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August 2021

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Ari Herstand x Fender Artist Playbook

by the partae August 31, 2021
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How did you first become involved with music?

I’ve been playing music for as long as I remember. I grew up with an upright piano in my house and was writing songs on there before I started walking. Throughout high school I played trumpet in my school’s various ensembles like concert band, jazz band, orchestra, pep band and I also played guitar and trumpet played in a ska/funk/rock/jam band (we had an identity crisis) outside of school with some friends. I initially went to the University of Minnesota to study classical trumpet and music education, but realized very quickly that path wasn’t for me. I started performing around campus as a singer/songwriter and transferred to a contemporary music industry school studying music business and songwriting. I got in and out in 3 semesters and realized very quickly that everything I was taught in school about the music industry was outdated and irrelevant (this was around 2005).

I was taught in school that the only way to be a successful musician was to get signed to a record deal. They never taught me how to get a deal, just that I needed one if I wanted to succeed. So I had two options: 1) sit around and wait for this record deal to magically appear in my lap or 2) start to figure out how to make a music career happen on my own. I chose the latter.

What’s been happening with recently with the New Music Business podcast?

I just had Imogen Heap on discussing how she envisions making the future of music metadata, credits and payment more transparent and equitable for musicians through blockchain technology. That was really interesting conversation. Also, recently I chatted with Ritt Momney who found success from his song going viral on TikTok. And I had the pop-punk, Australian band Stand Atlantic on the show who offered great perspective on how they build their fanbase live – in an internet driven industry. Very recently I had the pleasure of chatting with Nigerian Afrobeat guitarist Fiokee who gave me some insight into how the Nigerian music scene operates. And one of my favorite interviews most recently was with Cory Wong of Vulfpeck who discussed session musician and band leading etiquette. You can check out all the episodes here. 

How has the changing landscape encouraged emerging musicians? 

It is the best time in the history of the music industry to be a musician. Never before in the history of the business could a musician create a sustainable, life-long career without the help of a record label. Artists these days can choose to maintain 100% of their ownership and have wildly successful careers. But we’re also seeing a wider “middle class musician” class emerge. That’s the most exciting part to me. It’s no longer either you’re a superstar or a starving artist. There are literally thousands of artists who are making music careers happen in their own way. There’s nothing wrong making a healthy living doing what you love – even if you’re not famous. That’s not what a music career is about anymore.

Please tell us about you involvement with Fender Artist Playbook:

Fender and I have similar missions: to empower musicians with the tools to succeed. Fender approached me to write the Playbook because we align on our values and mission. It’s a natural partnership and I’m happy I’ve been able to work with them to get this super helpful resource out into the world and into the hands of musicians.

How does the Fender Artist Playbook help musicians navigate the changing landscape?

There is no longer one way to make a music career happen, there are literally as many ways to make a music career happen as there are musicians.

In the Playbook I outline a few of the ways musicians can make a music career work these days. This Playbook is a great starting point for any musician at any stage of their career to understand some of the avenues they can pursue to find success in 2021.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

Bill Withers. Always.

What do you like to do away from music?

In the winter I like to ski. I really enjoy acting. And I can also make a mean Frittata.

What’s planned for the remainder of 2021?

I just wrapped up an immersive 1970s funk/soul concert theatrical experience Brassroots District. We performed 16 shows in Downtown LA (outside). I’m just about to start writing the 3rd edition of How To Make It in the New Music Business which is slated to come out Fall 2022!

Favourite food and place to Hangout?

Favorite food = Canters Pastrami Reuban. Favorite place to hangout = Hotel Cafe in Hollywood.

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Keiynan Lonsdale

by the partae August 31, 2021
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Where are you currently based and what are you up to?

I just wrapped up shooting a Rom-Com movie called My Fake Boyfriend in Toronto yesterday, so I’m headed back to LA and into my full time music headspace. It’s harder to focus on it all when I’m on set for 14hr days, so i use the late nights and weekend where I can – thankfully I was able to find a dope studio and engineer here in TO to record my next release.

How did you first start playing music?

It started with dance really. As a kid I would edit my music for certain stage performances, i loved mixing songs together by splicing from multiple cassette tapes. Eventually, I learned computer programs to get finer cuts & more dynamics, and then in high school at about age 14 I started constructing original songs on my laptop & recording vocals. Once I started getting into actual recording studios at about 16yrs old it was all over for me – I knew I’d be hooked for life.

Your new single Rhythm & Music is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?

Definitely an MJ influence within the music and writing. I wanted something I could really break out and dance to, not just bop around but like really give every bit of feeling to. In terms of writing, I felt like I had too much love & music in my heart, and I always felt like the people I dated were wanting me to contain it for them… this was my rebellion, and invitation.

How did you go about writing the single?

Same way as most of the tracks on the album, my producer / roommate at the time Louis Futon just recorded at the house, it probably started with me venting about relationship patterns and desires… Usually he’d pick up an instrument, play around on it, and then I’d start singing a melody and lyrics inspired by the sound and the conversation… or vis-versa.

Where and when did you record/produce/master?

Recorded mostly in my house in Los Angeles, and also at Steakhouse Studios in North Hollywood. Masters were done also in LA with Michael Freeman.

What influenced the music video?

Our main influence vibes were Michael Jackson, Dirty Dancing, Kanye’s “Fade” video with Teyana Taylor, Flashdance etc. And the location was chosen because of my dance competition background, I was always in a hall like that most weekends growing up… in fact it’s likely that I’ve performed in that same hall before at some point ha, I really wanted to call back to my dance roots.. this song was the perfect choice for that.

Where and when did you film and who with?

We shot back in June 2020 at Balmain Town Hall. The entire crew had a history of dance as well, we had worked together many years earlier before I moved overseas.. so the whole project felt like this beautiful reunion. Cat Santos choreographed, Rowena Rasmussen directed along with husband Joel Rasmussen who was DP, Jason Lewis produced, & Dylan Mahoney was first AD as well as assistant creative director. Adam Saunders played my love interest, we’ve also known each other for many years through dance music and film in Sydney.

What did you most enjoy about creating the music video?

It was a family affair with my Aussie dance community. Getting to create back home again in Sydney with best friends and peers who’ve known me for over 10 years.. during a pandemic at that, was really a dream come true & massive blessing. I loved getting back to my roots as a dancer & pushing hard, there’s nothing quite like it and I never wanna forget that part of me again.

What do you like to do away from music?

Oooh.. I like to game from time to time. I’ve started getting into martial arts this year which I really enjoy. And I chill with my friends, I’ll kick it at a rave party every now and then, or go to a music festival. But to be honest, music always finds it’s way into every thing.. and I love it.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

Past couple weeks it’s been Joyner Lucas, Obongjayar, Peter Collins, and James Fauntleroy. I’m about to get into Kanye’s Donda.

