman and is the first time he has lent lead vocals to a Hanging Stars single.
A New Kind Of Sky is the band’s third studio album and was mostly recorded live at Echozoo in Eastbourne with Dave Lynch. Carrying on their exploration of transatlantic psychedelic folk and cosmic country, the new material blends twelve-string, harmony-laden lullabies with soft rock anthems to create a kaleidoscopic poncho for these times.
The Hanging Stars comprise songwriter, singer and guitarist Richard Olson Sam Ferman on bass, Paulie Cobra on drums, Patrick Ralla on guitars, keys and vocals, and renowned pedal steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte.
The Hanging Stars released their debut album Over the Silvery Lake in 2016, which received plaudits from broadsheets such as The Times and The Guardian. They picked up a good amount of support at 6 Music and “The House on the Hill” scored a much-coveted 10/10 by John Robb on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable. Their second album Songs For Somewhere Else in 2017 to critical acclaim from the likes of Uncut (Revelations article), Shindig (several features and 4* review) as well as The Quietus and The Line Of Best Fit, plus radio support from Gideon Coe and Bob Harris (they performed an Under the Apple Tree Session for Bob Harris in January 2019).
Whilst playing their own successful sold-out headline dates, the band have also been invited to share the stage with Teenage Fanclub, The Clientele, Wolf People, The Long Ryders and GospelbeacH, as well as playing festivals such as Liverpool’s International Festival of Psychedelia, Red Rooster, Ramblin' Roots, UK Americana Festival and The Long Road Home.
A New Kind Of Sky is the sound of a band who have found their voice. Eclectic yet cohesive, expansive yet intimate, universal yet personal, the ten-songs shimmer with brilliance and furthers The Hanging Stars’ shining legacy.
Winola Oak has just released her new single 'Let Me Know'. Accompanied by a video the new song follows on from the exceptional track 'Break My Broken Heart' a tough act to follow but Winola delivers a different and faster paced piece, that nonetheless gorgeous.
Released yesterday we have a really cool music video from Kim Bingham for 'Beppe Green'. The song is upbeat, fast flowing and melodic indie pop/rock, that's very catchy.
Rina Mushonga returns for a fourth time on Beehive Candy with the brand new track 'Cassiopeia'. Last time we stated that "Rina Mushonga continues to consistently impress us with her distinctive and charismatic music." Well, she has done it again and in a very creative manner.
From Jesse Marchant we have 'I've Got Friends' accompanied by an in the studio video. The song is a gentle predominately acoustic affair from this very talented indie folk artist.
We featured Piney Gir a couple of times last year and with a new album due next month she returns with a a fabulous duet 'Variety Show' featuring Sweet Baboo. A refined and melodic song, it's full of hooks and the musical arrangement is perfect for the style and feeling of the piece.
Finally today and back for a fourth feature we have Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra and another track from the new album ‘You’re Going To Die!’ this song being entitled 'Because I Did Not Die Today'. Once again the originality and distinct musical style of Paul Mosley is notable, the band (or should I say Orchestra) are rich and so well arranged, this act really are worth checking out further.
Yesterday, Winona Oak released lovestruck, mesmerizing new single “Let Me Know” via Neon Gold / Atlantic Records. “Let Me Know” springs to life from the outset, soaring on bursts of rhythm and emotion and an anthemic chorus that explores the passion and insecurity of new love. For the stunning video, the Swedish born, LA based artist once again collaborated with director Andreas Öhman, following a diverse range of couples throughout Sweden’s cities and idyllic countryside, while chronicling the ups and downs of young love.
Born and raised in the Nordic forests of Sweden on a small crop of land called Sollerön - known as the Island of the Sun - Winona Oak is every bit as enchanting as her origin story. With a childhood spent encountering more animals than people, she grew up a trained horse acrobat and pursued creative expression however she could, writing poetry and songs from a young age. Born into a musical family, Winona sang throughout her youth and began playing violin at 5 years old and piano at 9 years.
After moving to Stockholm to pursue her passion for music, a leap of faith to attend Neon Gold Records’ writing retreat in the Nicaraguan jungle in 2017 led her to Australian electronic maestro What So Not. She would go on to co-write his next two singles "Better" and "Stuck In Orbit", eventually stepping into the spotlight as both the writer and featured artist on his 2018 single "Beautiful", which took home the 2019 AIR Award for Best Independent Dance Single at the Australian Independent Music Awards.
