Hazy Daisy is the new and last single Silver Liz will be dropping before the release of their debut album, I Can Feel The Weight, which is due on October 31st. Although so far everything that has preceded the album has been enticing only positive thoughts and excitement about the hopeful band, and it would only be natural to expect something similarly consistent, on Hazy Daisy SIlver Liz sound like they have just outdone themselves and took the fuzz a step further.

Noisier than ever, the new song is driven by enormous, fuzzed out and wildly warped guitars, as well as Carrie Wagner's airy vocals, in a way sounding closer than ever to My Bloody Valentine's distorted sound. Not completely surprising given the band's shoegaze base, still, a delight to hear it executed so artfully. With this one Silver Liz appear to be knowingly and willingly shooting for a muddier and hazier feel, and while the result comes out so ample that it obfuscates its own euphony, it is mostly that same act of twisting and distortion that makes this whole thing so alluring in the first place.

Different than their still shoegaze textured but more mellow previous single, Him, and the dreamlike charm of the other samples of their work they have given us this far, Silver Liz have been making sure they cover a lot of ground within the genre's edges. Without question this upcoming full length of theirs is expected to echo their versatile nature to a great extent.







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Drawing from surf rock, lo-fi, garage and dreampop, the new album by Jaded Juice Riders was written and recorded over the summer by brothers Josh and Mateo Hwang in their garage in Irvine, CA. Since then Josh has moved to Brooklyn, NY, and in case all this rings a bell, mind that we've met the man before through his solo bedroom project, Castlebeat, under which he releases music on his super indie and super awesome label, Spirit Goth.

The album is titled Bowl Cut, it releases October 26th 2017 on Spirit Goth, and it will be available on homemade tape, CD and digital via the label's Bandcamp.

Deathsurf, a killer summery single arrives right after the summer's end, full of spirit and character, blending its influences together to a compelling three minute compound of beach-rocking glow and lo-fi grit. The song is accompanied by a music video made out of vintage and elegantly faded skateboarding footage one can't look away from.





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In case you've been feeling a bit disappointed lately about the current state of alternative rock and all you do about it is reminisce about its glory days which seem like they're long gone, make sure some of the most potent and freshest contemporary bands out there are not slipping through the cracks. Give Ulrika Spacek a chance and rejoice.

Ulrika Spacek is a British shoegaze band which has recently released its brilliant second album, Modern English Decoration and went on to visit the Tapetown studios in Aarhus for another installment of the so far faultless Live At Tapetown line of sessions. The band performed a spotless live in studio rendition of their track, Everything, All The Time and proved once more that it is absolutely justifiable to put your blind faith in what Tapetown is doing with this series.

While the band showcases the strength of their live presence, they also lay out the excellence in their songwriting, and although they hold back on the reverb, the sound is still forceful and most pleasantly fuzzed out, something between a shoegazier version of Televison or a more psyched out version of Ride. Make sure to check out the performance together to the rest of the Tapetown stuff so far, and listen to more of Ulrika Spacek because it will be worth your while.

 





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The upcoming debut full-length album by husband/wife duo, Bed., won't be out until next year, but has already delivered a couple of quality singles. The latest of those is Fine, a heartfelt song about family, suitably delivered a little after the couple Alex and Sierra Haager, became parents. The coming album was produced by Larry Crane (Elliott Smith, Quasi, Jason Lytle) at Jackpot! Recording Studio in Portland and it will be following the band's debut EP, Klickitat, which was very well received when it was released two summers ago.

Fine carries the slow-fi energy of the late nineties/early 2000s alternative rock jangle and blends a handful of different styles into something straightforward and honest.









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Hardworker is a four-piece rock band from Durham, North Carolina which at its present state sounds like a perfect amalgamation of the worlds of folk and indie rock. Things didn't start this way though, as in 2015 Sus Long and Mike Conner were an acoustic folk duo who later added guitarist Danny Nowell and vocalist Alex Treyz to their act, in search of a louder and more effective sound.

Look More Like A Girl, the latest single from the band's recently released debut album, Go Alone, can be perceived as something both contemplative and fun. The song brings to mind many different styles and influences from folk, rock, Americana, and even punk rock, blended together seamlessly through smart songwriting, a gutsy attitude, and a common-sense-versus-the-patriarchy point of view.

Hardworker's debut album Go Alone was produced by Alex Bingham and engineered by Mitch Easter at the Fidelitorium in Kernersville, North Carolina and was released July 2017.







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To Destroy A City is a Chicago-based post rock trio comprised of Andrew Welch, Jeff Anderson, and Michael Marshall. The band is about to release its third full length album, Go Mirage, on n5MD on October 20th which marks their return since Sunless from 2014.

Go Mirage is also the trio's trial effort with vocals, courtesy of guitarist Michael Marshall who provides his subtle and elegantly articulated vocal delivery over the band's signature guitar-driven arrangements, enhanced with cinematic ambiance and intriguingly textured electronic instrumentation, in a similar manner Mogwai managed to successfully break through the instrumental post rock stereotype with Rock Action or like how The Album Leaf earned their prominence within fans of the genre and beyond for their outside of the box kind of thinking and their innovative compositions.

Never To Return is a magnificent listen, a wealthy sounding production, melodious and well strung together without overplaying anything, and an exemplary first single that raises the excitement and the anticipation for what this fine band's near future holds.





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