Veronica Falls - Teenage

The first glimpse of Veronica Falls' second album comes in the shape of 'Teenage' - another perfect 3 minute pop song from one of my favourite local London bands. Straying from the graveyards and dangerous cliffs of previous offerings into a less treacherous territory, 'Teenage'  is all about driving around and listening to music late in the evening, which is bound to flicker up a few memories for those who managed to access a car before hitting the big 2-0. Watch the video below, shot by Nichola Probert.

 

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Pissed Jeans - Bathroom Laughter

The return of Pissed Jeans was never going to be a quiet one. After a four year gap following the release of 'King Of Jeans', the band return with the mighty 'Bathroom Laughter', a tension-release of spit and anger, charging through the somewhat meek musical landscape and throttling anyone who stands in the way.

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Their new album, Honey's, will be released in February 2013 via Sub Pop.

Listen : dressuptomessup mix #2

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Tracklist:

Cold Pumas - Rayon Gris

Dinosaur Jr - Stick A Toe In

Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You

Omi Palone - A Reason

Parlour - My Love

The Proper Ornaments - Shining Bright

The Soft Pack - Bound To Fall

Sonic Youth - Disconnection Notice

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Gardenia

Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

Temples - Shelter Song

Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)

*These are in alphabetical order because Spotify made me. But it still sounds great.

Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

When I first heard this song, I got butterflies. It was a dull day, nothing was quite going right and then this came on and everything felt okay again. Oh so cheesy, but true. I know they are the band - and this is the song - du jour, but regardless, it's getting a post. Although Innerspeaker was a tough act to follow, Lonerism has matched up to it, and grown up and out of its roots to create something quite spectacular.

 

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Mazes - Bodies

Mazes have returned! But rather than presenting another record of instant slacker punk hits straight from Pavement's backpocket, their second album 'Ores and Minerals' is a different sort of trip - a further exploration into pace and sound, and if we continue down the Malkmus' route, more is owed to the Jicks' outlandish, stretched-out meanderings than a lightheaded wander down Shady Lane. Jack Cooper has given a nod to the influence of Arthur Russell, and with Matt from Hookworms at the recording desk, the record is a multi-layered, focussed and incredibly complete listen, and (I think) their best yet.

'Bodies' is the first introduction to the new Mazes sound - leading with high vocals that soon cease to let the instrumental take over the pace. Have a listen...

 

'Ores and Minerals' will be released on FatCat Records on February 18th next year.

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Cold Pumas - Sherry Island

After the quite intensely thorough and extremely informative Cold Pumas' food interview with Belly Kids a few months ago, I've since found that listening to the band has started to conjure up thoughts of picnics and hunger pangs. Whether it was because I consumed (if you will) the entire interview over a particularly tasty curry lunch (don't judge me), or just always seem to watch their sets at a time in the evening when the beery cheesy-chips temptations are starting to develop, I can't really say. Either way, their new video for Sherry Island does nothing to distance these two entities, as the band are surrounded with the kind of delicacies that would be welcomes at Abigail's Party, resulting in quivering jelly dribbles and green cocktail spittle.


 

They take to the road THIS WEEK with fellow Faux Discx/Gringo Records' faves Sauna Youth and are joined by more swell bands than can be counted on both hands, including Playlounge, Sealings, Hookworms, Vision Fortune, Fair Ohs, Collider, Mazes and Weird Menace. Tasty.

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FEATURE - Memory EP

The 'Memory' EP from FEATURE is now streaming in full on Bandcamp:

Make sure you wait it out to the end - Glands is my favourite.

The EP will be released in plastic form by Cazenove Tapes very soon. 

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