Last year, Winona Oak covered “Don’t Save Me” from fellow Neon Gold Records signees HAIM for the label’s 10 year anniversary compilation: NGX: Ten Years of Neon Gold. The minimal production allows Winona Oak’s ethereal voice to shine through, slower than the original and drenched in ethereal melancholy. Now signed to Neon Gold / Atlantic Records, she closed out 2018 collaborating with The Chainsmokers on their viral hit single “Hope”, co-written by Winona and featuring her stunning lead vocals with over 350 million streams globally. Debut single “He Don’t Love Me” has been a runaway success, amassing 10 million streams across all platforms to date, and sophomore single “Break My Broken Heart” is off to a similar start, hitting 1 million views for the video in just its first week online.
Kim Bingham is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and composer. She began her career as front-woman of the Montreal third wave ska band Me Mom and Morgentaler, and started her solo career in 1994 as Mudgirl. She released her debut album in 1996, and shortly after reformed as The Kim Band.
Kim has released solo albums and singles in both French and English, and her 2012 album Up! was recorded with Canadian co-producer John Kastner. The video for the song "Up!" was a winner for Best Short Form Video at the 2013 Independent Music Awards.
Kim Bingham was also a guitarist and backing vocalist for David Usher and Nelly Furtado. Her collaboration with Bran Van 3000 is still active. She has worked with the collective for the albums "Rosé" and "The Garden" and on live shows from 2008-2010.
Bingham wrote the score for the TV show Les Invincibles, and in 2007 was nominated for Best Original Score at Québec's Prix Gémeaux television awards, where she won Best Theme Song. She continues to act as president of the independent label Mudgirl Music Group.
Having released her second album In A Galaxy earlier this year, the London-based Dutch-Zimbabwean pop innovator Rina Mushonga today shares brand new track, Cassiopeia.
Some four years in the making In A Galaxy draws heavily upon Mushonga’s global transience whilst latterly empowered by a self-confessed year of transformation – a myriad of ideas, personal experiences and reflection, both on a creative and human level transforms the minutiae of ordinary lives into a collection intelligent, relevant and diverse pop.
Although a new track, the origins of Cassiopeia have been around since those mad US elections in 2016. As she explains; “It sort of came up as a response to the infuriating, eye-roll inducing nonsense of it all and I eventually recorded and produced this in Amsterdam at my pal’s Sebastiaan Dutilh’s studio.” Going on to give some context she continues; “I think at the core this song is about resistance, about an army of 'nasty women' rising up. In my head the song kind of plays out like a heist movie with these bad-ass female assassins fighting the patriarchy and re-adjusting the status quo.”
Alluding to the track’s title and in her own inimitable style she says; “In mythology Cassiopeia is an Ethiopian queen who'll tell anyone who's listening that she's basically the hottest woman alive. This kind of self- love and confidence in a woman is often portrayed as contemptible. But Cassiopeia gives zero fks about what people think and I guess I used that as a jump off point to address patriarchal institutions and machinations and how they all better watch out --- Cassiopeia's comin' for ya."
Jesse Marchant released a new video for track I’ve Got Friends from fourth studio album Illusion of Love filmed live at Dreamland Studio, NY.
Marchant’s fourth studio album Illusion Of Love is the sound of awakening and emergence, from crises both personal and political. Its a farewell to isolation, ushering in an album full of indie-folk-rock anthems.
Jesse has completed numerous headline tours of the US and Canada, whilst performing high profile support slots for the likes of Mercury Prize-winning group Alt-J, Other Lives, Nathaniel Ratecliff, Sondre Lerche, Rogue Wave, Cloud Cult, Heartless Bastards, Local Natives, AA Bondy, Damien Jurado, and many more. Marchant's songs have also featured on several Emmy Award-winning shows including Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, Shameless, The Blacklist, Eyewitness, and Bones.
Jesse also produced several of his own music videos, including two live in studio video albums and a trilogy starring Christopher Abbott and Amanda Seyfried. In 2018 Marchant produced the Official Video for Sister, I, directed by Brady Corbet, winner of 2 Golden Lions at the Venice film festival.
Piney Gir shares the new single “Variety Show" featuring Sweet Baboo. The track is taken from the forthcoming album You Are Here, due out on 1 November. She also kicks off a solo tour with Fiona Bevan and Samatha Whates this week, with more shows to be confirmed. The full band show with Spearmint on 14th November will feature drummer Barny Rockford from The Auteurs.
