Shout out to Nyck + Mich for the heads up on Flore Laurentienne, the new orchestral synth project of Quebec's Mathieu David Gagnon, accompanied on his stunning debut Volume 1 by a cast of talented Montreal musicians on strings...
Brooklyn synth-pop trio Sandy are set to release their stellar new Traces EP tomorrow via Geographic North, and today the group shares a haunting, security footage-style live video for one of my favorite tracks of 2019, the record's melancholy but still balm-like lead single "Not There." Watch the video, directed and produced by Kevin Mahoney + Andy Egan, below, then stick around to stream the full EP a day in advance:
Buzzy Lee shares the lushly warped first single from her new EP Close Encounters of Their Own Kind -- produced by Justin Raisen, who built the tracks on samples from Tommy Mandel's lost '80s bedroom synth odyssey Mello Magic, which as it turns out, is dope as hell -- coming April 26th on limited vinyl via KRO Records:
Grand Rapids artist FADE shares the final installment of her debut Fall in Love EP, with the vibrantly glowing and empowering '80s-inspired visuals for "Whole". Shout out to Ladygunn for premiering the Josh Maczinski-directed video today, and for recognizing that FADE is a "shimmery, mysterious, synth-heavy disco goddess." Fall in Love is out now on Luminelle.
Montreal's Marie Davidson announces her new LP Working Class Woman, coming this fall on Ninja Tune, with haunting new single "So Right", and a John Talabot remix of the track. Listen below:
We're psyched to debut the first single from mysterious new duo Tommy & Linda (if you know, you know). "Beach Bums" is a breezy, laid-back house gem that recalls the sunnier side of the Mood Hut sound, with its warmly glowing synths, pleasantly meandering bassline, and those fleeting, blissfully dreamy vocals...
Parisian born, Austin-based ballerina and pop artist Lou Rebecca's debut EP is out today on Austin label HOLODECK, and it's one of our favorite releases of this young year. We're psyched to share her dreamlike self-directed video for the EP's entrancing opening track, the late-night dance-pop anthem "Tonight", starring Lou Rebecca & Ramesh Srivastava...
Austin's esteemed Holodeck label (S U R V I V E, Troller, Marie Davidson, etc.) just dropped the excellent debut EP from Austin-based Parisian Lou Rebecca over on their bandcamp page, and upon initial listens, it feels like quite the auspicious introduction...
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith shares the first single from her new record The Kid, out in October on "twilight colored double vinyl" via Western Vinyl:
New single from Pye Corner Audio + Faten Kanaan, taken from PCA's new 7", limited to 500 copies, out today on Polytechnic Youth. Stream "The Darkest Wave", a nod to "some 70’s Carpenter-eque VHS chillwave soundtrack", below: