by summer826

Arboretum Reveals Track Listing & Cover Art For Upcoming Album

Inspired by Carl Jung’s The Red Book, Arboretum’s upcoming fourth album The Gathering has woven together a mixture of songs based on the concept of “losing one’s way and finding it again.”

Dave Heumann, singer, guitarist and primary man behind the lyrics, has always been an admirer of Jung’s work and says that he’s been a longtime fan of experiences that surpass comprehension. Using imagery based on Jung’s psychological archetypes and themes from Gnostic mythology, The Gathering is a perfect display of the perfect melding together of Heumann’s lyrics and guitars with Corey Allender’s driven bass lines that make it easy for listeners to get lost in the imaginary world the band has created.

For The Gathering, Arboretum enlisted Matt Boynton who recorded the band’s 2007 release Rites of Uncovering. Boynton was able to capture the sound Arboretum was trying to create and the result is somewhat of a masterpiece with both the album version and live performances blowing the audience away with such vivid detail.

Arboretum plays Cameo in New York City on Friday, December 3rd. The Gathering will be released February 22nd on Thrill Jockey Records with a tour to follow in the U.S. and Europe.

Tracklist:

01 The White Bird
02 When Delivery Comes
03 Destroying to Save
04 Highwayman
05 Waxing Crescents
06 The Empty Shell
07 Song of the Nile

11.29.10

by summer826

Jenny O. Releasing Debut EP

LA based artist Jenny O. is digitally releasing her first EP on November 30^th via Manimal Vinyl, home to fellow lady artists Bat For Lashes and Warpaint. Jenny also produced and engineered the album herself. The physical release of the album will be announced within the coming months.

Jenny O. was raised in New York and discovered her passion for music at a very young age. Playing instruments such as the piano and cello, Jenny began making her own recordings on her dad’s reel-to-reel by the time she was 13. Her musical influences range from the hippie like sounds of folk to jazz infused hip hop with a little 60s and 70s pop to add a twist. Her voice is soft and flowing but her lyrics are frank and the two mesh perfectly to create a perfect balance.

Although Jenny has performed in countless bands, Home is her first solo album. Check out the first single off the album, “Well, Ok Honey” and other tracks by Jenny O. here.

Home Tracklisting:

1. Well, OK Honey
2. All My Wishes
3. Won’t Let You Leave
4. I Do I Do
5. Home

11.24.10

by summer826

Carpark Records Signs Young Magic

Carpark Records, which is already home to acts like Panda Bear and Indian Jewelry, have now added Young Magic to their continuously growing roster.

Australian import Young Magic, made up of Isaac, a portable studio and numerous friends, currently resides in New York City. For the last six months, Young Magic has been recording songs in various places to add to the song’s unique and organic psychedelic sound. Sounds sampled from old spy bases in Berlin to children’s playgrounds in Melbourne to flats in New York City were all integrated into creating these songs. In Young Magic’s first single, “You With Air”, the listener is taken on a journey to a place where young children are playing and laughing while Isaac’s vocals add a layer of soul creating a perfect combination of modern-day drum beats and matter of fact lyrics.

Young Magic will be releasing its debut single, “You With Air” backed with “Sparkly”, digitally and in a 7” vinyl format February 8, 2011 on Carpark Records.

Young Magic “You With Air” by carparkrecords

11.19.10

by summer826

Download The Glass’ “Four Four Letter” (Black Van Remix) For Free

If you like a little groove with your music and perhaps maybe a splash of disco funky, then look no further than Black Van’s remix of “Four Four Letter”. The original track, which also has a great dance groove vibe, appears on The Glass’ first full length album, At Swim Two Birds, released on November 16^th in the U.S. via Plant Music with a European release set for 2011. The Glass is giving listeners a chance to download the track for free.

Black Van’s Kris Menace and Oliver Kowalski turned the track into something reminiscent of those fun days at the roller rink while keeping with the original sound that The Glass’ Dominique Keegan and Glen “DJ Wool” Brady first created for their single. The remix already appears on the “Four Four Letter” Single + Remixes which is available on iTunes and Beatport.

You can hear more of The Glass here.

Four Four Letter – Black Van Remix by theglass

11.17.10

by summer826

Parlovr Treats Fans To An Early Christmas Gift

Everyone loves free stuff and the guys from Parlovr (pronounced Parlour) know that. So to quench everyone’s need for a freebie, the guys from Montreal are giving their fans and listeners a chance to download one of their latest singles, “Hell, Heaven” for free from their Facebook page.

The single is part of a four song EP entitled Heaven/Hell/Big/Love that started off as more of a creative experiment. The band started playing “Hell, Heaven”, which is about keyboardist/vocalist Alex Cooper’s childhood growing up in the middle east, last year while out on tour and decided that they wanted to get in the studio and create about three or four other tracks that basically had nothing to do with one another. For Parlovr, it was a chance to just make some music that would require very little rehearsing or thought. Other tracks on the EP include “Big Love”, a song about an ex-girlfriend of guitarist/vocalist Louis David Jackson, “Where is the Sun” and “Tehching Hsieh”. The end result is a wonderful collection of songs that offer contrasting melodies and emotions.

Parlovr will be touring the United States this fall, so keep an eye out for upcoming tour dates. You can preview “Hell, Heaven” HERE.

11.17.10

by summer826

New York’s Acrylics Set To Start New Year With New Album

Putting all of their heart and life into their first full-length album, New York duo Acrylics will be releasing Lives and Treasure on January 25, 2011 on Hot Sands Records.

Joining forces in 2008, Acrylic’s Molly Shea and Jason Klauber first met at Oberlin College where the two quickly started creating their dreamy sound. They released an EP entitled All of the Fire on Terrible Records giving Shea and Klauber the opportunity to work with producers like Patrick Wimberly of Chairlift, Matt Boynton of Gang Gang Dance and MGMT, and Britt Myers of Yeasayer and Charlift. The EP quickly garnered a lot of buzz among listeners and critics alike.

After the release of All of the Fire and sharing the stage with bands like Das Racist, Class Actress and Girls, the two were ready to head back to their Bushwick apartment and finish up their first full length album. Lives and Treasure is full of tracks rich with layers of meaningful lyrics backed with flowing harmonies and melodic beats. For Shea and Klauber, the album comes straight from the heart.

Check out Acrylics on their MySpace page and hear tracks from their previously released EP All of the Fire.