What’s planned for the remainder of 2021 going into 22?

Is alllll about the rhythm & music baby ️‍ we got 3 other music videos to share & I have more to shoot, got a big live show I’ll start rehearsing for pretty soon & am currently planning out the creative for, and I’m also back in the studio writing new magic and finishing what we’ve worked on this year. It’s a dream year.

What’s your favourite food and place to hang out in your down time?

 I love me some chocolate and I love hangin at home – I do so much travelling so at this stage my home feels like the vacation. Either solo or having friends over, it’s peaceful.

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SAM TESKEY RELEASES HEARTFELT NEW SINGLE 'TIL THE RIVER TAKES US HOME' DEBUT SOLO LP CYCLES - OUT OCT 8
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SAM TESKEY RELEASES HEARTFELT NEW SINGLE ‘TIL THE RIVER TAKES US HOME’ DEBUT SOLO LP CYCLES – OUT OCT 8

by the partae August 29, 2021
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Sam Teskey – lead guitarist, ARIA Award winning and Grammy-nominated engineer from The Teskey Brothers (TTB), today releases his new single, the warm & heartfelt ‘Til The River Takes Us Home’ (TTRTUH). Recorded live with some help from longtime TTB collaborator Naomune Anzai, Teskey took a back-to-basics approach when producing this tender folk song – setting up a microphone in the great outdoors, and along with friends Joe Fairburn and Neil Wilkinson on BVs, the track is complete with a surprise guest appearance from a flock of local birds. “There was this magical moment where the birds came in right on the second verse. A big flock flew over. That created a whole new environment for that track,” Teskey says.

The track, accompanied by the lyric video, follows his first single ‘Love’, with both songs featuring on his debut solo album Cycles, out on Friday 8 October.

Cycles, Sam Teskey’s assured debut album, is a cosmic journey that takes the listener from sprawling, orchestral balladry to dissonant, ambient soundscapes, from folk to heavy psych-rock freak outs and from which TTRTUH appears as an almost oasis in the centre.

Inspired by the great English psychedelic bands of the late 60s and 70s, like Pink Floyd and specifically their album Meddle, Sam has made a record to be enjoyed as a whole, from start to finish.

“A big point of this album is for people to create their own journey and their own story with it,” Teskey says. “There’s lots of things that I can explore and think about and say about the record, but I really want to leave the experience up to the listener. To see what comes to them. It’s feels really nice to put the creativity back in the listeners’ hands.”

Teskey’s own creative journey with the album began in early 2020. Housebound, with touring at a stand-still, he turned his attention to the vast back catalogue of music he’d amassed over the years.  Teskey spent a painstaking amount of time digging through his old demos, sitting with them and thinking deeply about which songs would best capture what he wanted to say. Starting where most artists finish, he settled on the track-listing before recording a note, thoughtfully building the demos into one body of work, with each track seamlessly melting into the next.

Life cycles are a big recurring theme on the album. In fact, the record itself is a cycle, starting with the stirring, pastoral folk of ‘Love’ and ending with its reprise, ‘Then Love Returns’. It’s all part of the journey. “Cycles. That’s the concept of the album for me” he explains. “It just loops around in that sense. It could be a life cycle. Or a year. Or a day. At the start you can see the sunrise and then it goes all the way around and you’re seeing the same sunrise. The whole movement of a cycle.”

The album is available to pre-order on digital, CD & heavyweight vinyl, and fans have the opportunity to experience it live during Sam Teskey’s debut solo tour, kicking off in October. Teskey is also pleased to announce he will be joined by good friend and collaborator Harmony Byrne as the special guest for all shows.

Sam Teskey – ‘Til The River Takes Us Home’
Single out now through Ivy League Records
Buy/stream hereSam Teskey – Cycles
Album out 8 October 2021 through Ivy League Records
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Sam Teskey – Cycles tracklisting:
1. Love
2. Don’t Fear
3. Let The Sun Bring The Light
4. Til The River Takes Us Home
5. If The Dove Is Sold
6. Our World Goes Cold
7. Then Love Returns
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CYCLES ALBUM TOUR
FRI 8 OCT – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
SAT 9 OCT – OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY
SAT 16 OCT – LION ARTS FACTORY, ADELAIDE
FRI 22 OCT – THEATRE ROYAL, CASTLEMAINE
SAT 23 OCT – CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNETickets available here

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Tom Morello Releases New Single 'Driving To Texas' Feat. Phantogram From Forthcoming Album 'The Atlas Underground Fire' Out October 15
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Tom Morello Releases New Single ‘Driving To Texas’ Feat. Phantogram From Forthcoming Album ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ Out October 15

by the partae August 29, 2021
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Rock & Roll icon and two-time Grammy winner Tom Morello released a new single today from his recently announced album project The Atlas Underground Fire. The original song Driving To Texas featuring Phantogram is available HERE.

“I’d worked with Josh from Phantogram on my first Atlas Underground album and I was thrilled when he and Sarah reached out about collaborating on this record. This song is creepy as hell –a dark journey, a struggle for a tortured soul. The guitar solo needed to feel like a vengeful angel who has come down to decide the fate of the protagonist. Will they descend into the abyss or will they find redemption? “Driving To Texas,” really shows the breadth of the music you’ll hear on this record. Sarah has one of the most haunting and beautiful voices of anyone singing today, and Josh’s production is stylistically so fresh and eerie,” said Tom Morello.
Morello – co-founder of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Prophets of Rage – will release this forthcoming album The Atlas Underground Fire on October 15 by Mom + Pop Music. The record is available for pre-order now HERE. The album’s first single, available HERE, was the classic rock AC/DC rock anthem Highway to Hell featuring Morello, Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder which debuted at #1 on Classic Rock radio.  Featuring a jaw dropping cast of collaborators including Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Chris Stapleton, Mike Posner, Damian Marley and more, Morello’s insane guitar playing will be on full display taking the instrument into the future and forging an alternative/rock/EDM masterpiece with all-time legends and cutting edge firebrands.
Tom Morello is widely known as a barrier breaking guitarist who continues to push the limits and prove the transformative power of music. Throughout his remarkable career, Morello has collaborated with everyone from Wu Tang Clan to Johnny Cash.  On The Atlas Underground Fire, as he did in 2018’s The Atlas Underground, Morello took a path into new sonic territory with the project’s breadth of talented collaborators, transforming his sound. With his guitar leading the way, Morello continues to create powerful alloys of different genres.
The Atlas Underground Fire Track Listing:
01. Harlem Hellfighter
02. Highway to Hell (featuring Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder)
03. Let’s Get The Party Started (featuring Bring Me The Horizon)
04. Driving to Texas (featuring Phantogram)
05. The War Inside (featuring Chris Stapleton)
06. Hold The Line (featuring grandson)
07. Naraka (featuring Mike Posner)
08. The Achilles List (featuring Damian Marley)
09. Night Witch (featuring phem)
10. Charmed I’m Sure (featuring Protohype)
11. Save Our Souls (featuring Dennis Lyxzén of Refused)
12. On The Shore Of Eternity (featuring Sama’ Abdulhadi)
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DRAIN JOINS EPITAPH RECORDS SHARE NEW TRACK “WATCH YOU BURN”
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DRAIN JOINS EPITAPH RECORDS SHARE NEW TRACK “WATCH YOU BURN”

