Recorded over at the great Tapetown Studio, Joy Will Follow isn't only the debut single by Danish-based Lithuanian-Icelandic duo, Twin Dive, but also the first track written by the band back in September 2018.

"Quite naturally, it became the debut one", says the group's own, Robert Jancevich. "And we got really lucky shooting the video as there’s not much sun in Denmark this time of the year. Danes lose their shit the second the sun comes out. Despite the fact that it was mid February and a humble +10 Celsius, we saw a guy with just shorts on. ‘Sir, you forgot your ice cream!’, Raggi shouted at him. It was a lovely day."

Ragnar ‘Raggi’ Gudmunds and Robert Jancevich found each other in Aarhus, Denmark and united through their shared passion for rock ’n’ roll. Their heavy sound which in equal measure brings together components from grunge, garage punk and psychedelic rock is very well represented by the very dynamic, Joy Will Follow, a stunner of a debut, dense, striking and overpowering.

Twin Dive have more, yet, only a handful of recordings waiting to be released. They are a fairly young outfit, whose freshness is observable and distinct through what they have revealed thus far.





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Seth Carpenter, the songwriting force behind the prolific lo-fi pop project, Bucolic, has been very active releasing a series of high quality demos and singles over the course of the last four years. Oneirogens will be Bucolic's debut album, scheduled for release on May 25th, 2019.

Light Traces is a new song off the forthcoming record, another excellent number, characteristic of the wistful nature, the idyllic lyrical direction and the enchantingly hazy production, properties which have always been present and notably highlighted in Bucolic's previous recordings, but seem more elaborate and better put into effect than ever this time around.

Even though Bucolic's creations are set on a traditional foundation and emerge uncomplicated and cordially familiar, in all its bluntness his sound is not so easily matched in today's terms. Simply put, it's lo-fi, gazey, vintage bedroom pop at its finest.





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A direct, discharging of raw energy and all in all powerful record, the debut self titled album by freshly founded noise rockers, Low Dose, will be out on March 29th, 2019 via Brutal Panda / Knife Hits Records.

"It's about going through a really f*cked up divorce, but I wanted to have the lyrics be very obvious and pop-sensible so people can apply them to things that they’ve gone through personally," the quartet's guitarist and vocalist, Itarya Rosenberg, said of the album's intent. "Playing with these guys and writing this record saved my life."

Low Dose are comprised of the core members of Fight Amp, Mike McGinnis, Jon DeHart, and Dan Smith, and Itarya Rosenberg. Their super punchy ten-song LP is easily one of the year's most impressive debuts thus far, and a noise rock blast founded on seamlessly infused elements of grunge and punk rock. This second single to surface off it, the hard hitting Start Over, is another bold display of the might and nerve the band has to offer.









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Following the acclaim of their previous full length, Seismic, and the EP, Hanging By Faith, Brooklyn's Spotlights will release their new album, Love & Decay on April 26th, 2019 via Ipecac Recordings. Heavy shoegazey cut, The Particle Noise, is another sample that builds the anticipation for the LP's release.

"The Particle Noise is a multi-dimensional song," the band's singer and guitarist, Mario Quintero, reveals about the track. "Mainly being a love story about the beginning of the universe. A moment so intense that it encapsulates what it means to exist. This all being a metaphor for this person’s infatuation with another, so strong it tears them to pieces and reforms them over and over."

The new song follows the previously unveiled piece, The Age Of Decay. Spotlights' engaging fusion of tuneful shoegaze and fuzzy, sludgy heavy rock is once more executed to unbeatable perfection.

"It’s intangible, It’s intense. It’s beautiful," Quintero has to add about the album's entirety. "There’s an impending darkness underneath everything and a sense of unease, but it’s also honest and vulnerable. It’s just really important to us. Regardless of why anyone might react, that’s why we do it."






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Josephine Wiggs, best known as bassist for alternative rock icons, The Breeders, has announced a new solo record, and shared a very intriguing first peek. Time Does Not Bring Relief finds the artists taking a very different direction than that of her successful band, and showcases her inclinations toward a more ambient, almost cinematic approach.

Incredibly artful, minimal and spacious, the song's meditative character offers a good look into the upcoming album. We Fall draws from the minimalism and experimentalism of the ambient works of Brian Eno and Harold Budd, while the masterfully implemented electronic components nod to the superiority of Ryuichi Sakamoto, all comprising a very engaging total.

The video comprised of beautiful, over-saturated shots of landscapes and abstract imagery was created by Josephine Wiggs herself.

We Fall was writeen and recorded by Wiggs, with drums and electronics credited to Jon Mattock (Spacemen3, Spiritualized). The album releases May 17th, 2019 on The Sound of Sinners.







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Hailing from North Wales, rising indie pop four-piece, Kidsmoke, have released their latest single, a sweetly melancholic dreampop piece, winsome from the first listen. Passenger is a sample off the band's anticipated debut full length which is planned to come out later in 2019.

Dreamy and misty according to expectation, introverted and visceral, reverberating and jangly, the song brilliantly contrasts the arrangement and instrumentation's brightness and warmth with a weightier and gloomier lyrical content.

After the band had a song featured in a Black Mirror episode, and fresh off their appearance at this year's SXSW, Kidsmoke continue growing and sounding robust and solid on their new material. Their ability to devise simple, yet, captivating songs is undoubtedly a strong quality which will get them far.




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