“Variety Show” is a synth-led duet with Moshi Moshi pop darling Sweet Baboo featured on vocals and saxophone. Piney has always had an interest in analog synths since her first band Vic Twenty (released a single on Mute and toured with Erasure) and so this song captures a Stranger-Things-inspired synth world with an 80’s-style sax solo worthy of the Top Gun soundtrack or the ethereal thrall of Twin Peaks. In this ballad Piney and Sweet Baboo metaphorically say will you love me for my flaws aiming for their happy ever after. It is a kind of anti-romantic ballad, boy meets girl, girl and boy fall in love, girl and boy rattle around in confusing, wishy-washy relationship wondering when the limbo will end, neither one of them knowing where they stand with the other. Boy sings tender words to girl, girl sings tender words to boy and the conclusion is simply to live happy-ever-after; if you read between the lines it says, "love me for my flaws."
Known for her eclectic style from alt-country to folktronica to 60s retro pop, for You Are Here Piney Gir explores a more art-pop path with more spikes and spaces. It echoes the darkness on the record, which was the result of a very tough year for her and the songs summarise her journey with loss, betrayal and disheartenment at the state of the world. Piney wrote a record about this collective experience, both broadly relatable and intimately personal. There are still echoes of the signature Piney sound, with strong melodies, tuneful riffs and lyrics that sound sweet at first listen and evolve to a kind of dark & twisted storytelling. Piney’s inner Laura Palmer emerges here with a tender bitter-sweetness, reminiscent of post punk basement bars and cherry martinis.
For the past three years she has been a singer in Gaz Coombes’ band and had the privilege of supporting him on tour around the UK, Europe and America, she also toured with Ride and sang with Noel Gallagher on tour and on his forthcoming singles.
Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra - Because I Did Not Die Today.
Riding high after his ground breaking folk opera ‘The Butcher’ Mosley’s plans for the follow up faltered when his personal life unexpectedly had to take priority for a year. Now he returns with his most personal and striking album to date - and what could have been a dour and contemplative album is a life affirming kaleidoscope of beauty and joy!
‘You’re Going To Die!’ is about grief and what comes after that. 11 songs, 40 minutes, no bull. All urgent, vital and full of life. The songs you write once in a lifetime when only the truth will do. Check out ‘People Are Idiots’. Mosley’s composer credentials (and - let’s be honest - love of Nina Simone) marry with his gift for snappy hooks to keep the 11/8 time signature swinging as the junk percussion, sci-fi synths and pizzicato strings buoy up the all-star singers of the Red Meat Orchestra’s call-and-response backing vocals. It should be a weird mess but it’s an absolute banger.
Or the hypnotic repeated string refrain of ‘Couldn’t Love you More’ which musically doffs its cap to avant-garde minimalist composer Julius Eastman but adds a perfect Mosley pop song about returning to the small town where you were a lonely kid. All heart and swooping chorus it’s both joyous and melancholy at the same time.
Mosley utilizes his Red Meat Orchestra (a 16 piece mixture of bluesy bar band, baroque strings ’n’ woodwinds and found junk percussion) with a sparing intelligence reflecting his development as an in demand theatre composer. (He is currently creating the score for Little Angel Theatre’s new adaptation of Julia ‘The Gruffalo’ Donaldson’s ‘The Owl and The Pussycat’ opening November 2019)
He gives the guest singers room to shine too. SXSW New Folk Award winner Jack Harris testifies on bike-wheel led groove ‘Judge Mosley Presiding’, while Rough Trade’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Josienne Clarke and ex Mediaeval Baebe Esther Dee add celestial harmonies to the retro synths of night-driving nostalgia anthem ‘The 1970s’.
They are joined by Red Meat regulars Catherine Earnshaw and Darren Allford for gang vocal duties on the title track’s twisted tango which Mosley says he wrote after a previous theatre review described him as ‘The Muppets meet Tom Waits’ adding ‘I didn’t think it was quite true before and I really wanted to live up to that!’ Bangers aside, with grief as the theme perhaps it’s inevitable that the album’s two most melancholy songs hit hardest…
’A Week Of Rain’ (another odd time signature, layers of tuned percussion, beautiful piano and harp interplay) speaks unflinchingly about the reality of looking after someone at the end of life. When confusion reigns and ‘where’ and ‘who’ and ‘when’ are all mixed up - how for those trying to help the simplest thing to do is also the kindest; lie. Pretend. Oh Yes, they were just here, and yes wasn’t it lovely to see them again? In the end only kindness remains.
