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"Laura is Fading" is the dreamlike first single from Tokyo's Jesse Ruins' debut LP A Film, out May 21 via Lefse Records.

Here's the infectious new single from awesome Sac-town psych-pop weirdos Ganglians, taken from the follow-up to one of our favorite records of '09. The forthcoming Still Living double LP is due August 23 on Lefse. First 50 pre-orders come with a free cassette of the album, so get on that...

"Gone to Sea" is the opening track from Hey There Stranger, the new EP from Italy's A Classic Education (His Clancyness' other band). Jamie Harley on the vibrant, recontextualized vintage visuals, like an old National Geographic come to life...

Video by Jamie Harley. "Lover's Start" appears on How To Dress Well's debut LP Love Remains, due September 21 on Lefse. previously: mp3:

The new 7" single featuring How To Dress Well's eerily soulful re-imagining of this (or this?) is due July 20 on Lefse Records. We heard Twins' unofficial (but awesome) ghostly, melodica-infused version last week, and now Twin Sister turns the song into something else entirely on their own lovely, soothing/floating contribution to the new 7": mp3: Pre-order HTDW's Ready For The World

Not to be confused with the forthcoming Twin Sister remix, but gorgeous/haunting nonetheless thanks to some well-placed melodica: mp3: ******

Download a free sampler from Lefse Records, featuring new/unreleased tracks from GvsB favorites Neon Indian, Phaseone, Sunnybrook, Julian Lynch, Friend, and more. mp3:various :: lefse records sampler .zip (79 mb) Full tracklist here. ********