Letting Up Despite Great Faults Shares "She Spins" Music Video via v13, 'IV' Album' Out Now

LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS SHARE MUSIC VIDEO FOR "SHE SPINS" VIA V13  IV OUT NOW ON ALL DSPS + VINYL

Photo Cred: Elysia Perkins WATCH & SHARE: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "She Spins"  [Official Music Video] YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - IV Soundcloud / Spotify / Bandcamp LISTEN & SHARE: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "She Spins" Soundcloud / Spotify / Bandcamp WATCH & SHARE: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Corners Pressed"  [Official Music Video] YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Corners Pressed"  Soundcloud / Spotify / Bandcamp WATCH & SHARE: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Gemini"  [Official Music Video] YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Gemini" Soundcloud / Spotify / Bandcamp   "IV features a more uptempo brand of shoegaze threaded into the group’s lovely, rich wall of sound" -  AV Club "IV sees Lee realizing the agency of his voice, thrusting it forward, where it was once “an instrument” in Letting Up‘s gauzy yet layered expanse of sound." - This Song Is Sick "After eight years, Letting Up Despite Great Faults is lusher and more moving than ever, crafting emotive gems that hold sublime revelations." - Under the Radar "A radiant new single" - Bandcamp New and Notable "A backdrop of swoony synths that perfectly emulate the moody haze of being in the thick of devotion to another human being" - KEXP "As substantial as a sunrise, yet as psychedelic as a waking dream" - Austin Chronicle "A cosmic daydream" – Post-Punk "terrific new single...shimmering, hazy, and very melodic style still in fine form." - Brooklyn Vegan "... the band evinces a greatness of depth to its sound" - Pitchfork "Blissful, shimmery, dreamy" - Rolling Stone Austin-based shoegaze/dreampop group Letting Up Despite Great Faults share the official music video for single "She Spins." Shot entirely on 16mm, the video is the perfect companion to the jangly, upbeat, and infectious track, off of the band's album IV, out everywhere now. v13 premiered the video, praising "She Spins" as a "jangly, upbeat indie-pop affair...with the modern distinctions typical of today’s indie/shoegaze sound." On the video, vocalist/guitarist Mike Lee tells v13, “We worked with our favorite director Vanessa Pla for our favourite song off the album, ‘She Spins.’ Shot entirely on 16 mm, Vanessa helped us capture the hazy and fleeting feelings we all experience when it comes to love and jealousy and how we frame them in our memories.” Letting Up Despite Great Faults — Mike Lee (vocals, guitar), Kent Zambrana (bass), Annah Fisette (vocals, guitar), Daniel Schmidt (drums) — return a changed group. The band's full-length IV is the band's first album in eight years and investigates personal narratives around growth, loss, regret, and renewal. The process required more of Lee, as the principal songwriter. "I think when you search deeper, and you've had more life experiences, there is maturation from which to pull,” explained Lee. “But hopefully, the creativity feels a little bit richer. I don't want to say IV is necessarily darker than our previous work, but I think there's more of an awareness of mortality, the mortality of everyone else. You reflect more about the people you love, why you love, how long you love." Sonically, the group's sound also explores a more aggressive, forward-leaning approach, wherein Lee elected to break the shoegaze/indiepop hermetic shield of synths and filtering. For IV, Lee realized the agency of his voice, thrusting it forward, where it was once "an instrument" in Letting Up's gauzy yet layered expanse of sound. The cascading 'Corners Pressed' delves into how particular events are remembered from separate viewpoints, essentially becoming unique, reality-altering memories for each during recall. 'Gemini' features Lee leaning into his vocal talent, separating from the gorgeous swells. The track's lyrics investigate how ostensibly impossible and incredible lasting relationships exist within an increasingly transient world. "We know that everything is temporary," said Lee. "But somehow, we tie this never-ending existence to our connection with each other." Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "She Spins" [Official Music Video] LINKS Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Bandcamp | Instagram

DESIRE RELEASE NEW ALBUM ESCAPE VIA ITALIANS DO IT BETTER; WATCH "BLACK LATEX"

DESIRE RELEASES NEW ALBUM ESCAPE,  OUT NOW ON ITALIANS DO IT BETTER WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR "BLACK LATEX" LISTEN TO ESCAPE