And in ‘Well Done Son’ (short, sad, just piano and strings) Mosley receives a card from his (usually stoic and unforthcoming) Mother. It has very few words but it says a lot. However, the good time vibes return for album closer ‘Because I Did Not Die Today’ with more time signature fun, shades of Dave Brubeck, more Nina and - keeping a promise to his mother - a wailing blues harmonica. A foot stomping wave goodbye. A heartfelt Thank You.
Mosley’s more-famous-friends fill out the orchestra: Tom Moth (Florence and The Machine) on harp, Joe Peet (Cousteau, Benjamin Clementine) on double bass, Colin Smith (Feist, Shapeshifters) on Saxophones and this time another singer; BBC Radio 2 favourite Jess Morgan duets on defiant drunken waltz ‘Build your Fire’. But this is undeniably Mosley’s album. His voice, his songs set the tone of urgent, intelligent musicality and defiant humanity.
Millington just released 'I Am That' a fabulous indie pop song where his vocals are simply wonderful and the songs positive and catchy nature just so likable.
With six fine songs we have Kid Bear and 'Ep2'. The collection drifts between rock genres (from roots to alt rock) with a refined feel throughout and the vocals are passionate giving the E.P extra traction.
Back in late 2017 I was mightily impressed by Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra so their return is more than welcome. Our first taste of the forthcoming album is 'People Are Idiots' and Mr Mosley with his varied companions are already promising something good to savour is on its way.
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Millington - I Am That.
Back from being right there, Millington releases life-affirming single I am that. Like closing your eyes and travelling inward, I am that is an uplifting escape with a soul tingling soundscape, driving pulse and conscious lyrics.
The Melbourne based artist spent 2018 recording his debut album, which is still in production, before relocating back to his home soils of the UK, reconnecting to his music roots. It was recorded in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, Millington's hometown, at the Riff factory, engineered and mastered by Tom Carter, and produced by them both.
The two have known each other since they were digging for worms and hanging upside down from climbing frames. Like a double helix of creativity their chemistry in I am that is clear to hear. It was in these early years that the young Tom Millington developed a pronounced stammer. Through music and speech therapies, he created a unique relationship with rhythm and song.
‘Music gave me the opportunity to communicate and express myself deeply, work things through whilst telling myself to sort my shit out when things got/get challenging and difficult. I have been speaking and thinking in rhythms for as long as I can remember’
This September and October will see Millington supporting the Melbourne duo, Pierce Brothers, on their 2019 European headline tour; playing at well-known and respected venues in France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands - with a tour of Australia very much on his mind for the near future. This return to Australia will also mean continuing work towards his evolving debut album.
His previous accolades at SXSW, CLIPPED and SOUNDkilda (St Kilda film fest) include 'People’s Choice' and 'Best Australian music video' for his debut single Being, back in 2017. Being and the EP of the same name went onto rack up streams across all platforms and praise across the globe. He has supported JJJ favourites such as Tash Sultana and Tones and I, effortlessly complimenting their individual command on channeling the spirit of song and amplifying the dynamism.
Stimulated by a pronounced heartbeat and the awakening strum of his guitar, I am that is propelled by compassion and self-confidence. Millington’s underlying magnetism generated by his worldly sympathies and his heartland rock sensibilities.
A chance encounter with country legend Steve Earle changed everything for guitarist and songwriter, Matt Neuroth. As Matt tells it, “I was sitting in Matt Umanov Guitars in Greenwich Village and in walks Steve Earle. He picked up an acoustic guitar and just started strumming some chords. And…I don’t know how to put it except to say that, when he played G and C, it was every country song ever written.
When I played G and C, it was just a couple of chords. But, when he did it, it was deep; it had soul and groove and power. It really blew my mind. I’d been touring with all these loud rock bands (including Oh My God) and had all these chops, but he had the song in every strum. I’ve been chasing that ever since.”
Under the name Kid Bear, Matt continues to pursue that powerful simplicity, both as a full band and as a solo singer-songwriter. The resulting music is somewhere on the rock and roll side of Americana with simple chord changes and melodies married to heartfelt emotions and old-fashioned storytelling.
Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra - People Are Idiots.
Riding high after his ground breaking folk opera ‘The Butcher’ (**** The Quietus, **** R2, ‘Album Of The Year’ Resonance.fm) Mosley’s plans for the follow up faltered when his personal life unexpectedly had to take priority for a year. Now he returns with his most personal and striking album to date - and what could have been a dour and contemplative album is a life affirming kaleidoscope of beauty and joy!
‘You’re Going To Die!’ is about grief and what comes after that. 11 songs, 40 minutes, no bullshit. All urgent, vital and full of life. The songs you write once in a lifetime when only the truth will do.