by the partae August 29, 2021
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Epitaph Records is pleased to welcome Santa Cruz-bred hardcore quartet Drain to the family!

Today, the Northern California based band shares their new single “Watch You Burn,” produced and engineered by Taylor Young (Nails, Twitching Tongues, Rotting Out). “’Watch You Burn’ is a pissed off and in your face song that I wrote after hitting a breaking point this year,” explains vocalist Sammy Ciaramitaro. “Lyrically, it is exactly what I felt like I needed to say to convey the way that I had been feeling, while also being the exact words that I needed to hear at that point in my life. I was in a really dark place and I used my mindset and troubled environment as fuel to create and make a positive out of a negative. Life handed me lemons and I made a badass song out of it”

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Since their formation in 2014, Drain has released two EPs and one full-length record; Over Thinking (2016), Time Enough at Last (2017), and their debut record California Cursed (2020). Th band takes heavy influence from thrash, and ’80s to ’90s hardcore mixed with a modern influence.

Drain is Sammy Ciaramitaro (vocals), Cody Chavez (guitar), Mike Durrett (bass) and Tim Flegal (drums).

Stay tuned for more news on Drain

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KING KRULE Announces new live album You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down Out September 10 via XL Recordings Shares lead single & video 'Stoned Again (Live)'
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KING KRULE Announces new live album You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down Out September 10 via XL Recordings Shares lead single & video ‘Stoned Again (Live)’

by the partae August 29, 2021
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Today, King Krule announces his forthcoming live album You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down, due out September 10th via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. In addition, the artist shares the lead single and an accompanying video from the live album, ‘Stoned Again (Live)’. Mere weeks before the world went into lockdown, King Krule had performed a handful of European shows which featured tracks from his critically acclaimed third album Man Alive!.  Recorded live during that short run of shows, the Man Alive! single ‘Stoned Again‘ was taken from a show in Paris. Performed with a ferocious intensity, the recording offers fans a glimpse into a live tour that never was, while also reminding them of the artist’s unique stage presence and incredible performances delivered across his entire catalogue.

You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down features a setlist of 17 songs that span the acclaimed artist’s entire discography including fan favourites ‘Easy Easy’, ‘Baby Blue’, ‘Out Getting Ribs’ and more.

“Once spilt into the cheap 4 tracks and pirate software, now collosos energy redeemed into small diaphragms. Sat on toilets imagining the moment other animals would sing the very vibrations back to them. Climbing a ladder of fulfilment, that fullfills neither need or want, but in ascent maybe the organised grouping of heartbeats pounding into the universe for an hour and a half would not be better spent. I felt comfortable for once, young and uncomfortable with a tunnel of anxiety to walk through.”

Listen to and watch ‘Stoned Again (Live)’ below, see You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down details below, and stay tuned for more from King Krule coming soon.

Pre-order You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down: https://kingkrule.ffm.to/youheatmeup
King Krule – Stoned Again (Live)
Listen / Download: https://kingkrule.ffm.to/stonedagainlive

King Krule – You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down is out September 10 via XL Recordings / Remote Control
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DINNER Announces new album Dream Work, out October 22 Shares single & video 'Midnight In My Head'
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DINNER Announces new album Dream Work, out October 22 Shares single & video ‘Midnight In My Head’

by the partae August 29, 2021
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Today Dinner aka Danish multi-instrumentalist Anders Rhedin has announced a new album titled Dream Work, a lush collection of synth and guitar-laden indie pop that expertly channels Ryuichi Sakamoto, early British indie, and the sound of water, due for release October 22, 2021 on Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Dream Work features vocal contributions from labelmates Molly Burch and Charlie Hilton as well as Lina Tullgren and Nicolai Koch. The album’s announcement is accompanied by a video for lead single ‘Midnight In My Head (ft. Charlie Hilton)‘ directed by Anne Tse, featuring lip syncing and perfectly interpretive choreography from the video’s star, Carly Johnson.

Anders Rhedin shares: “It felt natural to have someone else play out what they felt this song was about. I know what my personal vision of this song is, so it seemed more interesting to see someone else’s vision; to see Anna and Carly’s. Also, I’ve done so many Dinner videos featuring me and / or my face; I thought it’d be nice with a bit of variation.” 

Regarding the video, director Anne Tse has this to say: “Based off of the song’s dreamlike impression, it felt right to create an alternative world of movement to visualize Dinners music. Knowing Carly’s ability to translate artistic mediums into her own inspired us to use multiple locations, seamlessly connecting them through dance. It was a fun process to be trusted by Dinner, and to work with him and Carly to create this.”

Pre-order / pre-save Dinner – Dream Work: https://dinner.ffm.to/dreamwork.opr

Dinner – ‘Midnight In My Head’ (Official Video)
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After a four-year hiatus exploring ambient and meditation music, Danish multi-instrumentalist Anders Rhedin has returned to his indie roots with Dream Work, his third album as Dinner.

Like most worthwhile pursuits, the path to Dream Work hasn’t been straight. Rhedin spent his 20s playing in bands in his native Copenhagen (including the indie pop group Choir of Young Believers) before relocating to LA to pursue pop songwriting, an enterprise which he considers “an unmitigated disaster.” From this disaster, however, came the genesis of the Dinner project, which saw Rhedin self-releasing cassettes of his solo music while splitting his time between Berlin, LA and Copenhagen. His irreverent synth-based avant-pop was enough to attract attention, and in 2014 Rhedin signed to Captured Tracks, moved to LA full-time, and released a series of full length projects including Three EPs (2015), Psychic Lovers (2016), and New Work (2017). Over this period he also toured the world with the likes of Mac Demarco, Sean Nicholas Savage, Prince Rama, and King Gizzard.

