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A brand new year of music for Sydney’s Inklines has kicked off strong already with the release of ‘Blossom’ back in February. And now, the trio returns, backing it up with another strong dose of indie rock in ‘All Gone’.
As an indicator of the band’s new EP, coming out later this year, ‘All Gone’ is Inklines at their finest. The first song written as part of new sessions laid down with producer Lachlan West, ‘All Gone’ is rich in its guitar and melodic arrangements. The band has always thrived within the alt-rock space and here, we can hear those influences fusing easily with more contemporary notes.
“‘All Gone’ fell together pretty quickly in the studio as we had been gigging for a few months beforehand, and we were all ready to get back into the writing process. It definitely helped that this track is on the mellow side of things, as it really allowed us to let the song flow and take its own course.”
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Since their formation back in 2017, Inklines have become seasoned performers on stages around the country performing alongside the likes of British India, elevating as headliners in the years that would follow. With two EPs to their name already, Inklines’ vision squarely remains on pushing their sound forward and exploring more musical influences as they step into new personal and creative chapters. Hailing from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the band is part of a wave of Australian musicians who can’t be beaten right now.
For the video, Inklines worked with previous collaborator Simon O’Hagan on bringing this new set of visuals to life. Filming took place in Brookvale and Frenchs Forest in NSW by the band themselves, with O’Hagan applying his editing skills to the piece.
“As always, we seem to struggle coming up with ideas for music videos and even if we do land on an idea, the final product ends up being completely different anyway. We initially started filming parts at Will’s house in broad daylight, but once we lost the sun and started playing with coloured lights it just completely mutated. We liked the dark vibe it was taking on, so to finish the day off we went into the yard and burned an old guitar that had been sitting around for ages with a broken neck, just for some extra visual effect.”
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PRAISE FOR INKLINES
“A very sick brand of rock that gets you by the arm and just wills you to have a good time.”
Triple J, Declan Byrne
“Their first release of the new year is an ode to their fully fleshed out, experienced sound. Simmering with the brightness of alt-rock legends like Silverchair and Bends-era Radiohead, they feel good without the cheese.”
Happy Mag
“Rich with melodies that bring Something For Kate to mind, there’s a playful energy to ‘Blossom’ that also emanates a richness in instrumentation with singer Will Tremain’s vocals oozing an honest yet raw, emotive tone.”
Scenestr
“Classic power-packed rock sound in here and the vocalist can really go when he picks his moment.”
Triple J Unearthed, Dave Ruby Howe
“Sophisticated and subversive in equal measure, their brazen guitar rock unspools in surprising directions as decorum gives way to abandon.”
AAA Backstage
INKLINES ‘ALL GONE’ LAUNCH
Thursday 3rd June 7th Day Brewery Brookvale
Acoustic Set, 8:15pm
‘All Gone’ is released Friday 21st May.
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Title: Moods
Label: Dim Mak Records
Release date: July 02, 2021
Danish artist Snavs is nothing but relentlessly unique in his artistic expression, and his new track “Moods” on Steve Aoki‘s Dim Mak Records is no different. In an unusual fusion of grime and future bass music, the track is distinctly divided into two different sounds to represent Snavs‘s inspiration: the idea that our moods can easily oscillate based on circumstances in our everyday lives. Opening with splitting synths and grimy drops, “Moods” takes a turn to the future bass side with and back again, taking the listener on an emotional rollercoaster throughout its entirety. Snavs has previously released on Monstercat, Lowly, Big Beat/Atlantic, Musical Freedom, and Spinnin’. Read more on his inspiration for this standout track below:
“The whole idea around ‘Moods‘ is about reflecting on how fast your mood can change if something good or bad happens and how easily you can be affected by your surroundings. That’s why the mood of the track changes halfway through, and the first half is a grimey dubstep banger while the second half has more of a melodic and future bass vibe to it.” – Snavs
As the boss of his own label Riotville Records, DJ and producer Snavs has made it his mission to constantly push creative boundaries. He has explored the sonic realms through unusual collaborations that break genre barriers, including hardcore metal band Telos, legendary Scandinavian rocker Ulf Scott, Søren Buhl of alt-rock band Blaue Blume, and indie singer Karen Lassen. His music has taken him to some of the world’s most prestigious clubs, including Webster Hall (New York), Avalon (Los Angeles), Bootshaus (Cologne), WOMB (Tokyo), Pacha (Sydney), as well as well-known festivals such as Coachella, Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, Eurosonic, Miami Music Week, Amsterdam Dance Event and more.