Check out ‘People Are Idiots’. Mosley’s composer credentials (and - let’s be honest - love of Nina Simone) marry with his gift for snappy hooks to keep the 11/8 time signature swinging as the junk percussion, sci-fi synths and pizzicato strings buoy up the all-star singers of the Red Meat Orchestra’s call-and-response backing vocals. It should be a weird mess but it’s an absolute banger.
Mosley utilizes his Red Meat Orchestra (a 16 piece mixture of bluesy bar band, baroque strings ’n’ woodwinds and found junk percussion) with a sparing intelligence reflecting his development as an in demand theatre composer. (He is currently creating the score for Little Angel Theatre’s new adaptation of Julia ‘The Gruffalo’ Donaldson’s ‘The Owl and The Pussycat’ opening November 2019)
He gives the guest singers room to shine too. SXSW New Folk Award winner Jack Harris testifies on bike-wheel led groove ‘Judge Mosley Presiding’, while Rough Trade’s BBC Radio 2 Award winner Josienne Clarke and ex Mediaeval Baebe Esther Dee add celestial harmonies to the retro synths of night-driving nostalgia anthem ‘The 1970s’.
They are joined by Red Meat regulars Catherine Earnshaw and Darren Allford for gang vocal duties on the title track’s twisted tango which Mosley says he wrote after a previous theatre review described him as ‘The Muppets meet Tom Waits’ adding ‘I didn’t think it was quite true before and I really wanted to live up to that!’
The full Red Meat Orchestra launch the album at The Slaughtered Lamb, Farringdon, London on Tuesday October 15th.
Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra - Wintertide.
Background - Composer Paul Mosley presents his new EP of ghostly, junk orchestra, folk-pop stories 'Wintertide'.
'Wintertide' - The epic title track updates the classic English Folk Carol 'I Saw Three Ships'... casting Red Meat Orchestra regulars Jack Harris, Esther Dee and Josienne Clarke as the three ships’ captains, stranded when the wintertide freezes, trapping their ships in the ice. WEBSITE, FACEBOOK.
Just over a week ago we featured 'Wintersun' and commented regarding that particular song from the EP "(Wintersun) has a timeless folk feel to it. Gently melodic the vocals and harmonies are natural and pleasing." 'Wintertide' the title track was the song I most wanted to feature from the EP however it was not available. Happily now it is, along with a fabulous video, enjoy!
Background - JZMN JYN (pronounced Jazmine Jane) is singer/songwriter based in Sydney, Australia. JZMN has spent the last 3 years traveling the world, writing and recording her experiences into musical works.
Inspired by the lyrical story telling of females songwriters such as Alanis Morissette & Stevie Nicks and the performance of hard rockers such as Courtney Love & Joan Jett. JZMN JYN presents as a 90’s punk/rock front woman promoting girl power and unapologetic self expression. Her catchy hooks, poetic lyrics and classic rock n roll sound tell the stories of her personal tragedies and triumphs. JZMN JYN’s sonic creations are bound to connect & empower.
Going Under fixates on the final moments of a relationship, it's about the moment you realise enough is enough. Drawing from personal experience JZMN JYN explores feelings of anger, heartache and ultimately self-worth. JZMN JYN’s hearty words are served over anthem-like melodies, funky bass line and euphoric guitars that will make you want to dance and sing until your lungs give out.
After taking the song into multiple co-writing sessions, JZMN JYN stepped into the rehearsal studio with her band mates, bringing them nothing but a chorus and a verse. “ I sang the chorus a few times and one by one the boys came in with what they thought might fit. It just happened to be exactly what i was envisioning. It came to together like magic” .
The song was then recorded at A-Sharp Studios, a professional recording studio tucked away in the south-western suburbs of Sydney. JZMN JYN looked to producer Nathan Sheehy (Birds of Tokyo, Dune Rats, Bluejuice) to lend his artist flare and produce the track.
“The song was just a chorus for almost a year. I wrote it whilst on a 24 hour boat ride in the middle of the Adriatic sea heading from Italy to Greece. The view of an endless ocean was an exact metaphor of how I felt in my life and relationship at the time which inspired me to put pen to paper” - JZMN JYN. Upcoming Shows: Going Under Launch Show - 21 December, Brighton Up Bar, Sydney. FACEBOOK.
'Going Under' is a potent rocker where the bass, drums and lead guitar all fight for attention. It's JZMN's vocals that rise above all of that with some feisty and notable singing, this is raw rock & roll with some real character.