Today Desire releases their first album since their self-titled debut in 2009 with new record Escape, which is out now via Italians Do It Better. To coincide with the release, the band have also shared a new video for their single "Black Latex" from the record.  Watch & listen to "Black Latex" here: https://youtu.be/40jz6tpuGBM Listen to Escape in full here: https://idib.ffm.to/desire-escape Escape was written & recorded in Los Angeles & Palm Springs, California. Inspired by the ultra-vivid world of 1970's giallo films, they wrote the soundtrack of their dreams using their favorite musical instruments: Minikorg, Jupiter 8, 909, Mellotron, Simmons Rhythm Modules, String Machine, a D-50 & Fender Rhodes.    House music rhythms provide the canvas for girl group narratives & a children's choir to paint the picture. Throbbing synthwave & daytime drama soap operas all play into the color pallet of the album. The lyrics are sung in English, French, & Korean, adding even more drama to the mix. Through it all, there is the optimism of true love's compass navigating us through all the chaos life has to offer.    Desire's synth pop fits where film, fashion & fantasy collide on the dancefloor. On stage, vocalist Megan Louise theatrically pivots between French & English while draped in latex from head to toe. From vixen to villain, she turns to predator with blood pumping thrill. Carrying the campy torch of Vaudeville into this century she is joined by composer Johnny Jewel (Chromatics, Glass Candy, Twin Peaks) on piano & drum machine.    As the flagship artist of the influential record label Italians Do It Better, they have scored runways for Dior, Chanel, Fendi, & Bottega Venetta as well as writing music for films by Nicolas Refn, David Lynch, & Ryan Gosling.    Earlier this year, Desire took their moody bounce to the global dancefloor. Collaborating on tracks with Omar S, Diplo, Guy Gerber, Maceo Plex, & Seth Troxler.    Desire gained worldwide exposure with their hit song "Under Your Spell" which was featured prominently in 2011's neon-noir film, Drive. In 2019, Desire co-headlined the Double Exposure world tour with label mates Chromatics. The performances are complete sonic & visual emersion for the audience. Their brand of 1980's infused synthwave is accompanied by ultra-vivid surrealist films projected throughout their set.    In March of 2022 Desire headlined SXSW showcases for Gorilla Vs Bear & Italians Do It Better. The group will be touring Europe & North America extensively Fall/ Winter 2022-23 in support of their new album. Escape is out now via Italians Do It Better. The record was produced by Johnny Jewel and mixed by Vaughn Oliver (Chromeo, Kim Petras). Order album here: https://idib.ffm.to/desire-escape Listen to Escape  https://idib.ffm.to/desire-escape Watch the video for “Love is a Crime” Feat. Mirage  https://youtu.be/mmcG4vCZ8Is Watch the video for “Telling Me Lies”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voOqIH6bYrQ

ESCAPE TRACKLISTING 1. Black Latex  2. Telling Me Lies  3. Liquid Dreams 4. Love Is A Crime (Ft. Mirage) 5. Zeros 6. Dark Age 7. Haenim (Ft. Ether) 8. Ghosts 9. Escape 10. The Young And The Restless  11. Days & Nights  12. L’Amulette De Vie 13. Friends & Enemies FOLLOW DESIRE Instagram Facebook Twitter Italians Do It Better

Drive-By Truckers share new song; new album out June 3

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS SHARE NEW SONG, “EVERY SINGLE STORIED FLAMEOUT” – LISTEN   SPIRITED HORN-BLASTED ANTHEM HERALDS UPCOMING NEW ALBUM, WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII EPIC WORLD TOUR NOW UNDERWAY WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII ARRIVES VIA ATO RECORDS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 3

Drive-By Truckers have announced today’s premiere of “Every Single Storied Flameout,” the latest track from their upcoming 14th studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIII, due via ATO Records on Friday, June 3. Pre-orders are available now. The spirited, horn-blasted “Every Single Storied Flameout” sees founding member/vocalist/guitarist Mike Cooley looking back at his younger years with unsparing self-reflection and a bit of rambling wisdom.   “I wrote that song when my son was turning 16 and going through a rough patch for a bit,” Cooley says. “Luckily, he’s turned it around and he’s doing great now, but it was a tough time for a while. Part of my way of dealing with it was to take ownership of the example I might’ve set, in the hope of leading him out of it.”   LISTEN TO “EVERY SINGLE STORIED FLAMEOUT”   PRE-ORDER WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII

