“Love More Worry Less” sounds like a hit. From it’s initial Drake-like diction to it’s dynamic indie-rock swell and climactic refrain, we are loving the prolific nature of this lead single from Bipolar Sunshine’s forthcoming Drowning Butterflies EP. Check out Bipolar Sunshine touring this fall in the UK on headlining/support slots with the likes of Haim, Bastille and Rudimental.
Bipolar Sunshine 
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Rating 8.2
“Happy With Me” hits hard with a melee of rhythmic synth. Demanding your attention, Holychild play the irony card on this track with a vocal melody that forces a feel good smile. Simply put “Happy With Me” is a relatable anthem for the masses. Check out Holychild on tour throughout the US this fall.
Holy Child 
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Rating 8.1
Most bands do it (whether or not you’ll ever get them to admit it is another story), but a name/line-up/sound change for most bands is often a necessary and healthy evolution. Consider it a growing pain. UK collective Being There have recently returned to the scene with a similar statement of sorts. The driving bass line of “In The Dark” and the counter melodic tendencies of the song speak volumes to pop maturity. As the band explains, “The song is a little about someone close to you moving abroad…. It’s also about the anonymity of cities – in the dark you can be whoever you want to be. And it’s also about mirrors, once experience mirroring another, one person mirroring another, the water of the canal mirroring your image.” Well put – Being There have got our attention.
Being There (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
The anticipated debut album Sons & Lovers from NYC collective Black Light Dinner Party sees release this coming Tuesday, September 24th. B3SCI correspondant Brian Litwin recently caught up with the band for a quick chat in run up to the big release. Sample the album below and also check out the new video for title track “Sons and Lovers”.
B3SCI: How did Black Light Dinner Party come to be?
BLDP We were each producing music independently, Flying Lotus kind of stuff. We would bounce ideas around with other but, when we wrote “Older Together”, that’s when it became real.
B3SCI: The band seemed rather elusive a couple years back and now you guys seem much more out in the open. How has this “unveiling” factored into the success?
BLDP It’s a bit of everything. Transparency would have felt wrong given the circumstances. The way things played out, we couldn’t be more excited.
B3SCI: What does a ‘Black Light Dinner Party’ look like and what food is being served?
BLDP You’ll have to use your imagination. We can’t tell you that now, that would spoil all the fun…
B3SCI: Please tell me how you guys got in contact with porn star Ron Jeremy in the video for “Gold Chain”?
BLDP Dan our bassist had his number in college. We would call him at parties, as a joke, and we’d end up having long, thoughtful conversations with him. Ron is outgoing and articulate.
B3SCI: Can you give us a little insight on your upcoming debut album Sons & Lovers? What can fans expect? What was the recording process like for you?
BLDP Sons & Lovers is a collection of our best work since the very beginning. We didn’t really have a concept in mind other than the track that set us off wanting to start a band. “Older together” was the spark and Sons & Lovers is the fire.
B3SCI: The production on tracks like “Older Together” and “We Are Golden” is superb. What synths are you guys using? Is there one piece of gear that you cannot live without?
BLDP Thank you! We have a Korg Poly-61 that was one of the early house synths. Juno 106 is a great resource. Also, Joel has an Italian Oberheim that is special. GForce is making some amazing softsynths too. We can nerd out on this all day.
B3SCI: Is there a particular track from the album that you guys take away as a particular achievement?
BLDP In many ways “Lift Away” was the steepest to climb. I think “Sons and Lovers,” the track, is the most impactful for us. “We Are Golden” hits closest to home.
B3SCI: Do you have a musical guilty pleasure?
BLDP We love Katy Perry, though I’m not so sure we feel guilty about that.
B3SCI: We’re hooking you dudes up with a ride on the B3SCI time machine, where/when are you going to, and why?
BLDP 1972, Abbey Roads studios so we can hang out in the studio with Pink Floyd while they make The Dark Side of the Moon.
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Their debut single “Whisky” made the blogosphere tipsy with it’s brilliantly simple shot of R&B laced pop. Now Philly duo Marian Hill return with “Lovit” from their debut EP that’s expected later this fall. As sultry as their debut, “Lovit” offers much to love by way of muted trumpet and swanky swing step to set a vocal hook whose throwback nod holds it’s own with most any pop melody around.
Marian Hill
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Rating 8.3
“The Heat” is a perfect summer’s end cocktail of space beats and soul and an ever-so subtle dash of psychedelia-pop. B3SCI Records recently announced its debut release from this new London collective known as Jungle whose beat-driven modern pop of “The Heat” has got the blogosphere and tastemakers alike talking (and more importantly…grooving). The Heat becomes available as a four track EP on 10-inch clear vinyl (as well as digitally) via B3SCI Records in North America on October 21, and will also be available as a new AA-side 7-inch on Chess Club Records in the UK at that same date. Pre-order here. Also, be sure to check out Jungle on tour at their first ever live dates, listed below.
JUNGLE TOUR DATES
10/10 Manchester, UK – The Roundhouse
10/17 Brighton, UK – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
10/24 Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall
10/31 Sheffield, UK The Harley
Jungle (Pre-Order)
Rating 8.4
UK dance act Digital Farm Animals dial up guest vocals from songstress Holly Partridge & Rudimental collaborator MNEK outfitting them with shimmery 80’s R&B-leaning synths and a limitless spread of end of summer beach vibes. “Bugged Out” is the new EP from Digitial Farm Animals.
Digital Farm Animals (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Phantogram are back with the gloomy bounce of new single “Black Out Days”. Still long on hip hop influence (the track’s main whirring/sinister vocal loop is quite clever) as well as Sarah Barthel’s all-go singing, “Black Out Days” subtly and adeptly modernizes Phantogram’s sound while maintaining the quality of writing and arrangement that the NY-based duo has earned their dough on thusfar.
Phantogram (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
