THE CURE RELEASE NEW SONG ‘A FRAGILE THING’

THE CURE RELEASE NEW SONG ‘A FRAGILE THING’   TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ‘SONGS OF A LOST WORLD’   THE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIXTEEN YEARS FULL SONG LIST REVEALED   RELEASED  NOVEMBER 1st ON FICTION/CAPITOL RECORDS

HEAR ‘A FRAGILE THING’ NOW https://thecure.lnk.to/AFragileThing   SONGS OF A LOST WORLD AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW https://thecure.lnk.to/SongsOfALostWorld    1LP, 2LP, MARBLE VINYL, WHITE VINYL, CASSETTE, DUAL CASSETTE, CD, DELUXE CD/BLU-RAY WITH ATMOS MIX & DIGITAL   “A FRAGILE THING” is the second track to be taken from THE CURE’s long-awaited new album, SONGS OF A LOST WORLD released on November 1st. The album, their 14th studio release, is their first in 16 years. Songs from the record were previewed during The Cure's 90-date, 33-country 'Shows Of A Lost World' tour, for more than 1.3 million people to overwhelming fan and critical acclaim.   “A FRAGILE THING” is available to stream now and the band today revealed the rest of the song names for the album  at http://www.songsofalost.world/  and on their social channels. The full track listing is below.   Robert Smith says of “A FRAGILE THING,” “A Fragile Thing is driven by the difficulties we face in choosing between mutually exclusive needs and how we deal with the futile regret that can follow these choices, however sure we are that the right choices have been made… it can often be very hard to be the person that you really need to be.”   Initially formed in 1978, The Cure has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, headlined the Glastonbury festival four times and been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. They are considered to be one of the most influential bands to ever come out of the UK.   SONGS OF A LOST WORLD was written and arranged by Robert Smith, produced and mixed by Robert Smith & Paul Corkett and performed by The Cure - Robert Smith: Voice / guitar / 6string bass / keyboard, Simon Gallup: Bass, Jason Cooper: Drums / percussion, Roger O'Donnell: Keyboard, Reeves Gabrels: Guitar. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales.   Robert Smith created the sleeve concept, and Andy Vella, a long-time Cure collaborator, handled the album's art and design. The cover art features 'Bagatelle', a 1975 sculpture by Janez Pirnat.   SONGS OF A LOST WORLD will be released as a 1LP, a Miles Showell Abbey Road half-speed master 2LP, marble-coloured 1LP, double Cassette, CD, a deluxe CD package with a Blu-ray featuring an instrumental version of the record and a Dolby Atmos mix of the album, and digital formats.   THE CURE SONGS OF A LOST WORLD   ALONE AND NOTHING IS FOREVER A FRAGILE THING WARSONG DRONE:NODRONE I CAN NEVER SAY GOODBYE ALL I EVER AM ENDSONG     www.thecure.com http://www.songsofalost.world/

Miki Berenyi Interview 2024

Miki Eleonora Berenyi (born 18 March 1967) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as a member of the alternative rock band Lush and currently a member of Piroshka and MB3. She is the author of Fingers Crossed. #TPII46 Website: https://mikistuff.com/ Instagram:   / berenyi_miki  

Alex Henry Foster Interview 2024

Alex Henry Foster (AHF) is a Canadian musician, author, producer, and composer, formerly the frontman for Juno Awards nominee post-rock/noise band Your Favorite Enemies (YFE). Alex Henry Foster will play a short run across the U.S. this fall, supporting Temples. #TPII45

Website: https://alexhenryfoster.com/ Bandcamp: https://alexhenryfoster.bandcamp.com/

Erasure Announce Vinyl Reissues Of 'Tomorrow's World', 'Snow Globe' & 'The Violet Flame' || Out 12/13 On Mute

