Controlled cool, “Brown Eyes” is the lean, confident and invitingly-barbed brand-new single from Toronto- and Ottawa-based band PACKS. The Crispy Crunchy Nothing album from which it’s taken is out from March 31st on Fire Talk. Order apple-core-colored-vinyl, black-vinyl, CD or bundled editions of it from Bandcamp or the label webstore now.
Thoughtful and sharp, ageless and vital, “Palm Trees” is the exquisitely-made, searingly-relevant new single from Fran, the band founded by Chicago’s Maria Jacobson. Their next and second LP Leaving is released by Fire Talk on January 20th, and you can find pre-ordering and pre-saving links for it here.
Plain spoken and quietly liberating, “Wasted” is the candid, piercing and relatable new single from Blunt Chunks, the musical project founded by Toronto’s Caitlin Woelfle-O’Brien. Out as part of Fire Talk Records’ Open Tab series, you can stream this on Apple Music or download it from Bandcamp right now.
Sugary and spiked, raw and styled with cool in melody, “Time Walk” is underground 60s-inspired Rock and Roll whose heart beats in strong rhythms. It’s the alluring brand-new single from Chicago’s Jess Viscius and her band Bnny, which you can download either from Fire Talk Records or Bandcamp right now.
“Saturn” is a chanson swirling with retro-futurism and the heady and hypnotic new single from Chicago’s Mia Joy. The track is one of twelve on Spirit Tamer, the LP she releases through Fire Talk on May 7th. You can pre-order bright-pink-vinyl, black-vinyl, CD and bundled editions of it now from Bandcamp.
Toronto’s Madeline Link and her project PACKS will release Take The Cake, their debut LP, next month, and above you can hear the unhurried single “New TV” — its Slacker-Rock edges gloriously frayed. Out from May 21st, you can order cake-splatter-vinyl, black-vinyl, CD and bundled versions of it either from Fire Talk or Bandcamp now.
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.
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