In tandem with the progression of Dinner, Rhedin was also honing another skill – channeling his long standing personal interest in meditation and Jungian techniques into ambient production and guided meditation. After the release of New Work, he took a step back from the Dinner project in order to explore these avenues more seriously – returning to Copenhagen in the process. Over the last few years, he’s released a series of ambient releases under his own name geared towards meditation, sleep, and relaxation. He’s also led live guided sound baths and meditations at art museums, churches, and rooftops all over the world.

The time away proved fruitful – returning to the Dinner project with fresh eyes, Rhedin sought not to reproduce his previous style, but rather to integrate these two components of his body of work. “I think I’ve been working more like a sculptor less like a builder,” he notes. “I’ve just been chipping away at ideas until a song was left. Not so much trying to build something spectacular. I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want to go back to how Dinner sounded before making the ambient albums. I knew that I kind of wanted to turn the old Dinner sound inside out. To go into that sonic universe but deconstruct it and rebuild it.” As a result, Dream Work sounds at once classic and entirely new; a deft balance of Rhedin’s trademark electro-pop with the meditative and organic elements of his ambient work.

This delicate balance is also a reflection of the site of its creation – Rhedin recorded the album in Copenhagen during the fall/winter, almost exclusively at night: “I rented a small studio in the off-hours. So I sat there at night a lot. I’d walk around the empty streets for inspiration, have a coffee, and get to work. There’s something beautiful about the world at night. Everything’s quiet.” This sense of ease translates in the music – from the melancholy acoustic guitar and downtempo synth melody of ‘Spirit Voices‘ to the ethereal refrain on ‘Connection‘, Rhedin washes his pop songwriting in dark, dreamy textures. These textures lend cohesion to the far-reaching collection – Dinner effortlessly floats from Stereolab-like electric guitar (‘Anima‘) to twinkling synth-pop (‘Midnight In My Head‘) to fluid ambient (‘Drøm‘) in the span of just 34 minutes. Contributions from labelmates Molly Burch and Charlie Hilton as well as Lina Tullgren, Nicolai Koch help bolster this quality: much like Rhedin himself, Dream Work feels well-travelled even when it’s standing in place.

Though his influences may be vast in scope – ranging from Egyptian mythology to Japanese ambient to the experience of impending fatherhood (he recently welcomed his first child) – Rhedin is relatively uninterested in putting too much weight on intentions. “What I like about ambient is that it’s utilitarian. It serves a purpose….it’s not about ‘me’ as an auteur or about my life story. It’s about the listener’s experience. And we meet in that space somehow. We hang out in that space together.” More than any one sonic or lyrical element, this ethos is perhaps the most distinct marker between Dream Work and the previous Dinner catalog. Like a still reflection pool, we can only glimpse the depths by looking through ourselves.

Dinner – Dream Work

1. Midnight In My Head (ft. Charlie Hilton)
2. How We Talk (ft. Nikolai Koch)
3. Big Empty Sky (ft. Lina Tullgren)
4. Like You Said (ft. Charlie Hilton)
5. Anima
6. Connection (ft. Molly Burch)
7. Spirit Voices
8. Grateful (Best Shit)
9. Born Again
10. Drøm

Dinner – Dream Work is out October 22
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COLD HART "EVERY DAY IS A DAY" OUT NOW
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COLD HART “EVERY DAY IS A DAY” OUT NOW

by the partae August 28, 2021
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Alt-rapper Cold Hart has just released his sophomore album Every Day Is A Day via Epitaph Records.

As a co-founder of the seminal emo rap collective GothBoiClique (Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Lil Peep, Horse Head, Døves, JPDreamthug, Lil Tracy, Mackned, YAWNS, and fish narc), Cold Hart has consistently been on the cutting edge of alternative hip-hop and rock since 2013 as a vocalist, songwriter, and producer. By pairing components of rap with seemingly unrelated genres like emo, gothic rock, and even country, Cold Hart has become an innovator of genre-defying music.

Working with longtime collaborator YAWNS, who co-produced most of the record, Cold Hart takes his signature sound to new heights bringing his adept songwriting skills into sharper focus and expanding his palette of sonic touchstones. He wrote the album over the course of the pandemic after moving to Long Island with his wife and newborn daughter, and recorded it during the particularly dreary winter. Cold Hart weaves the consequences of these shifts, whether it be coming to terms with fatherhood, learning how to drive on icy suburban roads covered in snow, or staying present through painful experiences, into the thematic patchwork of the album.

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THE BRONX DEBUT NEW VIDEO FOR "PEACE PIPE" BRONX VI IS OUT NOW!
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THE BRONX DEBUT NEW VIDEO FOR “PEACE PIPE” BRONX VI IS OUT NOW!

by the partae August 28, 2021
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The Bronx have released their highly-anticipated new album, Bronx VI, out now via Cooking Vinyl Australia. Alongside the album release, the band have also debuted a Craig R. Stecyk-directed video for the song “Peace Pipe”.

“Working with Craig Stecyk on the ‘Peace Pipe’ video was the first fit and a dream come true,” says Matt Caughthran of the Joshua Tree set performance clip. “The feel of the song matches Craig’s aesthetic perfectly and honestly just being around him is very inspiring. His style and vision will always be completely original and unique. They just don’t make ‘em like CRS anymore!”

The SoCal band previously partnered with Stecyk, founder of the famous Zephyr Surfshop that birthed the skate team of the same name and was the basis of the Dogtown documentary and film, for a limited edition Bronx X Craig Stecyk skate deck. Stecyk, in an interview with Juice Magazine said of his relationship with The Bronx: “I’ve known The Bronx since ’02 and have always been intrigued by both their sound and their demonic deconstructivist work ethic.”

As the band has done with each of the previously released singles, a collectible 7-inch is also available, with the “Peace Pipe” offering featuring artwork from famed U.K. graffiti artist/typographer Gary Stranger. A limited-edition capsule collection highlighting the artwork can be viewed on the band’s webstore.

The Bronx have unveiled six singles to date, with previous offerings including: “Mexican Summer”, “Curb Feelers”, “White Shadow”, “Superbloom” and “Watering The Well”). Each of the 11 songs on Bronx VI is being issued as a separate, limited-edition 7-inch, with the band partnering with an impressive group of artists for the series (including DabsMyla, Brian Montoiri and Jeremy Dean).

Bronx VI was produced by Joe Barresi (Tool, Melvins, Bad Religion) at his House of Compression studio in Pasadena, Calif.