ERASURE ANNOUNCE VINYL REISSUES OF TOMORROW’S WORLD, SNOW GLOBE & THE VIOLET FLAME  OUT 12/13 ON MUTE   photo credit: Phil Sharp   ERASURE, the award-winning songwriting duo of Andy Bell & Vince Clarke, will release limited vinyl editions of Tomorrow’s World (2011), Snow Globe (2013) and the long out-of-print The Violet Flame (2014), via Mute on December 13, 2024.  Pre-order the reissues HERE. Tomorrow’s World (available on limited edition clear vinyl) is a collection of classic Erasure tracks that finds the duo in their fourth decade together sounding simultaneously contemporary and classic. Consequence wrote of the release, “if you want an example of the first wave of synthpop and excellently crafted, catchy dance music, there aren't many better than Erasure, and this is another album that affirms their reputation”. The album, featuring the singles “When I Start To (Break It All Down)”, “Be With You”, “A Whole Lotta Love Run Riot” and “Fill Us With Fire”, was recorded in Maine, London and Los Angeles. It was produced by Frankmusic (Lady Gaga, Pet Shop Boys, Ellie Goulding) following a four year break between albums (during that time Andy Bell released his solo album Don’t Stop and Vince Clarke reunited with Alison Moyet for a Yazoo tour). Snow Globe (available on limited edition pink vinyl) is the duo’s first festive album release and sees Erasure eschew the hackneyed bells, whistles, glitter and tinsel often associated with Christmas, instead presenting a leftfield take on the genre. Purposefully stripped-down and often eerie tracks emphasize some of the less glitzy and more melancholic aspects of the season, while singles like “Make It Wonderful” point to the universal hope that this time can bring. Described by The Quietus as “…a fantastic bloody record full stop”, it was produced by Erasure, Gareth Jones and Richard X, and features their modern take on the traditional Latin carol, “Gaudete”, as well renditions of “White Christmas” and “Silent Night”. The Violet Flame (available on limited edition white vinyl) arrived the following year, and embodies the sound of a duo refreshed and reinvigorated. Record Collector declared “Erasure have memorably found their dancing feet again with an uplifting, melodic set”, while The Times wrote of their “disco-pop carnival”. Produced by Richard X (Goldfrapp, SOPHIE, Róisin Murphy), the themes of love, hope, transformation and new beginnings imbue the album, presenting us with a band with a new zest for the future. The album marks, incredibly, the first time that the tracks didn’t begin life on guitar or piano. The album flowed from electronic dance grooves, bringing an anthemic mood that comes through in the singles “Elevation”, “Reason:, and the Halloween release, “Dead of Night”.  Erasure are one of the UK’s most enduring and award-winning songwriting partnerships. The BRIT and Ivor Novello-winning pop duo have sold over 25 million albums worldwide since they formed in 1985, released a staggering 18 studio albums, including 2020’s The Neon which was followed by Day-Glo (Based on a True Story), a unique release that reconstructed, and rearranged the original with new vocals.    Tomorrow’s World album art:   Pre-order HERE.   Snow Globe album art Pre-order HERE.   The Violet Flame album art: Pre-order HERE.   CONNECT WITH ERASURE: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | WEB   CONNECT WITH MUTE: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | TIK TOK | WEB

St. Lenox Unveils Tribute to Graduate Student Unions and the DSA w/ “Lust For Life" | LP out 10/25 via Don Giovanni

St. Lenox Unveils Tribute to Graduate Student Unions and the DSA in “Lust For Life” Single/Video Available across platforms here Ten Modern American Work Songs LP out Oct 25 on Don Giovanni Records / Anyway Records Ten Modern American Work Songs album pre-order "Andrew Choi is one of the most intense and expressive vocalists in indie rock." - Stereogum "St. Lenox Offers a Rebuttal to J.D. Vance on New Single ‘Courtesan’" - FLOOD "He belts out his regrets with uncanny melisma, like John Darnielle channeling Tony Clifton.   As odd as it sounds, it's a genuinely affecting affect." - NPR "sharply evocative and richly imagined tales that … form part of Choi’s larger artistic project of expanding the definition of what gets to be considered an American narrative in the singer-songwriter tradition.” - Rolling Stone Singles: “Rudy” “Quasi-Nichomachean Ethics (Drunk Uncle Advice)” “Courtesan” “Lust For Life”

