STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
“Sweet poppiness… nicely complementing the work George has accomplished thus far as a solo artist.” New music today from Inara George. The three-song bundle "The Youth of Angst" is out this Friday and you can hear all three tunes now via FLOOD Magazine.
Chance Emerson's debut album came out just as everything was closing down. His record release party was actually one of the last shows at the Middle East in Boston and Chance left his freshman year of college and the country soon after. Today, Chance chats about this and more with Ditty TV from his home in Hong Kong. Click to read the interview and see the video for the "Annabelle" single which American Songwriter says shows “wisdom and assuredness that belie his age.”
The Orange Peels have lots to say to LA Weekly today about the upcoming 40-track reissue of the 1997 debut album Square (Minty Fresh, June 26th), the upcoming brand-new double-album (out this fall), and the upcoming state of the world. Read it here.
This morning at FLOOD Magazine: "Figg Get Creative with 'Black Tar of Camden Yards' Video. The Carissa’s Wierd offshoot enlisted YouTuber Jacob The Carpetbagger for the quarantine-produced clip." Check it out now and look out for the decade-delayed debut album, out June 12th. Also, too: Band of Horses, Modest Mouse, 764-HERO.
Another lyric video from Blesson Roy is out today via Ghettoblaster Magazine, which says: "Blesson Roy encapsulates a natural course of emotion that allows the listener to feel a deep connection to Borden’s wistful vocals." The debut EP "Time Is A Crime" is out now from Slow Start Records.
More new music courtesy of KEXP today from the decade-delayed album from Figg (ex-Carissa’s Wierd, Modest Mouse), out June 12th. Hear "Pink is the New Blues" right now and everywhere this Friday. "The jauntily strummed single... is by far the most upbeat offering we’ve gotten from the band." I'm going to be stealing "jauntily" from now on.
“She sings in a voice that would make a recitation of HTML code sound like the sweetest of memories," says Buzzlbands LA about the new Inara George song “Brother,” taken from the upcoming three-song bundle “The Youth of Angst,” out June 5th on Release Me Records.
The first new music from The Orange Peels in two years premiering today at Brooklyn Vegan. "Thank You" (available everywhere Friday from Minty Fresh) "definitely pulls out all the stops as spiraling orch-pop." New album this fall, deluxe re-issue of 1997 debut album Square out this summer.
"Beautifully realized... He creates spry jangling wonders of power pop theatricality, mixing the beach-y vibes of the Beach Boys with Big Star’s vibrant melodies – and filtering the whole thing through the heartfelt AM dials of his youth." See the premiere of the lyric video for "Lost & Found" by Blesson Roy at Beats Per Minute. Debut EP out this Friday from Slow Start Records.
The Orange Peels will release “Thank You,” a song of gratitude, and the first single from the sessions for the California band's upcoming double-album, this Friday, May 8th via Minty Fresh.
The song represents the first new music from the band since 2018. The Orange Peels leader Allen Clapp says the new tune "could be the most openhearted thing the band has ever recorded."
Prior to the release of the new album this fall, June 26th will see the reissue of Square, the band's 1997 debut, in an expansive edition comprised of a freshly remastered version of Square on 180-gram vinyl, accompanied by two CDs containing the remastered album, bonus tracks, alternate mixes, and four-track demos.
Affectionately referred to as Square³, Square Cubed, or Square x 3, the collection's 40 tracks tell the story of the evolution of Allen Clapp and His Orchestra into The Orange Peels.
Inara George welcomes a new bundle!
The Bird and The Bee vocalist has been getting together with producer Wendy Wang for a couple of hours, here and there, off and on over the past few years, working on a handful of songs that will now be released on June 5th via Release Me Records.
The three-song bundle "The Youth of Angst" features the songs "1973," "Brother," and "Sex In Cars" and is the first in a planned series of collaborative releases "with a little theme and not the huge pressure of a full album," George explains.
"I like the idea of doing little collaborations, especially in these times of isolation. With so many musicians and music industry friends out of work, it’s also an opportunity to keep them working.”
Fanatic is excited to be able to help in getting this album to a national audience ten years after the fact. Brooklyn Vegan has the news today: "Figg (ex-Carissa's Wierd, Modest Mouse, etc) releasing long-shelved LP," along with the track “Black Tar of Camden Yards,” which they call "a very lovely dose of chamber pop-informed indie rock."
Today, Kathleen Grace shares a track by track commentary with Jazziz Magazine about Tie Me To You, her brand-new collaborative album with Grammy®-nominated pianist, Larry Goldings.
“Dreamy and earthy... always with heartfelt emotion.” The Big Takeover premieres the lyric video for "In Tune With The Moon" by Blesson Roy (ex-Idaho, Pete Yorn). The "Time Is A Crime" EP is out May 8th.
"As he does with every cover he touches, he brings his old-weird-America eccentricity to the cover." Cover Me Songs includes J Hacha De Zola's cover of Billie Eilish's "Bury A Friend" in its "Full Album" story about When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Hacha De Zola is working on lots of new music now., more news soon.