Canadian post punk band, Port Juvee, reveal another solid single off their sophomore full length, Motion Control, incoming February 28th, 2020 through the Canadian DIY label, Garment District Records.

After the psychedelic post punk nerve of the album's title track, new single Desert Moon Palace comes with a dystopian posture, exhibiting the band's animated side, and lyrically addressing the notion of the ceaseless need for exploration in life, and the heftiness of life decisions. Like a merging between the surf pop sensibilities of The Beach Boys and the potency of DIIV's themes and robustness, the new song is another example of the uneasy character that overshadows the band's writing and sound.

Port Juvee are confirmed to play New Colossus in New York, SXSW and Treefort Music Fest this Spring, and together with the album's release they seem to be having a very creative 2020.




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With an arresting, neon colored futuristic video which brilliantly juxtaposes the music's straightforwardness and traditional nature, Amalie Bruun's Myrkur comes forth with another single off the coming Folkesange which marks a notable departure from the contemporary black metal sound that established the artist.

Leaves of Yggdrasil is a gentle love song influenced by Nordic mythology, and appearing the closest possible to an old folk tale, while the video's contemporary visuals created by filmmaker Mats Ek make a shocking contrast, further corroborating the timelessness in Myrkur's full on folk facet.

Folkesange comes out March 20th, 2020 on Relapse Records.






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Part of the electrifying post punk scene from Dublin, Ireland which has sprung popular acts like Fontaines DC, as well as Silverbacks and Girl Band, the rougher and more dark-bent, The Murder Capital, visited the Tapetown studio in Aarhus, Denmark, on the heels of their latest album, the acclaimed, produced by Flood, When I Have Fears.

Album opener, the six-minute long, For Everything, is presented live in its rawest form, stripped from the fairly smoother character of the album version, with the band in an almost raving state, performing the song in utter perfection, while exposing all the power, the temperament and the immediacy in the band's live execution.

Having already delivered memorable sessions from The Telescopes, Ulrika Spacek, Moaning and many more, Tapetown has once again come through with another great and momentous one.





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Oslo's Deathcrush who have been on a roll lately with their latest album and single releases, pull the old switcheroo on their brand new cut, Know What You Want, released through Apollon Records/The Orchard.

The new track find bass player Pelle on drumming duties, drummer Vidar handling the bass, while singer Linn is steadfast and once more trusty on vocals. The result is another riff-friendly, fuzzy and boisterous blend of noise rock and industrial zip which hauls in the listener in an instant, and showcases the wonderful immediacy in the band's winningly raw saw. Most notably, the song's lyrics pay homage to Norwegian actress and singer, Die Wenche.

Although they've had a fair share of recognition thus far, Deathcruch's spark looks like one the brightest of their kind, and expressing how full of promise their endeavors are up to this moment, is only an understatement.

Know What You Want will be another bonus track in the band's upcoming compilation, The Singles Series, to be released March 13th, 2020 via Apollon Records/The Orchard/Plastic Head.


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Liotta Seoul is a three-piece grunge-bent alternative band from Germany who are about to follow their well received debut full length from 2017 with their new album, Hopper, recorded with the great Jack Shirley in Oakland, California.

Off the upcoming record, Paper Blossom, finds the band exploring more of the dreampop aspect of their overall dynamic sound, and deals with a very interesting and easy to relate to concept through its well expressed lyrics.

"Lyrically, the song is about a personal tendency of mine to push people away whenever I feel I can’t take the engagement anymore," guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter, Sven Int-Veen, lets us in on the song's aim. "And that leads to a vicious cycle of me basically feeling bad for bailing on a situation which I’m uncomfortable in because I don’t want to give people false ideas. Basically, I need my space and then again, I don’t want to have that much space because I feel like people might feel resented which I do not mean to do. The other two can probably tell you about my wandering off which is a thing I do what happens quite frequently. The song is basically dealing with that. Which I think might be signs of hypersensitivity. It’s one of my favorite songs on the record. It’s really fun to play. Really tough to sing actually."

The superb, eye-catching clip which comes with the song draws influence from analogously colorful and lively K-Pop videos, and comes indicative of the band's good eye for strong aesthetics.

Along the lines of nineties alternative rock, yet, cut to fit enduring themes, and sounding electrifying sharp while doing it, Liotta Seoul's artistic intent appears candid and convincing.

Liotta Seoul  are Lukas Stein {bass, backing vocals, keys), Sven Int-Veen (guitars, vocals, synthesizers) and Nikolas Becker (drums, percussion).



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