Photo credit: Aaron Cansler | Hi-Res Download Korean-American artist Andrew Choi will release his fifth album as St. Lenox, Ten Modern American Work Songs due out October 25 via Don Giovanni Records / Anyway Records. Early singles “Rudy” “Courtesan” and “Quasi-Nichomachean Ethics (Drunk Uncle Advice)” earned acclaim spanning Stereogum, FLOOD Magazine, GLAAD, Northern Transmissions and more. New song “Lust For Life” was inspired by Choi's experience as a PhD student at The Ohio State University, and ongoing efforts to start a graduate student union there in the mid 2010s.  The corresponding video, "What Do We Do With the Roses in Our Garden?" takes up a parallel progressive theme, in the form of a parable about leftist organizing in suburbia, as Choi tells the story of the rose bushes in the front of his new home in New Jersey. “My time in graduate school was spent getting a full appreciation of how the American economy does not value the Humanities,” shares Andrew. “It's almost like the system takes advantage of you, because it knows that you love something so much. You’re in a situation where you're like, ‘This is a trade off. I'm going to do something that I love, but I have to sacrifice my general enjoyment of life.” Watch / Share: “Lust For Life” video With his singular combination of tight pop melodies, topical and confessional lyrics, and his cathartic vocal howl, the progressive, queer artist harnesses his life experience to raise questions about the definition of success and the journey through higher education and the American workforce. Like many Millennials and Gen-Xers, Andrew grew up with the narrative that quality work and education would eventually lead to personal salvation and provide a path to upward mobility. To that end, Andrew became a pillar of achievement: flying to New York City to study violin at Julliard on weekends as a teenager, graduating magna cum laude from Princeton University, earning a PhD in philosophy in his 30s, attending law school at NYU Law and working in Manhattan at a law firm, while simultaneously grappling with the struggles of modern working life: low wages, massive student debt, and burnout. This tremendous amount of experience—and all of the observations therein—is channeled into Ten Modern American Work Songs, which is dedicated to the NYU Law Class of 2014 on its 10th anniversary. “I want the record to be a snapshot of work life in modern times,” he says. “I try my best in these records to provide a kind of realism.  I want the listener to come away with a vivid feeling of what it's like to work these days. Because ultimately that kind of realism is motivating to people on an ethical and political level. Anyone who has ever paused to wonder “What’s this all for?” as they climb the next rung in capitalist America will find solace in these stories, which, taken together, paint an evocative portrait of 21st century work life. Website | Facebook | Instagram | X Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube

The High Llamas Announce Vinyl Reissues of First Six Albums, Out Nov. 22nd

THE HIGH LLAMAS, ‘92–’98:  BACK ON VINYL!

Photo Credit: Steve Gullick

PRE-ORDER HERE The High Llamas’ classic 90s output comes back to life on vinyl for the first time in over twenty years: 1992's Santa Barbara, 1994's Gideon Gaye, 1996's Hawaii, 1998's Cold And Bouncy and the pairing remix album Lollo Rosso, and 1999's Snowbug. The vibrant and colorful sweep of this remarkable six-album arc shines in new pressings of the original masters, releasing November 22 — including the first-ever vinyl pressing for their debut album, Santa Barbara. The High Llamas were founded by Sean O'Hagan, Jon Fell, Marcus Holdaway and Rob Allum, as Sean was emerging from a high-flying eight year run with Microdisney. After debuting as a tart and sweet guitar-pop act with a reasonably definable bent on Santa Barbara, Sean fell in with Stereolab; his adventures in their art-band collective, playing space-age batchelor pad music, profoundly influenced the delightful extremities that were to come. Shifting to a piano-based sound and obsessively chasing retro aspects of 60s and 70s production to dizzying new heights, The High Llamas put a marvelously austere frame around O’Hagan’s already-filmic song constructions to create their second album, Gideon Gaye — the sound of which gobsmacked grunge-soaked listeners with its new twist on classic art-pop design elements. Energized by the breakthroughs of Gideon Gaye, The High Llamas went all-in, producing two widescreen epics for the 90s: Hawaii in 1996, and Cold And Bouncy in 1998. Hawaii charted an alternative path to and through America, discovering fresh iterations of exotica, soundtrack expressionism and jazz while forming a singular conception of neo-Americana in its exquisite sweep. One year later, Cold And Bouncy delivered again, organically incorporating the glitch, dub and electronic inspirations burbling up from the underground into the Llamas signature sound. Its subsequent remix album Lollo Rosso featured marvelously creative EDM remakes from some of the best powerbook players of the day: Mouse On Mars, Jim O’Rourke, Kid Loco, Schneider TM, Stock, Hausen & Walkman, Cornelius and The High Llamas themselves. Then, after the high times and critical-mass arrangements of the previous two records, 1999's Snowbug exuded a breezy, spare, morning-after vibe — an underrated gem edified by all manner of world-folk and classic Brazilian pop. And with that, the 90s were over... but The High Llamas were only getting started. Delve into the ocean of sounds that The High Llamas sailed on their first voyages on November 22, when these six titles (available now for pre-order) are finally back in print!

The High Llamas Drag City: https://www.dragcity.com/artists/the-high-llamas Bandcamp: https://thehighllamas.bandcamp.com/ Pre-order: lnk.to/highllamasreissues