Photo Credit: Brantley Guitierrez

Welcome 2 Club XIII also includes the swinging centerpiece, “Welcome 2 Club XIII.” The track – which pays homage to the Muscle Shoals honky-tonk where founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley got their start – is joined by an official music video streaming now via YouTube.   WATCH “WELCOME 2 CLUB XIII” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO   Arriving as Drive-By Truckers enter its 26th year, Welcome 2 Club XIII marks a sharp departure from the trenchant commentary of The Unraveling and The New OK (both released in 2020). Produced by longtime Drive-By Truckers collaborator David Barbe and mainly recorded at his studio in Athens, GA, Welcome 2 Club XIII took shape over the course of three frenetic days in summer 2021 – a doubly extraordinary feat considering that the band had no prior intentions of making a new album. Featuring background vocals from the likes of Margo Price, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, and Mississippi-bred singer/songwriter Schaefer Llana, Welcome 2 Club XIII was recorded live with most songs cut in one or two takes, fully harnessing Drive-By Truckers’ freewheeling energy. The new songs see the band – whose lineup also includes keyboardist/guitarist Jay Gonzalez, bassist Matt Patton, and drummer Brad Morgan – looking back on their formative years with both deadpan pragmatism and profound tenderness, instilling each song with the kind of lived-in detail that invites bittersweet reminiscence of your own misspent youth.   “Cooley and I have been playing together for 37 years now,” Hood says. “That first band might have failed miserably on a commercial level, but I’m really proud of what we did back then. It had a lot to do with who we ended up becoming.”   Drive-By Truckers are currently celebrating Welcome 2 Club XIII with a marathon live schedule, including top-billed festival dates, and North American, European, and UK headline tours. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.drivebytruckers.com/shows.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS LIVE 2022 MAY 12 - Memphis, TN - Soundstage at Graceland 13 - Natchez, MS - Mudbug Music Festival * 14 - Huntsville, AL – The First Waltz * 24 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia Club † 26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Berns † 27 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller † 28 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio † 29 - Aarhus, Denmark - Train † 31 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle †   JUNE 1 - Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus † 2 - Koln, Germany - Kantine † 3 - Antwerp, Belgium - De Roma † 5 - Raalte, Netherlands - Ribs & Blues * 6 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso † 7 - Brighton, UK - Chalk † 8 - London, UK - O2 Forum † 9 - Leeds, UK - Leeds University Stylus † 11 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street † 12 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3 TV Studio † 14 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 (Jupiler Zaal) † 15 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie † 17 - Mendizabala, Vitoria-Gasteiz - Azkena Rock Festival * 19 - Eridge Park, UK - Black Deer Festival *   JULY 14 - Breckenridge, CO - Riverwalk Center 15 - Denver, CO - Levitt Pavilion 16 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads 19 - Omaha, NE - Falconwood Park 20 - Minneapolis, MN - Utepils Brewing 22 - Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Place 23 - Dayton, OH - Dayton Masonic Center 24 - Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Beer Garden 27 - Fort Wayne, IN - The Clyde Theatre 29 -S t. Louis, MO - Open Highway Music Festival * 30 - Maryville, TN - The Shed 31 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amphitheater   AUGUST 2 - Virginia Beach, VA - Elevation 27 4 - Deerfield, MA - Tree House Brewing Company 5 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom 8 - Patchogue, NY - Patchogue Theatre 10 - Isle of Palms, SC - The Windjammer 11 - Isle of Palms, SC - The Windjammer 12 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre 13 - Pelham, TN - The Caverns   SEPTEMBER 17 -Louisville, KY -Bourbon & Beyond *   * Festival Appearance † w/Special Guest Jerry Joseph

CHRISTIAN DEATH Streams New Album in Full, Kicks Off U.S. Tour

CHRISTIAN DEATH Streams New Album, Kicks Off U.S. Tour

Gothic death rock pioneers CHRISTIAN DEATH are now streaming their brand new full-length, 'Evil Becomes Rule,' in its entirety ahead of its release this Friday, May 6! The album can be heard at THIS LOCATION. In addition, CHRISTIAN DEATH will be kicking off their North American tour this Thursday, May 5, in Akron, OH! The run includes a back-to-back appearance during both days of Cruel World Festival in California! The full run and ticket links can be found below. 'Evil Becomes Rule' can be pre-ordered HERE and pre-saved across digital streaming services HERE. In addition, CHRISTIAN DEATH has been reissuing their acclaimed catalog via Season of Mist! All special editions and reissues can be found at THIS LOCATION.