THE BRONX – BRONX VI

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PRAISE FOR BRONX VI

“The Bronx can always be counted on for tight, joyous rock ‘n’ roll that toes the line between hard rock and hardcore punk.” – Consequence

“…Bronx VI … demands you stand up and take notice.” – Loudwire

“It’s classic fucking Bronx alright” – Brooklyn Vegan

“… high octane…” – Revolver

ABOUT THE BRONX

The Bronx formed in 2002, releasing their self-titled debut album the following year. Over the Los Angeles-based band’s 19 year career, The Bronx have released five original albums under their original namesake, and three albums under their alter ego, Mariachi El Bronx. Both iterations of the now legendary SoCal outfit have been hailed for harnessing the “unleashed cries of youthful blue-collar anguish” (Los Angeles Times), and for writing “hard-hitting and catchy hard rock tracks” (Loudwire). The Bronx is Matt Caughthran (vocals), Joby J. Ford (guitar), Ken Horne (guitar), Brad Magers (bass) and Joey Castillo (drums).

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HAND HABITS Shares video for new single 'No Difference' New album Fun House out October 22
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HAND HABITS Shares video for new single ‘No Difference’ New album Fun House out October 22

by the partae August 28, 2021
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Photo Credit: Jacob Boll

Early Praise for Hand Habits – Fun House

“Fun House is lush, bright, in constant forward motion, in a constant state of change. Duffy’s third and best record, it possesses some grimy, earthen magic.” – The FADER 

“‘Aquamarine’ is an expansive song that steadily builds to a pristine dancefloor-ready peak — a moment that Duffy brings to life on a brilliantly lit stage in the single-take video for the song, directed by V Haddad.” – Rolling Stone  

“‘Aquamarine’ is an absolute doozy, the kind of song that can break your heart with one hand and piece it back together with the other, fragment by fragment, beat by beat. The joyous instrumental and gut-wrenching lyrics each magnify the other’s power, overwhelming your emotions to the point that little details land like atom bombs.” – Paste

“Fun House could be their most experimental (and exciting) album to date.” – FLOOD

“Hand Habits ditches the guitar for a pulsing dance beat that adds a delicious, heightened tension to their dewy and wistful vocals.” – Nylon

“Duffy shows us we can dance with our demons” – them.

“Explores electro-pop while remaining still very much a Hand Habits song.” – Brooklyn Vegan

Hand Habits, the project of Los Angeles-based musician Meg Duffy (they/them), has shared a video for ‘No Difference,’ the new single from their upcoming album, Fun House, available for pre-order now and due Friday 22 October via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records.

In an interview with Paste Magazine, Duffy said “I had spent so much of my life in scarcity and longing for something, feeling like there’s not really a difference between having it all and having nothing,” they say. “We always want to be seen and heard and understood. But me fixating on not being seen is actually blocking my view from seeing that person, too.”

Fun House is Duffy’s most ambitious Hand Habits album to date. Produced by Sasami Ashworth (SASAMI) and engineered by Kyle Thomas (King Tuff), the record was not intended as a reaction to the pandemic, but it was very much the result of taking a difficult, if much-needed, moment of pause. Emboldened by going into therapy and coaxed by Ashworth to push the songs into unexpected new shapes, the resulting music is more acutely personal and stylistically adventurous than anything you’ve heard from Hand Habits before.

While Fun House shares some of the same hallmarks as previous Hand Habits releases —a kind of outré queer sensibility, a gentle sense of vulnerability — the record is a marked sonic departure from the often muted tones of 2019’s Placeholder and 2017’s Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void). Instead, the tracks on Fun House sparkle, moving in unexpected directions and eschewing any specific genre, packaging narratives about loss, romantic longing, and childhood trauma inside polished synth pop next to tracks with a ragged, Neil Young quality. The push/pull of styles, paired with songs that move deftly between the present and past, give the record a wildly diverse, hall of mirrors quality that befits its name. Where previous Hand Habits records could be fairly insular affairs, both in their creation and their execution, Fun House feels ebullient, lush, a fully-realised conversation.

Fun House is available for pre-order now and due October 22 via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records on an opaque red LP.

Pre-order / pre-save Hand Habits – Fun House: https://handhabits.scfm.me/funhouse

Hand Habits – ‘No Difference’ (Official Video)
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There is a moment halfway through Fun House where Duffy asks the question, “How many times must I rewind the tape?” It’s a fitting rhetorical question planted squarely in the middle of a sonically adventurous record concerned largely with making sense and taking stock. How much time must we spend examining our own past in order to fully understand it? How can we safely acknowledge pain in order to release it and fully actualise who we are supposed to be? Buffeted by strings, synths, and a gently-shook tambourine, the aptly-titled track, ‘The Answer,’ highlights the emotional engine at the heart of the record. “I know the answer,” Duffy sings, “Here’s what I hope to find – it’s always mine.”

“When the pandemic happened, everything stopped,” recalls Duffy. “I had been touring consistently for five years, both on my own and playing in other people’s bands, so I wasn’t really writing a lot in between. It had been full pedal to the metal in terms of travelling and scheduling, which meant I really didn’t have a lot of time to think about how I felt or really check in with myself. Then, when the world basically stopped, it turned out to be the longest I’ve been alone in my entire life — without being in a relationship, without being on the road, without working myself to exhaustion — and the result was really like, ‘holy shit’. I slammed on the brakes and everything psychologically that I’d been pushing down and ignoring for the past few years suddenly flew to the foreground.”

What started out as a personal reckoning eventually blossomed into a fruitful and convenient means of making new music. Grounded in LA and sharing a house with Ashworth and Thomas, who also runs a studio space in the building, Duffy began to flesh out the songs that would eventually become Fun House. The new songs also became a prism through which Duffy could begin to self-actualise in a new way.

“I felt a massive shift in the way that I was seeing the world and seeing myself, moving through certain emotional patterns and behavioral patterns, and really taking them apart,” explains Duffy. “Sasami empowered me to take up a lot of different sonic spaces and challenged me to rethink these limitations that I had about my own identity. I wouldn’t allow myself to step into certain roles because of the little box I was putting myself in based on all of these false narratives that I had come to believe about myself. I think this also coincides with my trans identity too, because so much of that journey for me has been me really fighting against what I’m not “allowed” to be.”

“I like that the idea of a ‘fun house’ can have so many different connotations,” says Duffy. “It’s disorienting, it’s filled with all these different rooms with different energies and emotions. There’s a risk that there will be manipulation happening to your environment, but you sign up for it. I really liked the idea that we could take risks, that these songs could sound very different but still make sense together. A lot of the demos for this record were really just folk songs — pretty slow and sparse —but the fun was thinking about what they could become. It was like, what if we wrapped this really traumatic, at times literal, loss of identity story from your life in a dance song? Or what if we layered this secret confession about your compulsive behavioral patterns within a beautiful acapella beach boys arrangement? Yes, let’s do that.” 

In the end, the eleven tracks on Fun House represent the turning of a corner, a means of processing grief, trauma, and recovery while coming to a deeper understanding of one’s own history and what it means to step into your own power. It’s also, as Duffy imagines it, a testament to the power of creative community.

“I’m such a collaborative person and that’s where I get nourishment from,” Duffy explains. “That’s why I’m constantly playing in other people’s bands — Perfume Genius, Kevin Morby, Sylvan Esso etc. — and playing on other people’s records. It’s an open system for me, fresh energy, flow, and perspectives. I enjoy stepping into these other roles and taking direction. This time around, I wanted to have that experience with my own music. Also, I think it’s good to step back sometimes and question your own process and why you do what you do. The reason I make music is because I’m interested in connecting with people. I’m not talking to a specific ‘you’ when I’m singing a song. I’m talking to God. I’m talking to the void. It’s a little like casting a spell. And if you’re able to feel moved by it, I’m not thinking that you’re so moved by the tragedy of ‘my’ life or ‘my’ experience, but it’s maybe just that you can relate to the feeling of it. You want people to be able to project their own experiences onto this feeling that you’re trying to create and communicate. That’s the way the spell works. In order for other people to feel it, I have to make sure I’m feeling it too. And with these songs, I really do.”

Hand Habits – Fun House is out October 22
via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records

Hand HabitsHand Habits – Fun House

1. More Than Love
2. Aquamarine
3. Just to Hear You (feat. Perfume Genius)
4. No Difference
5. Graves
6. False Start
7. Clean Air
8. Concrete & Feathers
9. The Answer
10. Gold/Rust
11. Control
 
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upsidedownhead releases lush ep

by the partae August 28, 2021
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“Lean, crisp, intimate, and stirring, upsidedownhead and Clea’s new collaboration is an exceptional outpouring of raw passion and resistance.” – Atwood Magazine

“A beautifully etched collaboration, so deliberate and refined in its execution.”
– Clash Magazine

“An emotional, intense and atmospheric slow-burner, ‘twice as tough’ is one of the producer’s finest pieces of work yet. A masterclass in restraint and collaboration, upsidedownhead proves he is a producer capable of creating entire worlds in which his collaborators can truly shine.”
– Purple Sneakers

Liberation Records are proud to today unveil upsidedownhead’s anticipated second EP lush. Including ‘twice as tough ft Mansionair’, ‘make it real ft. Fractures’, ‘higher ft. Ric Rufio’ and ‘say something ft. Clea’, the polished collection of eight tracks also includes new material from Isabella Manfredi and Hein Cooper.
LIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3G6AdtL5O0STEN: upsidedownhead – ‘you deserve the world ft. Hein Cooper’
Across its 26-minute long journey, lush is dense and rewarding, but still light on its feet. It balances moments of euphoria with crunching electro that spirals off into the heavens, and sometimes buries deeply into tectonic bass. It’s minimalism on a maximum scale, or maximism on a minimalist scale: each song, each moment containing multitudes.

lush is the natural evolution for upsidedownhead (aka Ross James), who spends much of his time helping others bring their musical visions to life. Hailing from Sydney, James’s day to day role as a musical director and producer has seen him work with the likes of Vera Blue, Thelma Plum, Daniel Johns and E^ST, among many others, and collaboration also lies at the art of lush.

“Sitting at the end of this process I feel comfortable with who I am and where I’m going to go. Working with Jack from Mansionair, Fractures, Izzy Manfredi, Clea, Hein Cooper and Ric Rufio was just a creative inspiration masterclass. These wonderful musicians gave me the extra push I needed to create ‘lush’ and I’m indebted to them for their time and vision on the songs they contributed to. I’m so excited about this EP and what’s to come.”
– upsidedownhead
Collectively, the four already released tracks from the EP – ‘twice as tough’, ‘make it real’, ‘higher’ and ‘say something’ have amassed over 2.5 million streams across DSPs, and his soundscapes have also caught the attention of BBC Radio 1 (UK), RTE FM (Ieland), triple j, FBi and tastemaker sites such as Complex, The Line Of Best Fit, CLASH, Purple Sneakers and Acid Stag.

With lush, it was James’s intention to create an artistic work he could be proud of, that would still be accessible to fans; perhaps even more so than his debut offering, complex. Across its temporal and spectral journey through tumbling, thumping beatwork and astral electro gospel, lush does just that.

upsidedownhead – lush ep
Out now through Liberation Records
Buy/stream here

lush tracklisting:
1. hurts so lush ft. Isabella Manfredi
2. twice as tough ft. Mansionair
3. left wanting
4. higher ft. Ric Rufio
5. say something ft. Clea
6. lush
7. you deserve the world ft. Hein Cooper
8. make it real ft. Fractures

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by the partae August 28, 2021
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Indie singer songwriter Neeko returns with her first single of the year, ‘How Deep?’ – the stirring title track of her anticipated debut EP. Weaving folk-laden pop melodies that gently buoy listeners into a state of utter serenity, Neeko sees music-making as a deeply cathartic practice. Her debut single ‘Deep Sea Diver’ was released independently last year, captivating audiences with its siren harmonies and spacious production that uplift Neeko’s impressionable voice as one to be celebrated. Now, the rising artist is thrilled to share the track’s sister release, ‘How Deep?’ and announce the exciting news of her forthcoming EP of the same name, just around the corner.

No stranger to the Melbourne music scene, Neeko has played countless shows around the country, sharing stages with the likes of Danika Smith, Allysha Joy, T Honey (aka Maple Glider) and even the Grammy Nominee Eric Roberson. Outside of her solo project, Neeko has performed backing vocals and contributed to an array of local outfits, including most notably playing drums in Melbourne psych rock outfit, Tomgirl. The band have been billed on prominent lineups such as Strawberry Fields and have supported industry heavyweights, Mildlife and GODTET among others. We had a chat with Neeko to delve into the inspirations behind her new single, dream collaborations, her various improvisation pursuits and what she’s got coming up on the horizon.

Hi Neeko, congratulations on the release of your new single ‘How Deep?’. Can you tell us a bit what this song means to you?
This song is a very personal love song and reflects a very specific time for me in a break up journey. It was a moment of feeling overwhelming love and joy.

How did the song come about and who did you record it with?
This song came pouring out one night as the feelings of such intense love were too overwhelming not to be expressed! Literally could not contain it in my body, hence the song was born. I recorded this song with my dear friend Jonathan Collins in his bedroom studio.

Have you always made music? When did you start?
I have definitely always loved music. I was always singing when I was a kid and was always forming little bands with friends. It wasn’t until I was 19 that I started playing guitar and that’s when I really began writing songs.

How would you describe your sound?
I have explored many different sounds in my song writing journey, but at the moment the songs that have been coming through are more intimate folk-like songs that tell a story. The aesthetic of my recorded music is very centred around the backing vocal arrangements which is my favourite part of the recording process! I absolutely love creating vocal arrangements. 

You started the improv women’s showcase BLUME (Boss Ladies Under Musical Elevation) in Melbourne back in 2017 and another jam night in Alice Springs in 2018. What do improvisation and jam sessions mean to you, and how important is collaboration?
I love this question! I feel very strongly about improvised music because I feel it is how I have learnt how to play. I remember in the beginning of my musical journey going to friends’ parties where there was jamming going on and I longed to be a part of the jams but found that I had SO many insecurities to break through to feel like I could. It took a long time before feeling comfortable with feeling uncomfortable basically. I then became super passionate about creating warm and nurturing musical environments for people to be able to break through their own fears as I did. I firmly believe that music is for EVERYONE and you don’t need to be a virtuoso to play. For me, collaboration is an essential part of how I grow musically. 

List a few of your top dream artists to collaborate with or perform with and why.

I would love to collaborate with Moses Sumney! His backing vocal arrangements inspire me so much. Would also LOVE to collaborate and perform with Jacob Collier! I feel we share a similar philosophy on music and he just seems like the biggest sweetheart!

You’ve only had one other release under your solo project Neeko, with your debut single ‘Deep Sea Diver’ last year. How does ‘How Deep?’ compare to this and what evolutions has your music taken on over time?

These songs are most definitely connected. How Deep? is the antidote song to Deep Sea Diver. I recorded Deep Sea Diver in my room last year which was a really beautiful intimate experience. I have very limited knowledge about recording so it is much more lo-fi than How Deep?. Recording with Jon definitely allowed me to create a bigger sound that I would not have been able to do on my own.

What’s next for you?

I have another single coming out in October before dropping the whole EP in November which I’m very excited about! I would love to be touring this music next year but I guess we will have to wait and see given the current state of the world. Fingers crossed for us all!

Finally, where can we stay up to date with future Neeko releases? Plug yourself!

You can find me on instagram as @neekomusic which is where I post all of my upcoming things. If you would like to check out my music head on over to Spotify or if you want to purchase my music go to neekomusic.bandcamp.com and buy a song for only $1.50!

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Naarm/Melbourne duo Skydeck share sophomore album Coupon
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Naarm/Melbourne duo Skydeck share sophomore album Coupon

by the partae August 28, 2021
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“Hooks! hooks! Hooks!”
Declan Byrne via triple j

“Tinny pop informed by paranoid post-punk and inspired by the state of Australia today.”
 Noisey/VICE

“Intelligent lyrics drift above the grooviest of bass lines, only to be halted by an obscure swirl of fuzz or a distant glitch. Every detail counts.”
Deafen County

Skydeck Coupon

1. Dogshot
2. No Change
3. Guilty Of
4. Salt
5. Gut Guilt
6. Original Sin
7. Uptight
8. Plastic
9. Anthony

Buy Coupon on 12″ vinyl

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Naarm / Melbourne-based indie duo Skydeck have released their anticipated sophomore album Coupon, available now on limited-edition 12″ vinyl and digitally via Dinosaur City Records, Osborne Again and Kingfisher Bluez.

Listen to Coupon and buy limited-edition 12″ vinyl HERE.

Skydeck is the project of Mitchum Clemens (Ciggie Witch) and Dom Kearton, joined live by Liam Parsons (Good Morning), Dainis Lacey and Ambrin Hasnain (Cool Sounds). Taking inspiration from cold, post-punk sounds of the 1980s, the band makes use of FM synthesis and the bright, clean and sometimes artificial sounds it provides, contrasted with distorted guitars, motorik drums and upbeat basslines.

Coupon, the follow-up to 2019’s Australian Music Prize-nominated Eureka Moment, was written and recorded in early 2020, with the duo physically separated throughout the entire process: one in Mexico, the other back home in Australia. Writing the album was as much an artistic endeavour as it was a way to stay connected with each other over long distances, with songs and ideas acting like letters back and forth via countless email exchanges and phone memos.

While Eureka Moment gestured towards an anti-capitalist sentiment, Coupon sees the band less focused on observing society’s issues from afar, rather reflecting on their own involvement within them.

Praised by radio, media and fans alike, Skydeck have garnered attention from NME Australia, VICE, Milky, The Music, Mindies, ToneDeaf and Bandcamp (New & Notable) among others, with rotation across FBi Radio, SYN, RTR, Edge Radio and 2SER, plays on triple j and adds to influential Spotify editorial playlists ‘The Local List’, ‘Fresh Finds: Rock’ and ‘Fresh Finds: AU & NZ’.

Coupon opens with the album’s lead single ‘Dogshot’, which sees Kearton battling with the idea that the ever-increasing convenience of gig economy platforms and startups are forcing people to abandon their morals on an almost daily basis, and is followed by previously released tracks ‘No Change’, which explores the idea of hegemonic power and privilege that is perpetuated by inaction, and ‘Guilty Of’, which sees Kearton plead guilty of ingenuity as an adolescent, over muffled synths and a bouncing bassline.

Further internal struggle can be heard ‘Gut Guilt’, in which not wanting to express unnecessary opinions becomes a weak excuse for complacency and silence.

‘Original Sin’, originally titled ‘Duolingo’, opens with a synth line recorded on a synth app on Clemens Nokia, and features a 20-second soliloquy courtesy of Eva Lazzaro, who you may recognise from Eureka Moment’s ‘Cryptic Bassline Project’, while closing track ‘Anthony’ is a love song for a close friend of Kearton and Clemens’, heavily inspired by Snowy Band’s ‘Love You To Death’.

The etymology of the word coupon can be read as ‘something that helps you cope’, a fitting title for music made by two friends trying to stay connected and make sense of their place in the world together.

Coupon is out now via Dinosaur City Records, Osborne Again and Kingfisher Bluez.

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Slaight Music singer-songwriter Sam Drysdale, released his new single “Dream About a Girl” on August 25 via Cadence Recordings/Ingrooves and all streaming platforms. The new single showcases Sam’s captivating vocals in a mellow track about dreaming of a girl you can’t seem to forget even after waking up.   “At its core, Dream About A Girl is a conversation I have with myself. Despite not normally being much of a dreamer, the concept quite literally came to me in my sleep. I had been encountering some tough times in my relationship when one night I had this incredibly vivid dream where I was being spoken to by an almost-angelic woman, someone I’d never seen before. What was strange was that the vividness came from the feeling of happiness and acceptance she gave me, not the dream’s visuals. I knew there was some real weight to whatever I was feeling because despite it being so fleeting, I still felt it in my chest when I woke up. Something so small but it caused me to rethink elements of my real-life relationship. I wanted to know more about this imaginary person,” said Sam.    “Luckily that day I was slated to be in the studio with Andrew Martino (Down With Webster/Honors) and Alexandra Soumalias. I told them about the dream, showed them some rough lyrics, and the song wrote itself. After a few ZOOM sessions between Toronto and Los Angeles, we had a song that we knew could help establish the framework for the entire project. I couldn’t be more excited to release it as an intro to our new era.”   Born in Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, and raised in Guelph, ON, Sam was influenced by his musical family from a young age who exposed him to all kinds of artists from Bruce Springsteen to Pink Floyd. He moved to Los Angeles at 17 to attend the Musicians Institute, and later moved to Nashville at the age 21, where he collaborated with established producer-songwriters Davor Jordanovski and Paul Brown on a six track EP entitled The Fight.   Two months into the EP release, one of the tracks, “Dear Jane”, was anonymously submitted to Slaight Music’s annual It’s Your Shot competition, where he won first place, and furthered connections with the Slaight team. Sam relocated to Toronto, ON, where he continued to release more music, including his second EP, Vicelove, produced by Thomas “Tawgs” Salter (Lights, Walk Off The Earth, Scott Helman).
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Toronto-based Singer-Songwriter Sam Drysdale Releases New Single ‘Dream About a Girl’

by the partae August 28, 2021
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Slaight Music singer-songwriter Sam Drysdale, released his new single “Dream About a Girl” on August 25 via Cadence Recordings/Ingrooves and all streaming platforms. The new single showcases Sam’s captivating vocals in a mellow track about dreaming of a girl you can’t seem to forget even after waking up.
 
“At its core, Dream About A Girl is a conversation I have with myself. Despite not normally being much of a dreamer, the concept quite literally came to me in my sleep. I had been encountering some tough times in my relationship when one night I had this incredibly vivid dream where I was being spoken to by an almost-angelic woman, someone I’d never seen before. What was strange was that the vividness came from the feeling of happiness and acceptance she gave me, not the dream’s visuals. I knew there was some real weight to whatever I was feeling because despite it being so fleeting, I still felt it in my chest when I woke up. Something so small but it caused me to rethink elements of my real-life relationship. I wanted to know more about this imaginary person,” said Sam. 
 
“Luckily that day I was slated to be in the studio with Andrew Martino (Down With Webster/Honors) and Alexandra Soumalias. I told them about the dream, showed them some rough lyrics, and the song wrote itself. After a few ZOOM sessions between Toronto and Los Angeles, we had a song that we knew could help establish the framework for the entire project. I couldn’t be more excited to release it as an intro to our new era.”
 
Born in Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, and raised in Guelph, ON, Sam was influenced by his musical family from a young age who exposed him to all kinds of artists from Bruce Springsteen to Pink Floyd. He moved to Los Angeles at 17 to attend the Musicians Institute, and later moved to Nashville at the age 21, where he collaborated with established producer-songwriters Davor Jordanovski and Paul Brown on a six track EP entitled The Fight.
 
Two months into the EP release, one of the tracks, “Dear Jane”, was anonymously submitted to Slaight Music’s annual It’s Your Shot competition, where he won first place, and furthered connections with the Slaight team. Sam relocated to Toronto, ON, where he continued to release more music, including his second EP, Vicelove, produced byThomas “Tawgs” Salter (Lights, Walk Off The Earth, Scott Helman).

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Sam Drydale

by the partae August 27, 2021
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Where are you currently based?

I’m currently based in Toronto, ON. It’s become my home over the last five years. We’ve been making good cocktails and good music.

How did you first start playing music?

I started playing music when I was 15. I have two musical parents and originally viciously rejected playing any instruments/being musical. I found it naturally when I got into my early teens and ironically became really inspired by all the music my parents had played around me. Pink Floyd, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Carol King – that’s what I grew up listening to.

What’s been happening recently?

Publicly, nothing. Behind closed doors, the creation of an entire world. We’ve been redefining what “Sam Drysdale,” means artistically. I have love for my debut EP “Vicelove,” but it didn’t fulfill me. The project we’ve just finished was truly synthesized in my blood.

Your new single “Dream About a Girl” is out on August 25th, what influenced the sound and songwriting?

The soundscape you’re hearing is the brainchild of super-producers Andrew Martino and Joey Verskotzi. We wanted to capture something that had lyrical weight but also some tempo. The idea for the song actually came to me in a dream that caused me to question the relationship I was in at the time.

How did you go about writing “Dream About a Girl” and what does the single mean to you?

I wrote this song with Andrew “Marty” Martino and Alexandra Soumalias on a day that I had no intention to write a single – it seems to always happen like that. We originally wrote the song with the mindset that it was a ballad but Marty insisted we put some thick snares behind the verses and the song really took shape from there.

Where and when did you record/produce/master the single and who was it with?

The record was produced by Andrew Martino (Toronto) and Joey Verskotzi (Los Angeles) and was mixed by Howie Beck. Mastering was done by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Mastering.

How did you approach the recording process?

Honestly. The most important factor in the creation of this record has been relentless honesty. Lyrics are the world to me and making sure we had painted the picture as articulately as possible was crucial for me. I’ve also recently discovered how to be more laid-back in regards to my vocal delivery and it has given me a lot of space to experiment.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

I try to keep my playlists fairly fluid but I think you’d probably find an overwhelming amount of; JP Saxe, Alexander 23, The Weeknd, John Mayer, James Blake, Talk, Pop Smoke, and 6Lack.

What do you like to do away from music?

I like cocktails with playful garnishes. Preferably in the sun and close to the water.

What’s planned for the remainder of 2021?

We’re going to begin introducing people to this world we’ve created. More music, more visuals, more live shows. The only thing I care about is making a deep stamp on this industry and showing continuous thanks and appreciation to my team for having my back.

Favourite food and place to hangout?

There is a restaurant in Toronto called Manita that I believe makes the best Burger in the world. From there I’ll typically end up at a dive bar. Usually Local’s Only or Laissez Faire (Toronto). The grungiest parts of Hollywood also have a special place in my heart.

Twitter: @SDrysdaleMusic

Facebook: @SamDrysdaleMusic

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Website: www.samdrysdalemusic.com

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