“Life Is But a Dream” is the reverb-swept latest track from equally dreamy Portland quartet Genders. A+.
“Life Is But a Dream” is the reverb-swept latest track from equally dreamy Portland quartet Genders. A+.
Welshly Arms out of our hometown/city of champions Cleveland return to B3 on potent new track “Bad Blood”. Powered by a magnetic minor-keyed rock and roll chorus “Bad Blood” finds WA achieving at a new songwriting-level. “Bad Blood” is of a caliber that could really break the band. Cleveland!
MADEIRA (Kim Pflaum, ex-Yumi Zouma) announces debut EP Bad Humors on Carpark Records with neatly syncopated minor-keyed number “Manipulator”. We like it.
Charlotte band The Halves make a strong online debut with jangly “Are You Happy?”. Constructed around a crashing, cathartic chorus, the melodic acumen displayed on “Are You Happy?” indicates a band in The Halves with a noticeable bit of songwriting skill. Introduce yourself to The Halves below.
Last month we featured “I Think You’re Alright” the opposite side track from Jay Som a/k/a SF’s Melina Duarte’s new 7″ for Fat Possum. We dig the reverb-set “Rush” and it’s strong chorus hook. Listen to “Rush” below.
Freshly signed to Fat Possum and just completed a run of dates with Whitney , Indiana quartet Hoops announce s/t EP with dreamy guitar-driven new song “Cool 2”.
The UK purveyors of sharp elements-swept indie pop stream new track “Memory House” from forthcoming “Roman Roads” EP.
Out today on B3SCI Records is “He Sings / Wild” the new AA-side single from Liverpool mutant lot Trudy and the Romance. Consequence of Sound calls the band’s ramshackle modernizing of 50’s/60’s pop aesthetics & harmony as “oddly dreamy” and “stylish”. Further details and purchase info on the single can be had at B3SCI Records.
The Alex Turner co-produced “Shades” is new from Portland songwriter Alexandra Savior. Led by a cool syncopated rhythm track and a deep in the mix lead vocal, the song (for reference) aesthetically hits a bit of the “R&B architecture” of the latter days Arctics style. “Shades” is out now on Columbia.
South London trio Beaty Heart will release debut LP Till The Tomb via Caroline on July 29. The coolly melodic subtly layered winner (co-produced by Jungle!) “Raw Gold” is LP’s first stream. A+
On new track “Island”, the London quartet press forward with their soulful UK indie sound that’s become a big favorite around B3SCI. “Come With Me” will be released as part of AA single with “Spotless Mind” on June 17 via Beatnik Creative.