Background - Atlanta alternative/indie rock group Nocturnal Animals new EP is entitled "Dark Lit Places."
Nocturnal Animals is an American Alternative band from Atlanta, GA. The group consists of Mason Jones, Will Bennett, Derrick Stephen, and Dawson Tucker. Formerly known as "Rude!", Nocturnal Animals revamped themselves and have caught attention with their brand new debut EP of the name "Dark Lit Places".
"This band is very talented and promising. The vocals are charismatic and relateable, reminding me of the Arctic Monkeys with a dash of Billie Joe from Green Day. The production is stellar, as is the songwriting. This really makes alternative rock sound big and relevant again. Just beautiful arrangements and a unique dynamic/mixture of rock styles."
The band are - Mason Jones: Vocals and Rhythm Guitar, Will Bennett: Lead Guitar, Dawson Tucker: Bass, Derrick Stephen: Drums, FACEBOOK.
The new EP 'Dark Lit Places' comprises of four tracks which test the spectrum of indie & alt rock. A mixture of feisty rock & roll alongside less intense melodic moments ensures variety is a key ingredient of this fine EP.
Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra - Wintersun.
Background - The beautiful new single ‘Wintersun’ by Paul Mosley & the Red Meat Orchestra comes in light of the release of their ghostly new EP ‘Wintertide’ due 1st December. 'Wintertide.'
The epic title track updates the classic English Folk Carol 'I Saw Three Ships'... casting Red Meat Orchestra regulars Jack Harris, Esther Dee and Josienne Clarke as the three ships’ captains, stranded when the wintertide freezes, trapping their ships in the ice.
'Wintersun' - described by Mosley as 'An exercise in smart-arse time signatures' but in fact a tale of the unkindness of unrequited love. The warm acoustics, layered harmonies and sky scraping saxophone bring to mind West Coast Americana and hazy, dreamy 70's folk pop.
Having received astounding praise from press such as The Quietus, Q Magazine and R2 in the past, Paul Mosely has a reputation for turning heads and this new single is going to be no different. WEBSITE.
'Wintersun' has a timeless folk feel to it. Gently melodic the vocals and harmonies are natural and pleasing. The music gradually develops into a beautiful arrangement, it's a clever tease for the EP.
Background - Songstress Britt Warner and producer Jordan Waré are October's Child. Britt and Jordan are both October babies, though they're opposites—she's a self-proclaimed "death-obsessed" lady, growing up in Los Angeles she used to write songs to help soothe her anxiety about mortality.
On the other hand, Waré thinks of himself as an in the moment type of person, borrowing his musical sensibilities from something a bit more silent: meditation. What an interesting mix, right? Their debut album "As You Go" is coming up, but while we're waiting for this release you can check out their first single, "Orion".
Orion is a haunting yet upbeat track featuring Warner’s angelic range soaring over a seamless blend of orchestral and electronic. The instrumental framework for this leading single was written following Britt’s father’s death, and is wrapped up in the absence she felt during “his” holiday, Thanksgiving.
"The lyrics wrote themselves", says Warner, "I'd fallen for someone who, due to life's circumstances, was unattainable, but there was this undeniable, torturous mutual spark. Orion is that person you click with immediately but are forever after left to wonder what might have been, if only…” FACEBOOK.
Britt Warner's gorgeous vocals are accompanied by a thoughtful and sensitive musical setting on 'Orion' a lush and soothing song. Jordan Waré's attention to detail ensures everything comes together with considerable beauty.
Background - “Build With A Dreamer’s Hand” is the upcoming EP by sibling country music trio ORFILA to celebrate their five year anniversary. An anniversary that has allowed the trio to nostalgically reminisce about how far they have come together as a band, and grown together in that time.
As they release what is without doubt their strongest material to date, the trio can proudly recall performing alongside a diverse collection of artists including Alvin Stardust, Dodgy, Beverley Craven, 911 and the legendary Albert Hammond.
"The EP is definitely a reflection of where we are as a band at this moment in time. When we recorded our second album we felt that we had found our sound and we wanted to continue down this route for this EP.
We all contributed to the writing process and we had a small band behind us who we had worked with before and who were friends of ours which made it such a fun, laid back experience. The three tracks are three of the strongest tracks we have ever written and we hope people enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed making them." WEBSITE.
'Snow, Rain and A Hurricane' is an energised country song, where the vocals and musical arrangement compete for attention and both easily win through, in this upbeat affair.