Hi Ban! The vibe of the track is dope – were there any specific sonic influences you were vibing with when making this track?
YOOO TY MY G and yes WAP was definitely a huge influence, I think both conciously and subconsciously. That track was everywhere at the time so you know you couldn’t escape it, therefore I felt like I wanted to make something that would just bang from top to tail you know?
All of your material is pretty groove and rhythm-heavy, where does your love for production and this sort of music come from?
Damn I think it all really stems from spending alot of time listening to soundcloud back.
when it first started like 2014 or something. There were so many “backyard producers” and “cloud rappers” like Flume, WhatsoNot, Lido, Major Lazer, Chance the rapper, Yung Lean, Spooky Black, Asap Rocky?!?! who were just posting certified banger after banger. Alot of that early soundcloud vibe is what keeps me making music and evolving I feel. Big shoutout to my homie Hatch for putting me onto soundcloud and for teaching me how to use Ableton. Honestly if you get a chance check out @hatchbeats on ig mans is a G
What makes a song like Anime Eyes the perfect jam to get to know you through?
Content wise this track isn’t deep enough to get to completely know me through BUT it is a decent introduction, and it hopefully pushes first time listeners to check out the rest of my
catalogue and really get a feel for who I am and what my music is.
Can you tell us a bit about what’s coming next for you this year?
Ofcourse! I’m working on a lot of new music and have a couple really dope colabs, from some hella dope local acts to some awesome international artists. I’m also looking to drop a couple more singles this year too, after that I’d say an ep than an album. My homie and I are talking about starting up a podcast too, you know, whole lotta unpopular opinions and hot takes on Music/Anime/Movies etc. So look forward to that too at some point.
How crucial has songwriting been for you through lockdown?
It’s been everything honestly, I’d say if I didn’t have this “gift” through the whole of 2020/21 I might of gone mad. I would’ve spent the whole time playing ps4, watching anime getting fat(ter), worrying about how I’m gonna pay the rent and feeling sorry for myself. Without getting too deep, being able to write songs and make beats and put those out into the world whilst being locked down has been UBER crucial.
Have you discovered any new artists or music that you can’t stop listening to atm?
Hmmm yeah actually I recently watched Eurovision 2021 and there was this artist from Iceland, Dađi Freyr been bumping his tracks alot, other than him I’ve been jamming alot of Brent Faiyaz, ¿Teo?, Emefbnx an aussie rapper/producer from Syd absolute heaters from him and Reggie Banks an
aussie producer from Sans Souci where I grew up dudes such a G shoutout to him. Oh and I’ve had ‘The Off-Season’ on repeat since it dropped.
Written collectively as King Brown
Tell us a bit about the genesis of this EP – when did writing begin and how do you think it stacks up in terms of the band’s song writing now you can look at it as a full record?
Out in the Desert is a showcase of our collective songwriting spanning from our beginnings up to the time of release. The opening track Moto has been with the band for a long time, whereas tracks like Matter of Time and Oyzo were written specifically for the EP.
The EP is our musical offering showcasing the band’s creative range both of songwriting and our sonic palette. The songs each have their own distinctive sounds but still meld together throughout the record to form the King Brown sound.
Are there any particular songs on there that still stand out as favourites for you (and why)?
Moto stands out for its sheer energy and power. The song has been with us a long time but still is a favourite for both us and for audiences when we play it. It tends to charge the crowd up when we let it loose live. That feeling is also heavily present throughout the song thematically too, hitting the open road and letting it rip.
Way Down also stands out, it’s been really popular and is super fun to perform. The song was waiting in the wings for a long time, not quite pieced together. It is amazing seeing it released and people enjoying it. We were able to fill in the pieces and put a bow on it with the extra time that the first lock down gave us.
How has the last year been for the band; how crucial has music been for you during the weirdness of 2020?
Our music has given us a sense of direction and purpose during COVID. While it’s been tough for the music scene we used that time to work on getting this record together. The shows we have been able to play were amazing because you really get to appreciate them and not take them for granted. It’s also been good in a sense for the whole WA scene, people didn’t have the option to see east coast acts so they discovered all these great local bands, it’s grown the whole scene.
Can you tell us a bit about the band’s current creative and sonic influences? How have they changed?
We each bring our different musical influences with us to King Brown. At the start our songs had a more surfy vibe which has now progressed to show more of a rock and blues influence. The different influences show in each of our instruments, creating our unique sound.
Our musical influences within the band range from acts like Oasis, CCR, Skegss, and Allah-Las, however the influences that reflect through to our music would be Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, …etc.
