Thursday, May 31, 2012

ExDetectives reveals video for “The Lawn” from “Take My Forever” debut album available now.

Clip represents washed out wandering of L.A. life set to tune that evokes Blur, Ride, Dinosaur, Jr.

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Faris McReynolds of ExDetectives as photographed by Maya Mercer

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“The Lawn” is the first single and video from Take My Forever by ExDetectives

 


 



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“…a flight through the clouds. …listen to this album over and over again.” – The Aquarian

“Why are some sounds so satisfying? Or, as is the case with ExDetectives, so instantaneously satisfying?” –  My Old Kentucky Blog

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Faris McReynolds, who alone comprises the Los Angeles-based one man band ExDetectives, today posted the video for “The Lawn”, the first single from the debut ExDetectives album Take My Forever, out now on Post Planetary Records.

The video, directed by Larisa Laivins, is a dreamy ramble through a sundrenched city. Laivins says the clip is “inspired by being a teenager having no specific destination and just wanting to be out in the world, checking things out, listening to music and skating down the street or driving around aimlessly.”

The song itself is a droning wash of guitars and live – as in not programmed – synthesizers that evoke Britpop bands such as Blur, Ride, and Elastica, as well as first wave indie rock like Dinosaur, Jr.

“I wanted it to be this mass of sound that stays in place all the way through the song,” McReynolds explains. “No dynamics, just this wide swirl of textures. It’s got loud distorted guitars, yet it manages to come off as mellow. I’m proud of that.”

McReynolds believes that the video for “The Lawn” is true to those sounds, saying, “Much like the song itself, it is sort of lo-fi.  I like that it looks like a home video from the 90’s and has that same washed out feeling.”

Created in a quick two-week fit of low-budget recording (vocals were tracked in a storage closet), McReynolds plays all of the instruments (save for the drums) on Take My Forever. It’s a radical approach to making a record that bears itself out all the way down to the title itself.  As McReynolds states, “The title of the album says, ‘Here, you can fucking have it. Make of it what you will.”

Faris McReynolds of ExDetectives is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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ExDetectives
Take My Forever
(Post Planetary – Out Now)


Track Listing:

01. Cleaner
02. The Crown
03. Can You Feel It?
04. The Lawn (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
05. Careless Hysterics
06. Come on Down
07. Halcyon
08. New History
09. So Long
10. It’s Better
11. Pocket Rainbow
12. Closing Bell

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ExDetectives Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


Thursday, May 24, 2012

San Francisco duo Tidelands returns with sophomore record “We’ve Got A Map” August 7th.

New album again features Magik*Magik Orchestra; Single “The New Black” streaming now.

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Tidelands (L-R): Gabriel Leis, Mie Araki. Photo Credit: Nelsen Brazill.

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“The New Black” is the first single and video from the upcoming new album “We’ve Got A Map” by Tidelands.

 



 


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Read about the upcoming new album by Tidelands in this week’s edition of the San Francisco Bay Guardian

The San Francisco-based duo Tidelands will release its sophomore album We’ve Got A Map on August 7th. The album’s first single and video “The New Black” is streaming now.  We’ve Got A Map is the follow-up to the band’s debut If... released last year.

“We never really stopped after we completed that record,” says Tidelands vocalist, guitarist and flugelhorn player Gabriel Leis. “We were booking three-day sessions six weeks apart all throughout the summer and fall of 2011.” The key word to describe We’ve Got A Map is spontaneity,” says Leis’s bandmate, drummer Mie Araki. “Much of our current songwriting style is based on this word.”

Leis also notes the new sound of We’ve Got A Map as compared to the band’s previous album, owing this to his ongoing deliberate effort to create a more uplifting listen and to get away from the heaviness and headiness of his natural writing style.   “We had moments of that kind of celebratory joyousness on If..., but this time around I wanted the overall feel of the record to reflect this attitude,” he explains.

As they had on If..., Leis and Araki once again collaborated with the Magik*Magik Orchestra on We’ve Got A Map.  “We had such a successful collaboration with Minna Choi and the Magik*Magik Orchestra the last time, we decided to not only work together again, but to invite Minna to produce one of the tracks,” Leis says.

The latest Tidelands album We’ve Got A Map will be released on August 7th. Tidelands will embark on a tour in support of the album this summer. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic to talk to the band or for more information.

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Tidelands Live

05/24 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of The Hill
06/13 Santa Monica, CA @ Central SAPC
06/14 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern

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Tidelands
We’ve Got A Map
(Redgummy Records)
August 7th, 2012



Track Listing:

01. Coil
02. The New Black (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
03. Rock Bottom
04. Sexy Fox
05. Japan
06. Toaster
07. Twin Lakes
08. Half a Century

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Tidelands Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Phoebe Jean & The Air Force to release new album “Heartbreakers” June 12th via Lentonia Records.

Baltimore artist catches early attention from Euro press, New York Times. Single streaming now.

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Phoebe Jean | Photo Credit: Eliot Wuao Glizaz.

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“Day Is Gone” is the first single and video from “Heartbreakers” by Phoebe Jean & The Air Force

 





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“...the group brought the low-ceilinged room to a sweat.” – New York Times

Baltimore-based hellion Phoebe Jean is a one girl band with an army of sound. Associated early on with the Baltimore club scene, she is quick to note that “My music is not electro!” On Heartbreakers, scheduled for release in the US on June 12th via the French label Lentonia Records and distributed by Nail Distribution, Phoebe Jean uses more traditional pop and rock instrumentation such as acoustic piano, guitars and to arrive at a blend of classic club breaks, soulful funk grooves, and harmonic melodies.

Born and raised in Baltimore, loved and learned in New York and Paris, Phoebe Jean is already earning accolades for Heartbreakers in Europe where features have already come in from respected European publications such as Modzik and Les Inrocks and Phoebe Jean’s Heartbreakers record release party was a packed affair that is still being talked about.

The album’s first single “Day Is Gone” is streaming now. The video for the track was directed by Phoebe Jean herself and features cinematography by Sienna Sheilds and choreography by Love, Grace O’ Neill.  The clip also features the Shake Off Twinz who have also been seen with M.I.A. and Rye Rye. Listen as Phoebe Jean ups the pressure more and more until she lets it blow off in a massive vocal hook.

As a live act, Phoebe Jean recently caught the attention of the New York Times at NYC’s Lower East Side venue Cake Shop where writer Io Tillett Wright noted that “...the group brought the low-ceilinged room to a sweat.” Back above ground, it’s 102 degrees in Baltimore City and Phoebe Jean is busy tending to her ‘77 Cadillac Seville.

Heartbreakers by Phoebe Jean & The Air Force is set for release on June 12th. See below for upcoming live dates.  Phoebe Jean is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Phoebe Jean & The Air Force Live

06/15 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong w/ EDH
06/23 New York, NY @ Pianos Lentonia Records Presents w/ EDH, Video Love
06/25 New York, NY @ Standard Hotel w/ EDH, Video Love
06/29 Brooklyn, NY @ XPO929

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Phoebe Jean & The Air Force
Heartbreakers
(Lentonia – June 12th, 2012)


 Track Listing:

01. King Size Bed
02. Circle One
03. Day Is Gone (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
04. Luvz 4 Real
05. Facts of Nature
06. Crooked Cop
07. Los Angeles 7 **
08. December 20th
09. Surefire
10. Another Nite
11. Dream Boat
12. Package
13. No Game
14. Cover Girl

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Phoebe Jean Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion