Toronto’s Madeline Link and her band PACKS have just unleashed “Silvertongue”, a roiling, razor-wired sea and their hard-hitting new single. You can find the very-cool track on Take The Cake, the debut LP they release on May 21st. Out on Fire Talk, you can pre-order cake-splatter-vinyl, black-vinyl, CD and bundled editions of it from Bandcamp now.
Noga Erez is a musician and producer from Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel, and “Story” is her sharp-edged and dramatic new single. On it she’s joined by collaborator Ori Rousso, who also partners her in the video’s confrontational choreography. You can find streaming links for this right here, while her new LP KIDS arrives on March 26th. Out on City Slang, you can pre-order colored-vinyl, standard-vinyl, CD and bundled editions of it now from Bandcamp.
An inviting ache with outstretched arms, “Thumbs” is heartbreak refined and the riveting brand-new single from Lucy Dacus. Just released through Matador Records, you can find streaming and download links for this right here.
Kumi Takahara is a classically-trained violinist and composer from Tokyo, and recently she’s released See-through, her debut LP. On it you’ll find the spacious, touching and tintinnabulating “Sea”. Out care of FLAU, you can buy CD or digital versions of the album either from them or from Bandcamp now.
Forward-looking, poetic noir, “California” is a striking panorama on celluloid dappled with detail in desert hues. It’s the windswept and wide-angled brand-new single from London, England’s MARNEY, and you can find a variety of streaming and download links for this jewel right here.
A pairing at once natural and inspired, Olivia Jean has joined April March to record the Palladium EP, on which three dynamic tracks are recorded both in French and in English. This is “Allons-y”, a polished, Yé-yé-inspired pearl. Out today on Third Man Records, you can order 7″-vinyl and digital versions of it either from Bandcamp or from the label’s webstore.
Slyly observed between pulsing syncopations, “Better For You” is the smooth, subtly-cutting new single from Brooklyn-based musician and composer Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez. You can find streaming and download links for it here, while her If They’re Mine LP arrives in the Spring.
“Faux amours” is ageless and immediate with an easy glamour and the seductive brand-new single from Parisian Julia Jean-Baptiste. Out courtesy of the always-excellent Kwaidan Records, you can find streaming links for it right here, and a new EP from her is due soon as well. Via Les inRocks.
Blissfully buoyed by sapphire ripples, “Open Eyes” is the tranquil and expansive new single from Queens, New York’s duendita. The release is part of Mexican Summer’s ongoing Looking Glass series, and you can find all the streaming links you need to hear it again and again right here.
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