What did you learn about yourselves as musicians during the writing and recording of this EP?
We learnt that we have the ability and skills to get a lot of things done ourselves. Ben has put in a lot of time and effort recording the EP, without that we probably wouldn’t have been able to get it done. Shaun has been instrumental in creating all of the artistic elements and graphic design for the band, and also filming and editing our music video for Way Down.
We have also learnt that as a band we can rely on each other to bring whatever is needed for our music. One of us can bring in a song or an idea and everyone adds their piece to make a unique collective creation.
In terms of live performing, what’s exciting you the most about eventually being able to tour a record like this?
We are really excited about getting the chance to play our new music that people have heard and become familiar with. It makes it that bit more special when you perform a song and the crowd engages with it so much more because they know it.
It’s a great thing when people react to us playing a certain song or shouting out requests for songs. It is the payoff of a lot of our time and effort spent making this EP.
What’s coming up for King Brown for the rest of the year, that’s getting you pumped?
Our next main goal is to release an album. We are excited to get stuck in to challenging ourselves to write and record a lot of new material for people to experience. Each one of us will bring our own ideas to the group, and from that a King Brown album will be made. That is a pretty amazing concept.
Out In The Desert is out now.
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TRACKLIST
The Garden (Intro)
Meaning Of Our Love
Healer
Trust
Re-member (Outro)
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Los Angeles-based Your Grandparents make music that hints to the nostalgia of previous decades without feeling dated. The trio isn’t cemented to just one genre, either. The friends founded Your Grandparents, using the moniker as a nod to the elders who introduced them to classic artists and inspired their musical tastes, in 2014. Originally, the trio released rap music, but their work quickly grew to incorporate the various genres that have inspired their musicianship. When asked about the albums that have inspired them lately, the men rattle off a variety of projects including D’Angelo’s Voodoo, Erykah Badu’s Baduism, The Fugees’ The Score and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.
Fueled by a recent trip to Paris, ghettoblasterman says the group’s forthcoming debut album Thru My Window is about “the different types of loves that you can encounter.” Far away from their native Los Angeles and experiencing the romantic challenges that come with dating in your early 20s, the three experienced the emotional and musical clarity that allowed them to finish the project in months. It’s their quickest creative endeavor to date. Thru My Window is also the first project where the trio could utilise other musicians and live instrumentation, resulting in their strongest productions to date.
‘So Damn Fly‘, the project’s lead single, is anchored around a psychedelic bassline and electronic guitar licks. The video, directed and produced by Your Grandparents, further displays the 70s era that inspired the single. The video for ‘Tomorrow‘, a song about pursuing a love interest despite the uncertainty it involves, borrows from the Blaxploitation films popularised in the same decade. Your Grandparents utilised various recording techniques to get the desired effect for their genre-blending debut album. The group credits their cohesive sound to their years-long friendship, which began when they were each about 13 years old. “Our tastes have kind of combined into one. There’s not a lot of communication on the creation end that has to happen. We just fall into place,” ghettoblasterman says.
‘Sunlight‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
THRU MY WINDOW
The debut album by Your Grandparents
July 16
Pre-order here
TRACKLIST
So Damn Fly
Tomorrow
Sunlight
Comfortable
Intoxicated
Past Love
Red Room
Down the Road
Digest
Jasmine
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‘say something’ sees Clea’s warm and distinguishable vocals washing over a hypnotic, intoxicating beat. A song about the inevitability of change, and our frequent fight against it, ‘say something’ was premiered on-air via FBi and online via Atwood Magazine and arrives with a striking, world-class video from Sydney based director Jamin.
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Tremorverse Records unveil a second track and artist to feature on their upcoming compilation album, introducing Liv McLean and her melodic groove bender, ‘New Pair Of Eyes’. After announcing the news of their third compilation album earlier this year, debuting Alex Garla’s beautifully dank groove ‘No Love’, Tremorverse are hitting the ground running to cement Tremorverse Three as one of their greatest comps to date with the arrival of Liv’s stunning new track.
‘New Pair Of Eyes’ highlights precisely what Liv McLean is known for; tight, flawless harmonies and warm, raspy vocals. In the shadow of a fractured world, Liv spent the majority of 2020 in incubation, developing her unique style and flourishing in creative growth. From writing and arranging new works, Liv recognises melodic phrases through her electric guitar and her vocals that create layering melodies and magical, eerie harmonies. Her flexibility to immerse herself into fusing and fine-tuning the world of psychedelic soul with jazz fusion is what makes Liv’s sound, and indeed ‘New Pair Of Eyes’, disparate from other artists’ work.
