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The Antlers – Palace

admin — Tue, 27 May 2014 13:00:23 +0000

In the mood for some soaring and soothing epic songs that take you on an intense emotional trajectory, leaving you feeling wrought but content afterwards, written, produced and played by some of Brooklyn’s most talented? Well here are The Antlers, with Palace, from their fourth studio album Familiars, out on Transgressive on June 16th.

Liu Bei – Infatuation

admin — Tue, 20 May 2014 12:33:23 +0000

“We heard something on the radio about Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord who was known as an amazing strategist and a really caring, benevolent leader. He was also eight feet tall and had ears so big he could see them. Seemed like something to aspire to.”
That’s surely all you need to know to know that Liu Bei are worth listening to. Infatuation is a twinkling soundscape evocative of M O N E Y and Mazzy Star, it’s filled with echoing shimmers and concrete contemplation. Out via paradYse/Transgressive Records on July 7th.

Liu Bei play Servant Jazz Quarters in London on July 10^th 2014.

Tickets are available here.

Cosmo Sheldrake – The Moss / Solar

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:14:51 +0000

There’s a lot to be said for being frivolous. Art doesn’t have to be deep and meaningful, and indeed if we want to get confused and convoluted meaningless can mean. But let’s leave that. On 21st April paradYse Records present the debut single by 24 year-old London-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Cosmo Sheldrake.
Cosmo describes The Moss as “an ode to nonsense for its own sake”. Invoking many of the classic figures of nonsense literature, Cosmo embarks on a peg-legged jaunt, draping finely woven vocal harmonies over an underbelly of electronics, strings, and an Armenian Duduk. Sussex pubs, touring with Johnny Flynn, and autumnal vibes have all influenced the gentle fun rollock.
Touring Europe now, and well worth a visit.