CHRISTIAN DEATH, 'Evil Becomes Rule' (Full Album Stream) 2022

The cover art, which was conceptualized by Valor and created by Phil Worobey, can be found below along with the tracklist.

Tracklist: 01. The Alpha and The Omega 02. New Messiah 03. Elegant Sleeping 04. Blood Moon [LISTEN] 05. Abraxas We Are 06. The Warning [WATCH] 07. Beautiful [WATCH] 08. Rise and Shine 09. Evil Becomes Rule 10. Who Am I (Part 1) 11. Who Am I (Part 2)

CHRISTIAN DEATH Live Dates: 05/05: Akron, OH @ Empire Concert Club [TICKETS] 05/06: Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club [TICKETS] 05/09: Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theatre* [TICKETS] **VENUE UPGRADE** 05/10: Salt Lake City, UT @ Liquid Joe's* [TICKETS] 05/12: Albany, CA @ Ivy Room* [TICKETS] 05/14-15: Pasadena, CA @ Cruel World Festival [TICKETS] 05/17: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar* [TICKETS] 05/18: Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater* [TICKETS] 05/19: El Paso, TX @ The Reagan 05/20: San Antonio, TX @ Rock Box [TICKETS] 05/21: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 05/22: Ft. Worth, TX @ @ Rail Club Live 05/24: St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag [TICKETS] 05/26: Pittsburgh, PA @ Hard Rock Cafe [TICKETS] 05/27: Baltimore, MD @ Zen West 05/28: Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz 05/29: Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus [TICKETS] * w/ LUNA13

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John Carpenter shares "I'll Find You" from Firestarter OST

The horror master John Carpenter has reunited with his frequent musical collaborators Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter for the soundtrack to the new film adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel Firestarter, and today the trio has shared a second glimpse at the score, "I'll Find You," a track in which high-octane guitars juxtapose with eerie quiet synths to maximize one of the film's most tense and thrilling moments. “'I’ll Find You' is one of my favorites from the Firestarter score,” states Carpenter. “It drives right along and carries you with it."    Listen to “I’ll Find You” https://backlotmusic.ffm.to/illfindyou  The soundtrack is set for release digitally via Back Lot Music on May 13th, the same day the film is released in theatres and streaming only on Peacock, with vinyl, CD, and cassette formats slated for October 14 from Sacred Bones. The score marks the first official soundtrack that the team has composed together outside of the Halloween series and their inspiration and evolution as a creative team is on full display, utilizing some of the best elements of Carpenter's famous musical repertoire while also charting exciting new territory. These three musicians are all working at the peak of their individual and collaborative creativity and this soundtrack further solidifies them as masters of the craft.     From the producers of The Invisible Man, Firestarter is a new take on the classic Stephen King thriller about a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers and her fight to protect herself and her family from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. The film stars Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Directed by Keith Thomas (The Vigil), Firestarter is produced by Jason Blum for Blumhouse and Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman for Weed Road Pictures.     Listen to “Firestarter (End Credits)” https://youtu.be/u33OuQv2g-c Pre-order Firestarter Original Motion Picture Soundtrack https://geni.us/Firestarter

Firestarter OST cover art (high res download here) Firestarter Original Motion Picture Soundtrack track list:   1. Mother’s Love 2. Lot 6 (Main Titles) 3. Are You Scared Of Me? 4. Dodge Ball Heats Up 5. Corporate Menace 6. Burned Hands 7. Rainbird Fights Vicky 8. Bless Mommy 9. Flashback Kills 10. Police Arrive 11. Sniper Attack 12. Charlie Alone 13. Charlie’s Power 14. I’ll Find You 15. Charlie’s Rampage 16. Rampage Ends 17. Firestarter (End Titles)

photo by Sophie Gransard