“New Pair of Eyes is based on shifting your perspective and rather than focusing on all the difficulties one might face, finding something positive to focus on to get out of a negative headspace.” – Liv McLean
Drawing inspiration from Moses Sumney, Solange, Lianne La Havas and Radiohead, Liv McLean weaves elements of psychedelia, funk, and dance grooves all connected by her exceptional voice. This year has already bought promising opportunities for Liv. Immersing herself in the local scene supporting other artists has led Liv to perform alongside the likes of Priscilla Stanley, Charlie McCosh and Quarterback, all of which have performed sold out shows at The Workers Club early this year. Additionally, having a weekly residency at the Sorrento Hotel alongside astounding guitarist Nick Vargas in February and March has significantly grown Liv’s dedicated fan base and status as a certified one-to-watch. Delve into the gorgeous bent grooves of Liv McLean’s ‘New Pair Of Eyes’ and keep an ear out for Tremorverse Three dropping this winter.
‘New Pair Of Eyes’ is out now via Tremorverse Records
‘New Pair Of Eyes’ Credits
Performers Liv McLean and Keanu Long
Mixed and produced by Keanu Long
Mastered by Mikey Young
Artwork by Aidan Burgess
New Pair Of Eyes Lyrics
My eyes are getting pretty old
And my eyes can’t see what it is to unfold in front of them
When I watch the news, catching flight, rewrite then tag
And when I look around, there’s so much to prove
Wrestling word into my submission watching the world all under commission
I need a new pair of eyes shift my mind
Grappling under the knife
Do I choose to be safe or choose to fights
Widening out my perspective
Choosing to wipe out the negative
This ain’t no fantasy
My eyes they used to be less wise
But now my eyes are working with what they got right in front of them
What I see is not always what I get
So why not just look around
And dream of what I could get
Wrestling word into my submission watching the world all under commission
I need a new pair of eyes shift my mind
Grappling under the knife
Do I choose to be safe or choose to fights
Widening out my perspective
Choosing to wipe out the negative
This ain’t no fantasy
Open up your eyes
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Where are you currently based?
At the moment, I’m in this really beautiful, quiet spot in the Grand Teton National Forest over in Wyoming, it’s absolutely wild out here!
Oh man, such a funny thought. Going to a small elementary school in southern Vermont, it was sorta an unspoken requirement to give some sort of musical instrument a try. I think in 1st grade my mom rented me a trumpet, but after a few months of absurd sound making, she returned the trumpet and came back with a snare drum. The rest is history. I stuck with playing the kit my whole life. I’d say the last 3-4 years I’ve really focused more on producing, but drums will always be closest to my heart. But yeah, I was lucky to have that push from my parents at an earlier age to grab something and see what happens.
What’s been happening recently and how has your Covid experience been so far?
So much has been happening! I’ve sorta packed up my life for the next 6+ months and just recently hit the road. We’ve been on the road for 28 days today and very much still acclimating to the go-go-go lifestyle. But we can talk more about that in a bit. As far as my Covid experience, it’s been waaay easier than others, which I’m grateful for. I was lucky to spend the majority of the thick of it in VT, where there was plenty of space and a pretty conscious community who’ve taken it seriously. Knowing buddies down in NYC and hearing about the extreme isolation, I’ve had it way easy. Dogs also help haha.
Your new single ‘Fulgurant’ is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?
How did you go about writing Fulgurant?It all started with this really cool synth I accidentally fell into. It was one of those random small plugins that came with a bundle I bought a while ago through Native. It blended so many washy layers together, so after telling myself to stop tinkering with it I had a really cool chord progression put together. From there, I knew I wanted to do some sort of vocodery layering as well, so I spent a ton of time working on that and trying not to overdo it with the amount of synth and vocal layers. Percussive textures are always something I focus a ton on, so getting those super crisp and clear was the third piece of Fulgurant. I spent a while looking for the perfect harp plugin, which was so hard to find, and sorta funny thinking back on it now. There’s this one small section where I have this huge strum from a harp that leads into the bridge type section, and the harp sorta handles the whole transition there. It took me a while to get that sounding right haha, but so worth it! Lyric wise, I didn’t know what the song was going to be about until I really took a step back and had a bit of a realization about some pretty heavy stuff, life and death, that kinda thing. For Fulgurant specifically, it’s all about seeing a family member age, and face some pretty serious dementia. Something a lot of people face, but never really confront outright. At the end of the day, we just have to be there for eachother, and that can be hard to do too.
