Here's the latest from our dudes at Transparent: the b-side from Purity Ring's beautiful/brilliant debut 7" single, Ungirthed. Download the oddly moving "meditative future-ballad" "Lofticries" below, and if you missed the equally great a-side in our January mix, grab that one too:
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Purity Ring's Ungirthed 7" is out next week...
A lot of love for Hell, Yes! around here lately, and here's another winner from our favorite Italian label: the new one-sided 7" single from Philly's Reading Rainbow drops next week. Limited to 400 copies with "juke-box" labels. Listen below, and pre-order here or from Insound if you're in the U...
We first mentioned Austin's Boy Friend -- the new project from ex-Sleep ∞ Over members Christa Palazzolo + Sarah Brown -- back in January, and now the duo has announced their first physical release in the form of the new Lovedropper 7" single, out in May on Hell, Yes...
Another hit from Captured Tracks, in the form of the new 7" single from Brooklyn's Widowspeak: The band's already garnered quite a few Mazzy Star comparisons, and this new 7" version of "Harsh Realm" -- the original appeared on the band's debut tape that dropped late last year -- is a woozy little '60s-meets-'90s gem that definitely recalls the haunting, lovesick sweetness of
Kompakt has announced the final 7" single leading up to the release of Panda Bear's Tomboy LP. According to the label's website:
On March 14th, KOMPAKT is thoroughly honoured to release the final installment from ANIMAL COLLECTIVE’s Noah Lennox aka PANDA BEAR limited 7” series...
New Best Coast, taken from the band's Volcom split 7" with Jeff the Brotherhood. According to @bestycoasty, "we gonna play dis 1 on tourrr..."
Best Coast :: Sunny Adventure
Grecian duo Keep Shelly in Athens follows up their sold-out In Love With Dusk 12" with more sensual lounge-house vibes in the form of a stellar new limited 7" single, due next month from our friends at Transparent. A-side "Hauntin' Me" is a shimmering, sexy-smooth Balearic pop dream, perfect for soundtracking all the lingering yearning and regret of your next late-night comedo
Here's another track from the irresistibly ramshackle debut full-length from Vivian Girls + Woods collab / side-project the Babies. A despondent Cassie Ramone gets kind of raw on the stark, love-damaged "Wild I," which will also be released alongside "Wild II" by new label LebensStrasse sometime in February on the appropriately titled The Wilds limited 7" EP (pictured)...
New holiday classic from Mississippi's Dent May. Like Christmas' answer to Dent's perpetual summer jam "That Feeling":
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Dent's That Feeling / Eastover Wives 7" is still available here.
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