Where and when did you record/produce/master and who with?
I’d say 75% of the song was written out of my small corner studio space in my living room at my old apartment in Burlington, VT. For the vocals I actually just brought my gear into a practice room at this spot called the Burlington Music Dojo. I’d rent out a weekly spot for practicing drumming mostly, but the room was treated super well, and I thought I might get a better take trying to record there. Seemed to work decently well! I finished the latter part of the track down at my childhood home in southern VT. Once I had it sounding the best I could, I sent it over to a good friend and amazing engineer Nick Squids, who did the mix and master and really took it to another level. Guy is a genius.
How did you approach the recording process?
I always feel pretty amature when it comes to recording live tracks in my songs. I don’t have anything fancy, but it always seems to end up clean and clear enough. I have a 2 track audio interface and a cheap condenser mic I use for just about everything. Outside of vocals, I recorded some guitar – I have this baby taylor that can’t hold a tune to save its life, but I love it so much. I always leave it in some random open tuning, and I just set up a mic in my living room while I was plucking a few chords that ended up working really well with the song. I also have this beautiful black tele, that I love adding huge held out chords with. I usually throw a fair amount of effects on the guitar stuff, you can get some really cool sounds that way. But yeah, it’s always recorded in the middle of my apartment type of thing.
What programs/equipment did you use?
I ended up using a combination of plugins between native, output, arturia for my synths, bass, and other instruments. There’s honestly way too many options out there these days haha. I feel like I could probably do more with less, but yeah, I’ll typically throw on a handful of effects from waves or soundtoys to really start distorting and manipulating the sound. I’ve been a huge fan of the soundtoys crystallizer and some of the maserati plugins from waves. I think my favorite part of the whole set up on this song was midi tracking my drum samples into this little electric kit I got off craigslist. It was the first time I was able to actually record what I was playing with a Teulu track. I feel like it gives it a better groove, and a good groove is so important. Even if it’s dragging or maybe off a bit.
I hear you’re living out of a converted 1989 Chevy van! How and why did this come about and how has the experience been so far?
Aha yes! It’s been a wild ride so far, that’s for sure. I think the whole idea started from a huge feeling of not really knowing where to go next. I moved back east with plans to move into the city, but COVID hit and sorta threw everything out the door, like it did for so many others. Not long after that, my girlfriend and I found this cheap, old 1989 chevy van that was already gutted, and we got to work building it at the beginning of the year. It then sorta morphed into “oh, we could really cut down on our consumption while doing this, and really minimize our overall footprint.” So not only could we figure out where the next home might be, but we could consume less, and waste less in the process. I also set up a pretty cool mobile studio, more to come from that soon though. It’s really easy to romanticize this idea of living on the road, which partly can be totally true. There’s also a lot of adjusting and acclimating to be done, and we’re still going through some of that now. Especially with two dogs along for the ride, haha.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
Oooooo, so much good music just dropped! I’m halfway through the new Tyler album, and he’s crushed it again. I just love his beats and all of his production, it’s so unique and good. I’ve also been really into this artist On Planets, wicked good lyrical cadence and his writing is really inspiring to me as of late. Oh man, and don’t get me started on the new Porter record. Another really good record just dropped from rum.gold that I’m super into.
What do you like to do away from music?
I’m a huge fan of winter, so taking the pups out snowboarding is something I do pretty often. Also a sucker for a good (and bad) scary movie, but you gotta have popcorn with it. Sorta random, but I picked up leather tooling from a good buddy over in Portland, OR, and really enjoy making simple leather goods out of recycled scraps. Anything that helps pull you out of the daily routine, and get you to think about bigger picture type stuff, I love.
What’s planned for 2021?
Crazy to think we’re already halfway through it! I’ve got a few more tracks to release, which feels good. I’m still a bit slow at finishing songs, so a big goal is to write a ton of new music while being on the road. And yeah outside of music, I’ll be on the road for the rest of the year, checking out some new potential spots to call home. The biggest thing I think is just trying to really focus on living as minimally as possible and recognizing what a privilege this all is.
Favourite food and place to hangout?
Oh man, tough question! Since I just spent the last week in Bozeman, MT, I’d say that’s been the coolest spot on the road so far. I was lucky to land there during a few Pride events, and the community there is so great. The food there is pretty awesome too, I had Bibimbap for the first time over there and it really hit the spot. Shout out to Whistle Pig.